Historical Markers and War Memorials in Unionville, Connecticut
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Burlington
The original inhabitants of the part of Farmington known as West Woods were Tunxis Indians. Early settlement by white man was scattered. The first house of record, noted in an estate inventory of 1725, was that of . . . — — Map (db m33174) HM
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Civil War
The Town Of Burlington Has Not Forgotten
Her Beloved Brothers Who Offered Their Lives
To Preserve The Union 1861 - 1865
Solomon A. Adkins • * Elijah W. Bacon • * Erastus S. Bacon • Samuel M. Bailey • Elias . . . — — Map (db m33229) HM
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Dedicated To
The Veterans Of
Burlington
Who Served In The
Armed Forces And
Died For Our Freedom
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World War II
Alderman, Ernest E. • Alderman, Leonard R. • Backes, Joseph W. 3rd • . . . — — Map (db m33230) WM
Yodkins-Morin Memorial Park
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Dedicated to two valiant men who gave their lives
saving others during the raging flood of August 1955
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Charles J. Yodkins, Sr
A Farmington Police Officer
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Joseph J. Morin, . . . — — Map (db m33063) HM
Located at the west end of Farmington, the village of Unionville was first recognized as
such by the U.S. Postal Service in 1834. Earlier it was called Langdon’s Quarter and
then Union District. Residents took full advantage of the Farmington . . . — — Map (db m134927) HM
Unionville has used Farmington River water power since the late 1700s. The first dam (item D1 on map 1 and Photograph P1), built circa 1780, was just 200 yards upstream from the Route 4 bridge. The canal from this dam was on the west side of . . . — — Map (db m95986) HM
Also known as Rainbow Park, Suburban Park was owned and operated by
the Farmington Street Railway Company, which charged fifteen cents for
the one hour and fifteen-minute ride from Hartford. At thirty-five acres,
the park extended well into . . . — — Map (db m134917) HM
Made of rock and iron, the fountain was the first in the nation powered by electricity at a time when streets and homes were still gaslit. The electricity was generated by the trolley line’s power station using the Farmington River. Colored lights . . . — — Map (db m142561) HM
In Memory Of
The Men Of Unionville
Who Died For Their Country
First World War
Philip E. Bergin • Ernest W. Gustafson • Louis C. Hanrahan • Harold V. Joyce • Christopher H. Rourke
Second World War
John Garay • Milton Gillespie • Joseph G. . . . — — Map (db m33172) WM