Woodlawn Duckpin Bowling Alley Dating back to 1900, the sport of duckpin bowling is unique in a number of ways: It is a regional sport, played primarily in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states; it is a sport that has attracted people from all … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Away to the Football Field From 1922 Yale Bowl was built in 1913-1914 to accommodate the ever larger crowds that wanted to come out and watch football games. In its time, it was the only known structure of its kind—aside from the Colosseum in … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Three Judges Everyone who has lived in the New Haven area has eventually heard of the Three Judges who hid on West Rock. But who were they? And what were they hiding from? In 1639, England’s King Charles I had a major falling out with his … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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School Clothes, Play Clothes, and Sunday Best: The Fedora Story School bells ring and children sing it’s back to Robert Hall again Mother knows for better clothes It’s back to Robert Hall again You’ll save more on clothes for … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Dog Days of Summer As Nature follows her annual rhythms, we reach that part of the year when the cicadas buzz, the katydids (or August bugs) pass the sultry evenings endlessly singing, “skritch-skritch-skritch—skritch skritch,” and lawns turn … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Hubbard Family in West Haven The first Hubbard ancestor settled in West Haven in 1810: he was John Hubbard Jr. He bought the farm and farmhouse at the corner of Jones Hill Road and Hubbard Road from the Merwin family, tanners who … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Hubbard Family To know the whole story of the Hubbard family, one must take a trip backward through time to the Ninth Century A.D. It is there that the first recorded history of the family appears, in the persons of Ragnar Lodbrog, a Viking … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Charter Oak The great white oak was easily the tallest tree in the forest. It was over five hundred years old when the first white man laid eyes upon it in 1614, as he stood on the deck of a wooden ship anchored in the Connecticut River. … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Blessed Are The Merciful If you happen to visit Bradley Point this summer, think about this a moment: Long before Veterans Walk ever existed, a small band of West Haveners that included Thomas Painter stood on that very same shoreline firing their … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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July 5, 1779 July 3, 1779 was a Saturday. For Adjutant William Campbell and more than 3,000 other British and Hessian soldiers based in New York City, July 3 proved to be one terribly uncomfortable night. Soldiers, horses, cannon, and gear were … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner