Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-11-09
The Story of the Founding of New Haven in the Wilderness and the Commencement of
 Yale College.
A Colonial Fourth of July that Was Celebrated by the British Soldiers Fifty Million Dollars Invested
 in Manufactures.

 Indians. All was not success with the new colony, their crops failed and they had a violent earthquake. In 16iO the name was changed from Quinnipack to New Haven. In l64l an order was given that free school "shsil be set up m the town" The houses were more luxuriously furnisSed than most colonial houses of other places, that of Gov. Eaton had Turkey carpets and tapes tries. Ia 1779, July Fourth coming Cn Sunday the colonis.s, were intending to celebrate the declaration of iudepend- ence OF the next day and had hardly begun their exercises when much to their cousternation Tyron's fleet and forces appeared and overcoming all re- sistancs marched into the town, dcInG maay acts of bgrbarous cruelty aud 2lundsripg, they then retired having in- hicled loss of Sl25, 00O to the coiOniEts put leaving the pubis edilicss and col Iege buildings Unharmed.
 New Haven WAS incorporated city m l7Si. It had large foreign commerce the headquarters of which were Ut the "Long Wharf, $500 feet long, though not finished until 1902 it WAS in active use many years previous, the United States has constructed breakwater aere surmoanted by a lighthouse. New Haven was raised above the general levei
 fl the commonwealth by the college, foreign commerce and resulting riches The public square Is "The Green" which contains sixteen acres ID the centre oi the city, in 1t Is an old building used as I stste house until 1875; the city hal stands opposite the Green; m this park are two of the oldest churches ID thu city, North church and Centre church, the latter stands on the site where the London settlers held their liret service under an oak tree Tn the open air. Over the entrance of the present ediice, built
 n 1914. are the following inscriptions ''The wilderness and the solitary plain shall be glad for them, ""Ip l63S com pGny of English Christians led by JOhE Davenport aud Theophilus Eatnn were
 he founders Of the city here. The text of the first sermon IS supposed to have been "Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil" John Davenport vas man of power and an eloquent preacher.
 From the beginning New Haven dls tinguished itself for it's interest m public education. The establishment of col
 ege was contemplated in l6lo. Yale college was founded in 17G0. In l1l6 It aGs moved to New Haven from Say brook. Continually books were sent over from England by friends which was he beginning of the present fine library containing over 7S.000 volumes. The general court in 17l7 voted grant to aesist in the erection of buildings for the Yale college. Elihue Yale, one of the colleges bsnefactOrs had became B IN bob" from wealth obtained m east India trade. The first commencement at New Haven was held in HIS when the name of Yale college was adopted ID honor of this gentleman and "A dedlca- tory address was given in memorial oi aim, he intended doing much Tor the college financially but died interstate before it was carried into execution. In 1886 1t became Yale university. The numerous buildings of Yale border on and are near the Green. In the art building are fine fine collection ot hls- torical eaintiugs, also of early, ltailan pictures. and cast of Greek antiques. Tho theological department has tine building. Osborn hall Is beautifui standing on corner with its circular front facing on the two streets and ls built of rough brown sandstone. There gre several dormitOries including Van derblt hall, the gift of MT. Cornellons Vanderbilt in memoriam to hls old est son, his second son I6 now student there, the building is of brown sandstone. It IS pleasure to see the students with their intelligent faces Some of the houses near are painted brick, detache ed' square in architectural style, very simple but very neat with colonial porches with small pillars. The incest residences of the city are near tbe' university grounds snd the Green;
 Grove street cemetery hae an old t9sh- :cn-d brown sandstone eptrance on which is the inscription: Ihe/ dead shall be raised" ;" in It are old tonibstones If brown sandstone, also mOnuIhents to first governor of New Haven, one of tue sgners of the Declaration of Independ- | tUct, HIO NOhu NtOSSCls hc OiSy OA New Haven, which is the largest in Con necticut. is on an alluvial plain between three and four miles broad. The central and oldest part of the city is laid out in regular surrounding the Green; the number and beauty of the elm trees on ite streets has caused it to be called the 'Elm City" A general air of refine ment pervades the city everywhere. The ls ntNir 1aA at The stores where ladies trade are on Chapel and Church streets. The Con necticut agricultural experiment station is here. The city's prosperity dates from the latter part of the last century. It contains numerous factories; within radius of twenty miles S50, 1000, GOO is employed in the manufacture oi hard ware, carriages and carriage trimmings; also in superior plotting paper which wes first made in America in this city in 1856. The suburbs are very pretty. At Sachem's Wood vas the home of the poet Uillhouee and at Edgewood was the home of Donald Grant NJ tchell, or K Marvel. On the north of the city arc two ranges of hills terminating in two bluffs of trap rock rising about 400 feet above the plain and are knowa as East and West rocks. At the former is East Rock park containing $50 acres; on the highest part of the rock is a soldiers monument. West Rock park is group of powders known as Judges Gave" because two of ths judges who con demned King Charles l of England were secluded here in 1861, one being a cousin of Oliver Cromwell.
 E. HOPKINsoN HoLGATE.