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CTMQ > Wethersfield

Old State Prison & Cemetery Site

July 15, 2007 by Steve 41 Comments

Arsenic and Old... This Place? Site of old Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield May 27, 2007 Connecticut's famously historic prison is in the north central part of the state - Old Newgate Prison up in Granby. There is a museum there and I plan to hit it around the time when our Metacomet Trail end-to-end hike … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Cemeteries, Hartford County, Wethersfield

Wethersfield Museum at Keeney Memorial

July 14, 2007 by Steve 4 Comments

Feeling Peachy Keeney in Wethersfield Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 CTMQ appearances by EdHill are a special treat; hitting 3 musuems in his old hometown (he now calls Washington DC home) is an event. And I'm sure glad he was along for the ride this day, because no one person can hope to have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: EdHill, Hartford County, Town History, Wethersfield, wethersfield historical society

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