Articles and ephemera from the Historical Society’s archives.
This slideshow features archived photos of dogs with their humans doing all sorts of mundane and unusual activities — taking a canoe ride, performing in a high school play, and admiring an antique clock.
It was big news in 1901 when the Ridgefield Post Office established Rural Free Delivery. Ira C. Wixsom was one of the town’s first rural mail carriers.
In the final installment, read more letters from 15-year-old Thompson Derr to his mother from the Ridgefield School in 1916.
Read more letters from 15-year-old Thompson Derr to his mother from the Ridgefield School in 1916.
Read Thompson Derr’s second and third letters to his mother from Ridgefield School in 1916.
Read Thompson Derr’s first letter to his mother from Ridgefield School in 1916.