History of West Haven, Connecticut
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Date: 2022-01-08

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Early image of the grounds at Savin Rock The history of West Haven, Connecticut: This article will be covering the colonial and revolutionary history, the economic history, Savin Rock Park, and the 20th century history of West Haven, Connecticut.
The Quinnipiac, Pequot, and Mohegan Native American tribes spent summers near the West Haven green and Morse Park, and as far inland as Maltby Lakes.
Before New Haven was colonized in 1638 by five hundred settlers following Reverend John Davenport from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Dutch trader Adriaen Block noted the high mounds of oyster shells along the shoreline while exploring in 1614.
Settled in 1648, West Haven （then known as West Farms） was a part of the original New Haven Colony.
The historic crossing of the West River by horse bridge is commemorated in the 1938 mural, "Fording of the West River to Settle West Haven", in the main post office.
Colonists built both a Congregational meeting house and, in the early 18th century, Christ Episcopal Church, one of the first Episcopal churches in New England.
The church was started with the help of Yale College and constructed next door to the meeting house.
The Congregational meeting house was the site for all town records, government, events, and housed the first public library in the state of Connecticut.
In 1719, the hamlet separated from the Orange parish as West Haven.
In 1779 the British attacked New Haven Harbor and came ashore in West Haven.
Thomas Painter, a militiaman watching for British ships from atop Savin Rock, is depicted on the city seal.
The main commercial street, Campbell Avenue, is named for British Adjutant William Campbell, who stopped to help a minister who had been wounded, saving him from being killed,
supposedly saying "We make war on soldiers, not civilians" Campbell himself wa...