View from highway roadside turnout Roadside turnout with historical marker. 'Woodstock - Near this place in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel Gookin visited a peaceful encampment of Wabbaquassets living in the vicinity of present-day Woodstock to preach from nearby Eliot Rock, and sought to establish their church among the natives of these land. King Philip's War broke out, in 1675, during which the Wabbaquassets deserted the area.' Connecticut State Route 169 National Scenic Byway A drive down Route 169 will instantly transport you to another era. The spectacular views are due to property owners who have worked to preserve characteristics that give the Byway a distinctly Southern New England feel.