Tales of Old New Milford
Author: Michael-John Cavallaro
Publisher:
Published: 2008-06-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780981678108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael-John Cavallaro
Publisher:
Published: 2008-06-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780981678108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael-John Cavallaro
Publisher:
Published: 2011-10-21
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780981678153
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lucianne Lavin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-06-25
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 0300195192
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DIVDIVMore than 10,000 years ago, people settled on lands that now lie within the boundaries of the state of Connecticut. Leaving no written records and scarce archaeological remains, these peoples and their communities have remained unknown to all but a few archaeologists and other scholars. This pioneering book is the first to provide a full account of Connecticut’s indigenous peoples, from the long-ago days of their arrival to the present day./divDIV /divDIVLucianne Lavin draws on exciting new archaeological and ethnographic discoveries, interviews with Native Americans, rare documents including periodicals, archaeological reports, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, conference papers, newspapers, and government records, as well as her own ongoing archaeological and documentary research. She creates a fascinating and remarkably detailed portrait of indigenous peoples in deep historic times before European contact and of their changing lives during the past 400 years of colonial and state history. She also includes a short study of Native Americans in Connecticut in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book brings to light the richness and diversity of Connecticut’s indigenous histories, corrects misinformation about the vanishing Connecticut Indian, and reveals the significant roles and contributions of Native Americans to modern-day Connecticut./divDIVDIV/div/div/div
Author: Peter C. Vermilyea
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2016-07-18
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1625857365
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thieves, rumrunners and rapscallions all color the unsavory side of Litchfield County history. Townspeople accused women of witchcraft simply for not bearing enough children in the early days of the region. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Owen Sullivan and William Stuart took advantage of the county's isolated stretches and a currency shortage to build counterfeiting empires. In 1780, Barnett Davenport's brutal actions earned him infamy as the nation's first mass murderer. Small-time speakeasies slowly took hold, and the omnipresence of alcohol-fueled crime led to the birth of the nationwide prohibition movement. Local historian Peter C. Vermilyea explores these and other devilish tales from the seedier history of Litchfield County.
Author: Kate Milford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0544052706
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books. Illustrations.
Author: Michael Dooling
Publisher:
Published: 2022-06-28
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Charles Island has captured the imaginations of Milford residents and visitors for many years. The island's rich history gradually blurs as memories fade with time and eventually only the highlights are passed down from one generation to the next. An Historical Account of Charles Island seeks to accurately restore the island's history from its European discovery by Adriaen Block in 1614 to the 20th century. Included are the historical facts surrounding the mapping of Long Island Sound, legend of Captain Kidd's treasure, summer resorts in the mid-19th century, a prize fight gone out-of-control, the Aquinas Retreat, nearby shipwrecks, the island's place in naval and aviation history, a proposed nudist colony, and other forgotten stories. Seventy maps, woodcuts, old advertisements, manuscripts, portraits, and photographs provide a visual perspective of the island's history.
Author: Carter Crocker
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 2005-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780756956905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This first novel introduces Ossie, the runt of a litter of swamp rats who survives a snake attack and is adopted by the legendary crocodile, Uncle Will, who teaches him about their swamp world.
Author: Various
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-09-04
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.