August 19, 2020 • Ridgefield Historical Society

Cultural history

Walker’s Happy Shop

NUGGET #24 Walker’s Happy Shop: Opened around 1915 at ONS [Old Numbering System, pre-1969] 123 Main Street by Charles Wade Walker, selling typical “news store” products, plus toys, with motto,

August 19, 2020

Cultural history

Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball

Marjorie Adams gives a video slide presentation on her great grandfather, Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, M.D., a founding father of baseball who lived in Ridgefield from 1865-1888.

August 19, 2020

Cultural history

Ed Briggs, Ridgefield’s Director of Health

Ed Briggs, Ridgefield’s Director of Health, discusses the town’s health department’s reaction to the first cases of COVID-19.

August 19, 2020

Day: August 19, 2020

Walker’s Happy Shop

Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball

Ed Briggs, Ridgefield’s Director of Health

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