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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF1H_new-milford_New-Milford-CT.html
FrontThis beautiful valley known to the Potatuck Indians as Weantinock, was purchased from them in 1703 by a company of individuals chiefly from Milford, Connecticut, hence the name New Milford. Its earliest white inhabitant, Zachariah Ferriss, ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF1G_bridgeport-wood-finishing-company_New-Milford-CT.html
About Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company . . . The New Milford site at Great Falls was one of the best unused waterpower sites in Connecticut with three principal advantages when Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company began acquiring property in this a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF17_falls-bridge_New-Milford-CT.html
By the 1890's New Milford's old wooden bridges had outlived their usefulness, considering their age, the increasing amount of traffic and the coming of the horseless carriage. A sturdy and very ornate iron bridge, built by the Berlin Iron Bridge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF16_lovers-leap-state-park_New-Milford-CT.html
Highlights of Lover's Leap State Park New Milford, CT Lover's Leap State Park is located in southern New Milford. The Housatonic River flows through the park and forms the headwaters of Lake Lillinonah. This historic 140 acre park began in 1971…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUG_new-milford-ww-ii-memorial_New-Milford-CT.html
Town of New MilfordIn memory of those whogave their lives inWorld War IIWilliam H. Adams · Frederick N. Aldrich · Albert J. Boucher · Judson T. Holmes · Fernald J. Hillman · George E. Keach · Charles L. Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUF_new-milford-civil-war-memorial_New-Milford-CT.html
This tablet is dedicatedIn Commemoration OfThe Men of New Milfordwho served their countryin the Civil War1861 - 1865Charles F. Anderson · James Atkins · Andrew E. Bailey · Joseph A. Bailey · David A. Baldwin · Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSD_home-site-of-roger-sherman_New-Milford-CT.html
Marker on New Milford Town Hall building:On the site of this buildingonce livedRoger ShermanBorn 1721 - Died 1793One of the Signers of theDeclaration of Independence*************Placed by the Roger Sherman ChapterDaughters of the American Revoluti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS9_new-milford-ww-i-memorial_New-Milford-CT.html
This tablet is dedicatedIn Commemoration OfThe Men of New Milford who served their country in the World War1917 - 1919Edwin H. Acker · Frank W. Adams · F.A. Franklin Anderson · George Anderson · Andrew B. Armstrong &mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJH_mine-hill-preserve_Roxbury-CT.html
Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, Mine Hill is the site of a 19th century iron mine and furnace complex. The Roxbury Land Trust acquired the 360-acre preserve in 1978. The significant stone and brick structural remains of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJ2_bridgewater-ww-ii-memorial_Bridgewater-CT.html
Honor Roll World War IIAndrew Antoni · Kenneth Berry · Alfred W. Burch · Jos H. Burch · Everett J. Beardsley · Lewis G. Beardsley · William J. Beardsley · Fenner E. Brownell · Harold Carlson …