Historian's Corner

First Church’s Earliest Ministers Part I  First Church was established in 1719, and is celebrating its 300th birthday this year.  Eighteenth-century America was a deeply religious culture that lived self-consciously under the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner

The Brown-Eyed Girl (For Mothers Day)  May, 1969 Kiss me each morning for a million years,Hold me each evening by your side,Tell me you'll love me for a million years,Then if it don't work out,Then if it don't work out,Then you can … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner

Long Wharf  We speak of it, we hear of it, but what do we actually know about it?  Today when we drive along the I-95 corridor, we see signs referring to a place called Long Wharf, but we see no such structure projecting out into New … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner

This week, your Historian defers to the words of beloved West Haven Historian Harriet North; the following article originally appeared on Jan. 12, 1984: When I was a young girl, my mother would tell me to do something, and if I didn’t … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner

Okinawa Beach For The Boy, the summer of 1957 seemed to go on and on forever. Every day brought new adventures and new opportunities to explore—sometimes in the woods behind their house on Kelsey Avenue—sometimes elsewhere. But on one of … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner