OKKKaaaayyy... Klan Drive, Wolcott I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation for Klan Drive in Wolcott. Googling "Klan" does not provide this, however. In fact, deep Googling only makes the case that "Klan" is and always was what you associate the word with. So maybe Wolcott's Klan Drive is named … [Read more...]
Old Stone Schoolhouse History Museum
Virulent History Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 According to my accounting, Wolcott's Old Stone Schoolhouse Museum is the 468th Connecticut museum I've visited. Give or take. As you can well imagine, I've been to several old museums, several stone museums, and several schoolhouse museums at this … [Read more...]
Mad River Cascades
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World Mad River Cascades, Wolcott In case you are unfamiliar with my list of Connecticut waterfalls, it is largely taken from a guidebook of Connecticut waterfalls. A guidebook which includes several "cascades" which the authors know are not waterfalls in any traditional sense. I'm fine … [Read more...]
New Haven County Highpoint: Lindsley Hill
Southwest Lindsley Hill Peaks New Haven County Highpoint (1,050 Feet), Wolcott June 2020 In county highpointing circles, Connecticut's counties are always called "county equivalents" or sometimes just "counties" with the scare quotes. County counters and county highpointers are sticklers for nomenclature - and … [Read more...]
Center School History Museum
Center of MAGA Connecticut Center School History Museum, Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 What am I gonna do? Pretend this is some revelatory museum? That its organization and deep research had me exploring every nook and cranny for hours on end? Sorry, I can't do that. I can only tell you about … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Wolcott
Everything Wolcott I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Wolcott CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Wolcott’s Town Trails
Wolcott's Town Trails I’m not sure if I’ll have another opportunity to write this, so here goes. Wolcott is not “Woll-COT” as many say, but rather, it’s “wul-KIT.” This is definitely one of the most mispronounced Connecticut towns in my estimation. Another confusing thing about the town is that it seems like each … [Read more...]
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust Wolcott I feel kind of bad for the WLCT. I mean, they’re cool and all and they have land holdings and Wolcott has its natural features, but… but their largest holding is Hitchcock Lake. And Hitchcock Lake is surrounded by homes. It’s a lovely lake to be sure, but there’s no hiking … [Read more...]
Perfection Screw (RIP)
I’m a Child Perfection Screw, Wolcott Perfection Screw was bought by another company in April 2019 and is no longer. There’s no need for this on the esteemed pages of CTMQ. Yet, here we are. Perfection Screw and Rivet (whose signage only said “Perfection Screw”) was founded in 1952 and produced thousands of … [Read more...]
Tunxis Southington Region: South
Some nICE Surprises Southington/Wolcott, 4 Trails, with RobY February 17, 2008 While I'm intent on completing the Tunxis Mainline South to North in an orderly fashion, the three regional trail sections (consisting of 17 trails or so) I'm not really too concerned with how I do them, just that I get them done. … [Read more...]