Hezekiah Scott (1789-1879)
NUGGET #81
Scott, Hezekiah, (1789-1879), was a weaver and who operated a distillery on the brook near his home on Barlow Mountain Road — a stream later called Uncle Kiah’s Brook and now just Kiah’s Brook. He also operated a sawmill on Ledges Road on this brook, which is the outlet from Pierrepont Pond. He was a state representative in 1845. “Hezekiah Scott was a colorful figure in the community and he remembered and often related having voted in every administration from Madison to Hayes,” Silvio Bedini reported.
Silvio Bedini, Ridgefield in Review, and Jack Sanders, Ridgefield Names.
More Historical Nuggets
First Pride Day, 1998
FIRST ‘PRIDE’ DAY: “A Celebration of Community: Straight, Gay and Lesbian“ took place in 1998, on the Community Center lawn. Just a year later, a Rainbow Flag was flown for the first time in the nation over a state capitol, Hartford, on March 21, 1999.
Paving
The first road paving, part of a state experiment, was done on the eastern end of Branchville Road around 1912. Catoonah Street was paved in 1922.
Lillian Barnard Gilkes and Louise “Lulu” Davidson
Gilkes, Lillian Barnard, (1903-1977), was a nationally recognized scholar, author and critic who lived at 93 Olmstead Lane with stepsister.
Notable Snow Storms
What was winter weather like in Ridgefield in decades and centuries past? A synopsis of memorable storms over almost 2 centuries.
