Historical Markers and War Memorials in Columbia, Connecticut
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In May, 1700, William Clarke and Deacon Josiah
Dewey acquired land in Lebanon Crank
by agreement with Oweneco, son of the Indian
sachem Unicas. Settlers arrived and, in 1715,
pleading remoteness from the place of worship . . . — — Map (db m111908) HM
In Honored Memory
Of the Men from Columbia
Who Served During
The World War
1917 1919
Henry A Brown · Herman T Brown · George A Cobb · Herbert C Collins · Charles A Friedrich · Cyrus Hilton · Stanley D Hunt · Philip H Isham · Rudolph . . . — — Map (db m140571) WM
In 1755
Eleazar Wheelock D.D.
minister at Lebanon Crank
now Columbia
founded near this spot
Moor’s Indian Charity School
In 1769
the school was removed to
Hanover New Hampshire
From this beginning arose
Dartmouth . . . — — Map (db m111909) HM
Moor’s Charity School
1755 - 1769
Columbia, Connecticut
proudly remembered for two hundred years
by generations of Dartmouth Men
as seeding ground of Dartmouth College
and faithful steward of Eleazar Wheelock’s
generous and . . . — — Map (db m111911) HM
Town of Columbia Honor Roll
World War II
Albert Anderson · Louis Axelrod · Alfred Barrett · Howard Barrett · Henry M. Beck · Elio Belli · Mario Belli · Fred L. Bellows · Frederick Bertsch · Edward Bjork · Russell Bjork · Frank Bobeck · John . . . — — Map (db m140568) WM