I Call Him the Vernon Rocket Rockville/Vernon (Google Maps location) Early 2017 I promise I won't bore you (again) with a dissertation and dissection of the whole Vernon vs. Rockville thing. Of course... I could... but I won't. I'll admit that The Vernon Rocket doesn't have the same "oomph" as The Rockville … [Read more...]
242. Yale Center for British Art
Right, Then. Jolly Good. New Haven (Google Maps location) November 9, 2012 The Yale Center for British Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. Spoiler Alert: When coupled with the neighboring Yale University Art Gallery, you simply can’t find a better day of art in Connecticut. Oh yeah, both are F-R-E-E, free, … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Groton
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Groton Y’know, Connecticut is pretty cool. If you’re into the various wars that the US has been engaged in, even back to before the US even was a country, our state has a lot of stuff for you to check out. From the Pequot War nastiness to Revolutionary War sites and stuff, … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Trumbull
Nero Hawley Grave Riverside Cemetery, Daniel’s Farm Road Not that anyone will ever read this page, but I still feel the need to point out that of all the museums and trails and breweries and “stuff,” on this website, there are very few – if any – that I’ve planned to visit, yet haven’t – than this … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Norwich
David Ruggles Gravesite Yantic Cemetery, Lafayette and Williams Streets Holy cow. As I set my fingers to keyboard and get ready to write a short page about this Underground Railroad site, I just realized this is the next to last of the current 29 UR sites for me to visit! I didn’t even know. Pardon my lack … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Milford (2)
There are two stops along the Freedom Trail in Milford. They aren’t too far off the messy I-95/Route 1/Merritt Connector thing interchange. But this is Milford – the ONLY town in Connecticut where I have been legitimately lost to the point of yelling in frustration. The central part of the town was apparently laid out … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Litchfield
Solomon Rowe House 121 North Lake Street Yet another drive-by on the Freedom Trail that I didn't know the history of until I put this page together just now. And wouldn't you know it? It's rather amazing in its quiet Litchfield way. Although a large number of black families lived in urban and coastal cities, … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: East Haddam
Venture Smith Grave, First Church Cemetery Route 151 You know what’s weird? Without planning it, I am putting this page together immediately after my page on Henry Obookiah’s resting place up in Cornwall. What’s strange about that is that both Venture Smith and Henry Obookiah were brought to New England as kids … [Read more...]
CT Dino Trail
Connecticut Dinosaur Trail “Roar Through Connecticut!” The state invented a new trail in 2012 as part of the “Still Revolutionary” travel campaign. Then the state, it appears, forgot about it. Luckily for us, I have not only created this page, but I have made the state’s trail bigger and better. And when the … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Stratford
Asa Seymour Curtis House 2016 Elm Street We actually found this house years ago – back when it was part of the Freedom Trail before disappearing from it, only to reappear on the Underground Railroad Trail in 2011. I won't bore you with the amazing story of how I (rather quickly) figured out what date we drove by it … [Read more...]
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