Historical Markers and War Memorials in Avon, Connecticut

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Avon, Connecticut

1 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards —

On Arch Road, 0.1 miles east of West Avon Road, on the right when traveling west.

1778 1978 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards Organized Militia – State of Connecticut 20 May, 1978 This memorial is dedicated to the Horse Guardsmen who have honorably served this illustrious cavalry unit since it's founding during . . . — — Map (db m33060) HM

2 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — Avon —

On West Main Street (U.S. 202) at Ensign Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.

Avon This area, formerly Northington or the North Parish of Farmington, was settled in 1645non land that had belonged to the Tunxis Indians. It prospered as a farming community and, in 1830, after the construction and opening of the Farmington . . . — — Map (db m33019) HM

3 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — Avon Veterans Monument —

On West Main Street (U.S. 202) at Ensign Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.

[ center panel ] Avon Remembers "No Greater Gift" Mexican War Sperry, Orrin Civil War Beman, Job • Booth, Austin C • Brewer, Gilbert F • Buckley, Frederick O • Calkins, Obed H • Clark, Henry W • Evans, Henry D • Evans, Newton J . . . — — Map (db m33168) WM

4 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — Birthplace of Wilford Woodruff — 1 March 1807- 2 September 1898 —

On Old Farms Road, on the right when traveling west.

Wilford Woodruff, fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born 1 March 1807 in a section of Farmington, Connecticut, known as Northington (now Avon). He and his parents, Aphek and Beulah Thompson Woodruff, lived in . . . — — Map (db m92453) HM

5 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — Charter Oak descendant —

Near U.S. 44.

State Tree of Connecticut White Oak Constitutional Convention July 1, 1965 John deKoven Alsop Delegate — — Map (db m94515) HM

6 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — Constitution Oak —

On Old Farms Road at U.S. 44, on the right when traveling north on Old Farms Road.

Constitution Oak 1902 Avon, Conn. Constitution Oak Centennial Celebration June 18, 2002 — — Map (db m94497) HM

7 ► Connecticut, Hartford County, Avon — The Farmington Canal in Avon —

On Albany Turnpike (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling east.

In 1829 the Farmington Canal opened in Avon and operated until 1847. The Markers, here and across the street, show where it crossed the Albany Turnpike, now Rt. 44. They are made of the same sandstone used in in the Farmington Canal construction. — — Map (db m92442) HM

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