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Scott House Journal, July 2023

This edition of the Scott House Journal features the Couch family collection as well as a tribute to the Ridgefield Garden Club’s long association with the West Lane/Peter Parley Schoolhouse.

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Scott House Journal, January 2023

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.

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Scott House Journal, October 2022

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.

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Scott House Journal, July 2022

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.

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Scott House Journal, July 2021

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

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Scott House Journal, March 2019

Download PDF Topics: 1929 Ridgefield High School Scrapbook Ridgefield Press Editor William Wallace Whiting Rev. George Lansing Taylor, minister of Jesse Lee Methodist Church

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Scott House Journal, Spring 2018

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

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