The Gilded Age on Connecticut's Gold Coast
Subtitle: transforming Greenwich, Stamford and Darien
By: Maggie Gordon
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781626193277
Subjects: History; Economic aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: Railroads bring progress to southwestern Connecticut; title: Wealthy New Yorkers discover greenwich; title: The beginnings of belle haven; title: Old greenwich sees new life; title: The "captains of industry" stake claim on Greenwich; title: A gentleman's estate at Conyers Farm; title: Stamford sees changes of its own; title: Stamford's shippan develops into seaside resort; title: The industrial revolution accelerates growth in Stamford; title: Darien's Long Neck Point comes into its own; title: The legacy of William Ziegler; title: Tokeneke and planned development in Darien; title: The day that Darien "arrived"; title: The Gold Coast transformed.