Poetry is not my thing. In fact, I've been known to unfairly smear the whole genre with the broad insulting stroke of, "I hate poetry." This, of course, isn't really true at all. I'm more ignorant of poetry then disdainful of it. So I'm open to learning something about it, by way of a cool new little walk in … [Read more...]
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URR Trail: Oxford
Washband (Washburn) Tavern 90 Oxford Road Finding this place marked my first time I was ever in Oxford. I didn't stay too long, but the drive through the woods over from Lake Zoar was lovely. Even though the Freedom Trail put together a new, far better website, there's still not too much about this … [Read more...]
URR Trail: North Stonington
John Randall House (formerly known as Randall's Ordinary Landmark Inn & Restaurant) Route 2 This property is probably the most interesting of the 19 along the Underground Railroad route. There is a ton online about this property - the best of which I'll copy and paste here. I had mentioned to a knowledgeable … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Manchester
Hart Porter Homestead/Outbuilding 465 Porter Street I've no information on this stop along the Underground Railroad. But I can verify that the whole family drove by it with me after a visit to an in-town children's museum. This is located in the nicest part of Manchester, that's for sure. Update! From the … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Middletown (2)
1. Benjamin Douglas House 11 South Main Street A rather handsome stop along the Underground Railroad. Benjamin Douglas (1816-1894) was a prominent abolitionist in Middletown. Given his abolitionist sentiments, his home may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1839, he was one of 11 members of the … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Farmington (3)
Underground Railroad Trail in Farmington 3 Locations as of May 2013 I should note that with a sweeping 2011 update of the CT Freedom Trail site, Farmington seems to have lost two Underground Railroad stops. Oh well - though one remains over on the Amistad Trail. From the 1780's to the 1860s, Farmington was an … [Read more...]
Freedom Trail: Bloomfield (Removed)
Francis Gillette House, Bloomfield Address redacted I have no idea why or when it happened, but this house is no longer part of the Connecticut Freedom Trail. I've decided to keep this page here, however, because I think it's a cool story. I began my tour of this far-ranging trail close to home... in … [Read more...]
20. General Mansfield House
General Mansfield House Middletown Heritage Trail Site 20 151 Main Street It's fitting that the final stop along the Middletown Heritage Trail is the General Mansfield House. That's because as an outstanding example of the federal style, General Mansfield House has served since 1959 as the Middlesex County … [Read more...]
19. Civil War Monument
Civil War Monument Middletown Heritage Trail Site 19 South Green (Main and Old Church Street) Every town has one, and here's Middletown's. By the end of the Civil War, one of every nine Middletown men wearing the Union uniform was dead. More than 900 soldiers and sailors from the city served during the … [Read more...]
18. Henry Clay Work Bust
Henry Clay Work bust Middletown Heritage Trail Site 18 South Green (Main and Old Church Street) The South Green attracts a few of Middletown's more transient folks and I am now chuckling at the thought of asking them to point me the way to the Henry Clay Work bust. And I don't know why. Who is Henry Clay … [Read more...]
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