This edition of the Scott House Journal includes Jack Sanders’ recommendations on what items are worth saving to help future historians provide an accurate view of the past; as well as an account of a curious 1925 Ridgefield court case over that most simple of resources — wood. This story was recently uncovered while reviewing documents in the Ridgefield Historical Society archives.
This edition of the Scott House Journal includes stories on the inaugural Witness Stones installation in Ridgefield at the David Scott House, also the Historical Society headquarters; and a wonderful biography of Mabel E. Cleves, a champion of kindergarten in Ridgefield in the earlier 1900s.
Topics: The ‘New’ Ridgefield High School turns 50; Josie Hoyt’s Diaries offer offer insights into Ridgefield history in the late 1800s — births and deaths, the Blizzard of 1888, escapades at the Titicus School, a murder-suicide, and more.
Topics: New research turns up tantalizing clues for historians; Great Fire of 1895; Battle of Ridgefield 245th Anniversary.
Topics: Adele Frattini and John Annesi; Battle of Ridgefield Study next steps.
Topics: 20th anniversary year; the founding of the Historical Society; the Society’s current mission.
Topics: RHS celebrates 20 years this fall with a year-long series of programs starting with a kick-off event on Saturday, October 2; Troop A in Ridgefield: State Police arrived as Prohibition began
Topics: post-Civil War Ridgefield, Mary Christie (Mamie) Seymour, William O. Seymour
Topics: President’s Message; Joe Tulipani’s Memoir of Farm Life; Upcoming Webinars
Topics: Voting in Ridgefield; Message from our new president; Dear Luke: an Irish Immigrant Experience
Topics: What the Society has been working on; Recent grant awards; Heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Profile of Doc Adams
Topics: The 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ in Ridgefield; Message from new Ridgefield Historical Society president Sara Champion
Download PDF Topics: 1871 diary of Miss Susie Scott, New York debutante Gerardus Herrick propeller prototype Walnut Grove Farm photo by Marie Kendall
Download PDF Topics: 1929 Ridgefield High School Scrapbook Ridgefield Press Editor William Wallace Whiting Rev. George Lansing Taylor, minister of Jesse Lee Methodist Church
Download PDF Topics: Scott House history Peter Parley Schoolhouse Historical research at Ridgefield Historical Society Events
Download PDF Topics: Spring Trip 2018 Arthur Avenue & The Met Cloisters In Remembrance: Maureen Kiernan and Vera Neligan The Historic Herrick Portrait has a New Home 100th Anniversary of the End
Download PDF Topics: A Day Surrounded by Art – Trip to Stockbridge, MA Hats Off to Those Who Serve – a tribute to service men and women
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