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An Eagle Scout project of Christopher De Matteo who selected and research historic points of interest in North Branford, created a path to visit the sights, created plaques, and mapped the points on a map for the public to view and use.

This paper shows the trends in cost of town government over the last 100 years. The information is drawn from several manuscript ledgers and includes records of the two School Societies and town Treasurer and Selectmen. Also included is an almost…

Includes a history of the North Branford Congregational Church, United Church of Christ.

Includes some history of the Shoreline Electric Railway and the Great North Branford Trolley as well as accounts of the wreck that occurred in August 1917.

Includes a brief description of the use of Linsley Pond for teaching and research by Yale University.

Includes a brief description of Linsley Pond and the studies done by Yale University of the pond through the years.

A brief history of Warham Williams, a Northford minister, and his prominent home.

A trail guide booklet for teachers and other visitors to use when on the nature trail behind the Stanley T. Williams School. Includes a map of the trail, directions for using the trail, descriptions of the stations on the trail, illustrations of…

Includes information about the murder of Emily Cooper in North Branford in 1849. Also included is information about the murderer, Henry Leander Foote, newspaper accounts of the murder and more.

Includes a transcript of a talk delivered about the prominent Northford Reverend Warham Williams and his aunt, Eunice Williams, who was captured in the Deerfield Massacre in 1704.