Topics:
- 1773 Sheep Book
- Dr. Daniel “Doc” Adams, considered the “True Father of Baseball”
- Dr. George Lansing Taylor (Jesse Lee Church minister) and his wife, Eliza French Taylor
More Issues
Scott House Journal, April 2023
This edition of the Scott House Journal features the growth of Ridgefield during the Gilded Age, as well as other Gilded Age remembrances and treats.
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.
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.
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.
