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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TS_rochambeau-route-1781-82_Southbury-CT.html
In 1781 and 1782 Jean Baptiste Count de Rochambeau and his French Troops marched by here enroute to and from Yorktown, Va.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209_marquis-de-la-fayette_Hartford-CT.html
To the Marquis De La Fayette,born September 6, 1757,died May 20, 1834.
A true friend of Liberty, who served asa Major General in the Continental Army with"all possible zeal, without any special payor allowances" until the American colonistssecu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZA_sound-beach-railroad-station_Greenwich-CT.html
Built 1892, moved to this location 1895. Renamed Old Greenwich Railroad Station 1931. Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ9_old-greenwich_Greenwich-CT.html
Under the jurisdiction of the New Haven Colony, the first settlers in 1640 purchased land from the Siwanoy Indians. Under New Amsterdam's protection, this settlement was a dutch manor during 1642-56. In the years 1656-65, it was combined with the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOK_old-greenwich-yacht-club_Greenwich-CT.html
On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feaks landed on these shores in the name of the New Haven Colony to start a new settlement, later called Greenwich. This neck of land is called Elizabeth's Neck after Mrs. Feaks.
The anchor above this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDY_this-edifice_Willington-CT.html
1727-1727. This edifice originally a Meeting House was donated by the Wilington Ecclesiastical Society to the Town of Willington for the use of the public and to perpetuate the memory of the forefathers and foremothers who with Christian fortitude…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDX_willington_Willington-CT.html
In 1720 a party of eight men, originally from England, bought sixteen thousand acres in this region and called it Wellington. One of these, Roger Wolcott, subsequently became governor of Connecticut (1750-1754).
After a century of farming the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDW_pomfret_Pomfret-CT.html
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 in Yorksh…