Historic Footnotes
To Granby, with Love
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Originally published in June 1988.
I say it simply—unashamed and unabashed—I love this town.
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A Society of Volunteers
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Originally published May 1987: If the words “Historical Society” evoke an image of grim reverential silence and dull stodgy people—you have not visited the Salmon Brook Historical on a Thursday morning.
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Granby’s Oak
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Carol Laun wrote many articles about the iconic Granby Oak, also referred to as the Granby-Dewey Oak. Three of her columns, spanning several decades, combine to commemorate Arbor Day, celebrated on April 29.
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Taxation in early Granby: A first class fireplace in 1813 burned a lot of money
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From The Archives: Historic Footnotes by the late Carol Laun (1934 – 2021)
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Thanksgiving celebrations through the years
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A day set aside for giving thanks has been a part of New England tradition since 1621, when the Plymouth Colony survivors celebrated their first harvest.
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Granby Heritage – The Granby Fair, Part II
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In 1900, Emma Reed Huggins of West Granby wrote her sister a letter describing the Granby Fair. “We are all well and for a wonder I went to the Granby fair yesterday.”
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Granby Heritage—The Granby Fair
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For any agricultural town, the harvest is the culmination of the year. Along with the harvest comes the annual Agricultural Fair, a time of excitement and exhilaration for the hardworking farm families.
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The Elusive Academy in North Granby
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Hunting history is a mixture of research, detective work and luck. A search for an elusive academy in North Granby resulted in finding not one, but at least four of them.
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A George Tuffin Adventure
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Many Granby residents will remember the late George Tuffin. He had something to say at every Town Meeting.
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Purges, Plasters and Phlebotomy
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Medical care in the small towns of Connecticut during the late 17th to early 19th centuries was chancy. Few physicians attended a medical school, and those who did were severely limited by the appalling lack of accurate medical knowledge.