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.
Historic Footnotes
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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2 Park Place, Part 3 — The Avery Years
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Four generations of Avery’s lived at 2 Park Place from 1925 when Bertha Rice Avery bought the house, until it was sold in 2016 for business suites. George W. Avery came to Granby from Chenango Co.
History
Before the Frigidaire, ice cutting provided refrigeration—and extra money for entreprenuers
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From The Archives: Remember iceboxes?
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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.
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30 Acres in Granby Center
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For many years, the only building on the main intersection in Granby was the Meeting House built in 1736 on the northwest corner hill, which once was much closer to the corner. The cemetery was established around the Meeting House.
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The Loom in the Attic
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The Granby Land Trust acquired the Wilcox property on Simsbury Road, owned by the late Steve Wilcox Hastings, in 2019. Since it does not have houses on its property, the Trust generously offered the late 18th century home to the Salmon Brook Historical Society if we agreed to preserve and maintain it.