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History of Tolland County, Connecticut

History of Tolland County, Connecticut

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    Description

    Tolland County, Connecticut
    The early days of Tolland County, CT, and its various townships -- Tolland, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Union, Vernon and Willington --are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
    New
    20-page
    booklet
    reprinted from the 1836 edition of John Warner Barber's
    Connecticut Historical Collections
    , with added material from
    Connecticut, a Guide to its Roads, Lore and People
    , a 1938 WPA project. The spiral-bound booklet
    is printed one-sided, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A clear plastic sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
    Inserted in the book
    is a copy of the 1836 Map of Connecticut which accompanied the Barber book.
    The book is illustrated with Barber's delightfully quaint hand-drawn sketches, such as the one on the cover below. They include a South view of Central Tolland, the Bolton Stone Quary, a North view of the Hale House in Coventry, a West view of the central part of Ellington, a South view of Hebron, a Northeast view of the Presbyterian Church in Mansfield, a West view of Somers, a view of the Stafford Mineral Springs Hotel and a South view of the central part of Vernon.
    Among the many  topics in the booklet are:
    Early Settlers; Geological features like the Mineral Springs in Stafford; Tombstone Epitaphs; Manufacturing and industry, such as silk worms and straw bonnets and iron ore, and the Bolton Stone Quary; Dr. Eleazar Wheelock, first president of Dartmouth College; the famous American hero Nathan Hale; the outspoken preacher Lorenzo Dow; Samuel Huntington, later governor of Ohio; Unusual incidents, such as a homemade cannon and a light-fingered preacher; and the Stafford Mineral Springs Hotel.
    The Barber history covers the development of this area until about 1841, while excerpts from the WPA book, give a nostalgic glimpse from a 1938 vantage point, including interesting historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities.
    Wouldn't this make a unique gift?