Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso, gave concerts around the world; made many recordings; lived at James Waterman Wise house on … (Read More)
Watch a video of Dr. Darla Shaw sharing Revolutionary War stories of important and courageous women such as spy Lydia Darrow (Darragh), Sybil Ludington, and the legend of Abigail Ingersoll Olmstead.
Dutch settlers: John Sturtevant, Sturdevant or Stirtivant, a native of Holland, was among the original proprietors. Read more…
Zack’s Ridge: “Zack” was a nickname for Isaac, in this case, Dr. Isaac Hall of Fairfield, who in 1697 received a grant of 150 acres in what was to become Ridgefield.
Mugavero: Family of Ridgefield/Branchville barbers began with Vincent Mugavero of Norwalk who from 1931-38 ran Ridgefield Tonsorial Parlor.
Candiss talks about how the wool was transformed into yarn on the spinning wheel and what tasks were given to different members of the family. She also comments on the tedious nature of this work and how it inspired fairy tales like Rumpelstiltskin and Sleeping Beauty.
Young, Stephen Howard, (1878-1972), was one of the world’s wealthiest art dealers; from late 1940s until death, owned an estate on lower Branchville Road.
Topics: 20th anniversary year; the founding of the Historical Society; the Society’s current mission.
NUGGET #69 Connecticut Citizen, The, was a “weekly” newspaper published in Ridgefield. The first and only issue was Oct. 8, 1892. It said its aim was to “battle on behalf
We have added 150 articles about early 20th Century Ridgefield written by Ridgefield’s first town historian, Richard E. “Dick” Venus.
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