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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XAT_maj-gen-joseph-spencer-historical_East-Haddam-CT.html
Side A 1714-1789
Near this Green was the site of
the General's Farm, Store
and dwelling house
Side B
1714-1789
Officer in the French & Indian
and Revolutionary Wars
Delegate to the Continental Congress
Member of the Conn. Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W5W_the-underground-railroad-historical_Deep-River-CT.html
The Underground Railroad
Led by George Read, Founder of the Town's Ivory Industry, Deep River Became Known in the Nineteenth Century as "All Abolitionist" and a Refuge for Runaway Slaves on the Underground Railroad. In 1828, Daniel Fisher, a 20-Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W5V_chester-historical_Chester-CT.html
Chester
Chester is located on land known as Pattaconk or Pattyquounck in Indian deeds of the 1660's. Settled largely by families from Saybrook, it became the Fourth Ecclesiastical Society of the Saybrook Congregational Church in 1740 and was inco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W5U_dekoven-house-community-center-historical_Middletown-CT.html
1782 deKoven House Community Center 1942
Middletown, Connecticut
1748 John Lewis deKoven 1821
Founder
1871 Clarence Seymour Wadsworth 1941
Donor
Dedicated to the deKoven and Wadsworth families who loved this house
and developed or served…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4L_ivoryton-historical_Essex-CT.html
Ivoryton
Originally part of the Saybrook colony, the area now known as Ivoryton was annexed with the newly formed Essex in 1859. Thought of as the "wild country," it soon developed into a prosperous manufacturing village. In the late 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4K_essex-veterans-monument-a-war-memorial_Essex-CT.html
Yesterday, Today And Forever
We Remember All
Who Served Our Country
In The Cause Of Liberty
Dedicated November 11, 1987
Essex Veterans Memorial Hall
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4J_essex-veterans-memorial-historical_Essex-CT.html
World War I
★Anderson, Edward A. · Antonson, Theodore A. · Babcock, Leman e. · ★Babcock, Lloyd D. · Barbaresi, Frank · Baroni, Joseph R. · Baroni, Louis J. · Beebe, Orvill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4I_we-honor-the-elephant-historical_Deep-River-CT.html
We Honor the Elephant
During the 1800's Deep River was the center of America's ivory trade. Elephant tusks from Africa were brought to Deep River landing for local factories to make piano keys, combs, buttons, and billiard balls. Up to 100,000 el…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4H_veterans-memorial-lane-a-war-memorial_Deep-River-CT.html
Veterans
Memorial
Lane
1941-1945-World War II-1991-1995
Deep River Remembers
Erected by Essex Savings Bank,
Deep River Historical Society,
The American Legion & Auxillary and
The Veterans Memorial Green Committee
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4G_piano-works-historical_Deep-River-CT.html
This Property
Has been Listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior