Historic tales of Bethel, Connecticut
By: Patrick Tierney Wild
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781609493578
Subjects: Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The legend of Luther Holcomb / Bethel's Revolutionary Riddle; title: Captain Daniel Hickok and the night of the three generals; title: Bethel's Tories: those who chose loyalty over independence; title: The reverend John Ely House; title: Bethel's historic Main Street houses; title: Main Street's Second Meeting House and Congregational Church; title: Greenwood Avenue: the heart of Bethel; title: Old roads and turnpikes; title: The early days of the Bethel Railroad Station; title: Bethel's commerce and industry in the 1790s; title: Bethel's hatting industry and its king of hatters; title: Comb making in Bethel; title: Bethel's cemeteries: where the founders are on file; title: Stony Hill's first historian; title: The Plumtrees School House; title: Bethel's most familiar symbol: "the Spirit of the American doughboy"; title: Barnum's fabulous fountain; title: Barnum's last visit to Bethel.