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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BS2_pulpit-rock-road_Woodstock-CT.html
Just south of here, Pulpit Rock
Road joins Old Hall Road briefly
and then turns west as a mostly
unpaved road. Not far beyond the
turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part
of the road formed a small segment
of the Connecticut path, which was
part …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BRZ_north-woodstock-village-corners_Woodstock-CT.html
The intersection of two turnpikes
brought about the growth of this
settlement known for many years as
Village Corners. The Norwich and
Woodstock Turnpike began in 1801 to
carry traffic northward to the
Massachusetts line. About 1827 Center
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BRF_brooklyn-civil-war-monument-a-war-memorial_Brooklyn-CT.html
Erected to the memory
of all the brave men of Brooklyn
who fought on land or sea
for the preservation of the Union
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BRE_israel-putnam-monument_Brooklyn-CT.html
Sacred be this monument
to the memory of
Israel Putnam, Esq.
Senior Major General in the Armies
of the United States of America,
who was born at Salem,
in the Province of Massachusetts,
on the 7th day of January,
A.D. 1718
And died on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM7_quasset-school_Woodstock-CT.html
1748 - 1943
Moved to present site 1954
Built 1854
America's oldest schoolhouse in regular use
"Sacred to the beginning of America Education"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM6_plaine-hill_Woodstock-CT.html
FrontJohn Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited
"Wabquisset" in 1674 to preach to upward
of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon
after, King Philip''s war broke out and by
August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of
Providence reported &q…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM5_the-woodstock-academy_Woodstock-CT.html
FrontIn 1801, The town of Woodstock gave
land "on the common north of The
Meeting House" for the first simple
Academy building, founded by The
Reverend Eliphalet Lyman, John
McClellan, and others of the first
ecclesiastical society, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM4_south-woodstock_Woodstock-CT.html
FrontThe industry of northeastern
Connecticut had its earliest
beginnings in this area, Soon
after arriving in 1686 the early
settlers built a sawmill on a
small brook running into the
"Great Lake." Later several dams
along Sawmil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BGA_woodstock_Woodstock-CT.html
FrontNear this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and
his party may have passed by way of the
Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now
Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the
Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury,
Massachus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BCC_site-of-the-first-meetinghouse-in-union_Union-CT.html
Site of the first
Meetinghouse in Union
1741 - 1844
Pastors
Ebenezer Wyman
1738 - 1746
Caleb Hitchcock
1749 - 1758
Ezra Horton
1759 - 1788
David Avery
1796 - 1799
Nehemiah Beardsley
1824 - 1831
1908