Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pomfret, Connecticut
Willimantic is the county seat for Windham County
Pomfret is in Windham County
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Abington
Congregational Meeting House
Built 1751
Placed on
National Register of Historic Places
September 19, 1977
By United States Department
Of Interior — — Map (db m123852) HM
George Newhall Clark
Memorial Chapel
Completed 1908
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of The Interior — — Map (db m122710) HM
In Honor of
The Men of Pomfret
Who served their Country
in its struggles for
Liberty, Justice and Humanity
1775 Revolutionary War 1783
1812 War of 1812 1814
1848 War with Mexico 1848
1961 Civil War 1865
1898 Spanish . . . — — Map (db m133602) WM
The Town began as the “Mashamoquet Purchase,” 15,100 acres brought by twelve proprietors in 1686 from James Fitch of Norwich, who had acquired it from the Indian sachem, Owaneco. In 1713 the Town was incorporated and named for Pontefract . . . — — Map (db m1621) HM
Putnam and The Wolf
Following her tracks through one day and night in
the early snow of December 1742 to the Connecticut
River and back, the early settlers of this region here
discovered the den of the She Wolf that had for years . . . — — Map (db m115835) HM
