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Avon, located beside the Farmington River in the fertile Connecticut River Valley, was incorporated in 1830. The proud new town had 1,200 residents, two Congregational meetinghouses, the Farmington Canal, taverns, and a hotel. The busy Talcott Mountain Turnpike connected Avon with Hartford and Albany, New York. Avon shows the townís dynamic changes from 1830 to 1950, including dairy and tobacco farming, the town center, the railroad, the fuse factory, immigration, and Avon Old Farms School. ÝÝThe outstanding photographs in Avon, most published here for the first time, are from the collections of the Avon Historical Society, the Avon Free Public Library, the Avon Congregational Church, the West Avon Congregational Church, Avon Old Farms School, Heublein Tower, the Avon Police Department, and individuals. Of note are remarkable glass plate negatives by Clinton and Frank Hadsell. Featured are collections of lifelong residents John Anthony OíNeill and Carl Candels. ÝÝThe meticulously researched text of Avon fully explains each photograph. There are views of families, farms, and fires, Main Street, Secret Lake, St. Annís Church, and an 1835 Avon map from the Connecticut Historical Society. ÝÝ
About the Author
Author Nora Howard grew up in Avon and is executive director of the Avon Historical Society. She holds an M.A. in American studies from George Washington University, was a Smithsonian Institution Research Fellow, and has written extensively on local history. Past director of the Wethersfield Historical Society, she published Stories of Wethersfield in 1997. Her work has won awards from the American Association for State and Local History and the Connecticut League of Historical Societies. She is historian at the First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, and historical columnist for Avon Life.
Avon, located beside the Farmington River in the fertile Connecticut River Valley, was incorporated in 1830. The proud new town had 1,200 residents, two Congregational meetinghouses, the Farmington Canal, taverns, and a hotel. The busy Talcott Mountain Turnpike connected Avon with Hartford and Albany, New York. Avon shows the townís dynamic changes from 1830 to 1950, including dairy and tobacco farming, the town center, the railroad, the fuse factory, immigration, and Avon Old Farms School. ÝÝThe outstanding photographs in Avon, most published here for the first time, are from the collections of the Avon Historical Society, the Avon Free Public Library, the Avon Congregational Church, the West Avon Congregational Church, Avon Old Farms School, Heublein Tower, the Avon Police Department, and individuals. Of note are remarkable glass plate negatives by Clinton and Frank Hadsell. Featured are collections of lifelong residents John Anthony OíNeill and Carl Candels. ÝÝThe meticulously researched text of Avon fully explains each photograph. There are views of families, farms, and fires, Main Street, Secret Lake, St. Annís Church, and an 1835 Avon map from the Connecticut Historical Society. ÝÝ
About the Author
Author Nora Howard grew up in Avon and is executive director of the Avon Historical Society. She holds an M.A. in American studies from George Washington University, was a Smithsonian Institution Research Fellow, and has written extensively on local history. Past director of the Wethersfield Historical Society, she published Stories of Wethersfield in 1997. Her work has won awards from the American Association for State and Local History and the Connecticut League of Historical Societies. She is historian at the First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, and historical columnist for Avon Life.
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The O'Neil blacksmith and transportation business began in 1886 and is today O'Neill's Chevrolet-Buick Inc.
The O'Neil blacksmith and transportation business began in 1886 and is today O'Neill's Chevrolet-Buick Inc.