NUGGET #19 Saw mills: Possibly the first “industry” and first “factory” in Ridgefield was a sawmill. Certainly lumber was needed before almost anything else in the settlement of the new
Fit Club co-owner Jenny Conciatore and personal trainer/fitness instructor Naomi Reik discuss their experiences during the pandemic.
Read more letters from 15-year-old Thompson Derr to his mother from the Ridgefield School in 1916.
NUGGET #18 Ram Pasture was situated along West Lane (then called Bedford Road) in and about the triangle created by Parley Lane, High Ridge and West Lane. In the early
Cybele Maylone, Executive Director of The Aldrich, shares her home and work experiences during the pandemic.
Read Thompson Derr’s second and third letters to his mother from Ridgefield School in 1916.
NUGGET #17 Quincy Close, a lane at Casagmo, was named by developer David L. Paul for the ancestors of George M. Olcott, who built the Casagmo mansion in the 1890s.
Read a fascinating article on a stop on the Underground Railroad here in Ridgefield.
Adam Broderick, entrepreneur and salon futurist, shares his salon & spa’s experiences during the pandemic.
Read Thompson Derr’s first letter to his mother from Ridgefield School in 1916.
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