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The store that George Guay built
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Each time I drive by the house at 28 Copper Hill Road, I think of George Guay. Guay lived in that house while running his grocery store for nearly half a century.
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Granby’s first female state representative
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The stone house at 109 West Granby Road is where Helen Green lived all her life. Green was the first woman from Granby to represent the 7th District in the state legislature and she dedicated her life to public service and education.
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The hospital on Salmon Brook Street
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From 1921 to 1946, the house at 225 Salmon Brook Street was owned by Dr. Ernest Pendleton. From 1921 to 1928 Dr. Pendleton lived on the first floor with his family and ran a hospital on the second and third floors.
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Early Salmon Brook Street families
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In 1881, Dr. George Edwards and his wife, Anna Eliza Holcomb purchased the house at 250 Salmon Street to raise their two sons, Gaston and Stanley.
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Fred Marshall Colton, Granby tobacco farmer
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The other day, as I was walking through the Granby Cemetery, a gravestone caught my eye, that had AVERY written on the top and COLTON beneath it, specifically, Fred M. Colton. Across the street, I could see the Town Hall Complex and the Public Library, where 100 years ago, it would have been farm fields.
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James Lee Loomis was a Granby success story
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The historic houses in Granby have sheltered many prominent individuals, but none more so than those along Salmon Brook Street. As you drive south past the center green, you’ll notice a large American Gothic-style house on your right.
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Who’s Who in Granby: Judge William Maltbie
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I have always enjoyed reading tombstones in Granby Cemetery. Each stone has a short biography of the person buried there.
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A Connecticut legend from Granby
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What do the Connecticut State Library and Cossitt Library have in common? George Seymour Godard of North Granby.
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These First Ladies visited Granby
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Grace CoolidgeLaura Bush
Twice in Granby history has a First Lady of the United States visited Granby. The last time was Sept.
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Presidential visits to Granby
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President Calvin Coolidge came to Granby in May of 1932 to go fishing with his good friend, Senator George McLean of Simsbury. Senator McLean owned a lot of land and cared about the environment.