Connecticut Highway Guide Photos

Highway State 169

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Photo view from roadside turnout.

Highway United States 44

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Junction of Highway #179. Note: Highway #179 joins Highway #44 at this point; Highway #202 leaves, heads West to Nepaug, Connecticut, Bakersville, Connecticut and Torrington, Connecticut.

Highway United States 44

Historical sign with information on the town of Ashford - no turnout available. 'Ashford, Connecticut - This area, part of the Wabbaquasset Indian Country, was deeded to Captain James Fitch of Norwich in 1684...'

Highway United States 44

View from highway - Photo - Welcome to Norfolk highway sign
Community of Norfolk, Connecticut. In the heart of the Green Woods is what was later known as the Harford-Albany Turnpike, Norfolk was settled in 1774 by Cornelius Brown of Windsor. The town was incorporated in 1758. The early settlers were farmers, erecting sawmills, gristmills, and blacksmiths for their own needs. using the waterpower of the Blackberry River, the town became industrial in the 1800's, manufacturing such diverse products as linseed oil, men's hats, woolens, cheese boxes, scythes, and hoes.

Highway United States 44

Business section of Canaan.

Highway United States 44

View from highway - Photo - Welcome to New Hartford highway sign
Town of New Hartford, Connecticut.

Highway State 169

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.'

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