In 1830, a young Dennis Stone built a home on Orange Center Road which was actually North Main Street.  After all, streets were only dirt roads with names that fit where they were with South Main Stre ...

As you have been reading, Connecticut has a great deal of history, and since the Revolutionary War is my passion, I have focused on that portion of our history.  Well, if you think that my next county ...

The mention of the War of 1812 resounded in the halls of the Senate on the evening of January 6, 2021, a day that should have been one to rejoice that the nation’s voters’ word would be heard as each ...

South?  Florida?  No southeast to New London County.  Our first stop is Groton, located between the Thames and Mystic Rivers, originally part of New London.  John Winthrop, Jr. son of Massachusetts Go ...

Before I take you to the land of snow, I need to reflect back to Eastford for a gentleman who was a notable citizen, General Nathanial Lyon (1818-1861).  You can guess by the date of his death why he ...

I hope you were able to visit some of the towns I highlighted in my last article.  I understand from a friend that upon visiting a site, the shopkeepers, that were approached, were so excited to be as ...

If you have had a visit to the Nathan Bryan-William Andrew house, now the oldest house in Orange, you have been taken back to 1740 to the family of Nathan Bryan, father of eight, farmer and landowner. ...

Writing history requires research, but even then, the research needs to be researched as well, to verify the various sources which may or may not be authenticated.  Although the internet is a treasure ...

The division of the town in 1922, separating Orange from West Haven, proved to be the culmination of events long underway.  As early as 1848, residents considered the division, citing that West Haven ...

Several years ago, I wrote two stories entitled “Do you know where you are?” and “Do you know where you live?”  Like people, houses have personalities, with traits that bind them together as a group.  ...

The turkey is almost finished except for a wing or two here and there.  The soup is all but gone and Friday has been “black” for a few weeks now with the ever so tempting low prices for things you don ...

I was recently made aware of the fact the some of the Tyler City residents do not know the story of Tyler City and its beginnings in the 19th century and its ending in the 20th.  From obscurity, a cit ...