Litchfield High School - Yearbook (Litchfield, CT)

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FAIR LITCHFIELD 3 fi l 3,4 fi' 'hw 'Qin-his ,W mm wysffgigsdwfwefw Center Park IS one of the major factors IU makmg Lrtchfield the Parlor Town of Connectlcut Lrtchfxeld Connectlcut made 1ts begzn mng in the h1lls of North Western Con nectxcut as a tradlng center and outpost ln 1720 Durmg the Hrst few years of nts exlstence the largest problem was pre sented by the Indxans whose wars w1th Ma sachusetts greatly affected the lxves of Western Connectlcut settlers Therefore several forts were constructed at strategxc pomts for the safety of those settlers who llved outsxde the protectlve shadow of the town tort But as the Redman sadly and mevltably vannshed before the lnexorable advancement of whlte settlers the thoughts of Lltchfield s occupants turned to the bulldxng of a suitable place of worship and as a result the Fnrst Congregatlonal Church was erected m 1726 and T1mothy Collms prevlously appomted m 1721 was 1ts first pastor That the ent1re llfe of the vxllage was centered upon th1s Flrst Latch Held church IS aptly shown by the town law of 1723 voted upon durmg that perrod rn whlch the construct1on was begun whlch stated that whosoever shall sell or trans port any pme boards out of the Town shall forfext ten sh1ll1ngs per thousand Of the other bulldmgs whlch were erected durxng the tlme of the Flrst Congregattonal Church only one remalns today and thls the Ethan Allen House 117365 wherem Ethan Allen of Revolutxonary fame was born Lnkewxse durlng thls t1me was erected the first Eplscopal Church 07351 It was 1n the Flrst Congregatlonal Church that the well known j'ud1ah Cham pxon preached and It was durxng h1s pas torate that the Second Congregatwnal Church was completed 1n 1762 Many prosperous men were now settlmg rn Lltchlield wxth the results that a flour 1sh1ng trade sprang up between that village and other centers and transportatxon lmes xmproved the most lmportant of whxch connected New York Clty with L1tchHeld The Hr t of todays I-Ixstorxcal houses then began to grace the streets of Lltchfield The Sheldon Tavern bullt by Ehsha Shel don in 1760 lS belleved to be one of the most beautlful Even as the men of Lxtch field expanded to seek wealth so were many students of law drawn to Lltchheld in search of knowledge They found am ple source ln Reynold Marvm john Allen . 1 v - , 4 Vvy, Q ,3 V 1' 4 gif f 5 , ' 4' lil . J A. .J .Y I F . . ,JX- : ' A ' N ,xr -0 , I ' ' , 5' , f 1' if ' 7 - c 1-V sq, . 7 W V K k,,, , W , Bile'-hVA,,f,,i,T:Li,W. - ' ,1 f ,. - ,,'z'W J V f,g-,f,5k W - . .1 ' , A - ' U. -nf-.W 'Qt .f,.-lug lvl?-F' r V - , ,, rf,-1 '-- -V , N v N ,, We A 1, Wdmw 1 ' ' . ., W 2 , ,.,,, 'Mfg , f 1 gsJ?',fQsg,, ,N ,lip ,gl g ' 35.34 lg, V . LV ' .1 , by K tp V . A, 'wer , .e,sg,1seef.i,21f v 7 S , ' stile-,f 'T .A , -Mfr-sv' 1 ' K f...f,-f'1i+W,.f' A 'K-he . W, , ,, V K 1.5 f ., 'LM 1, 1' xg ut' se' f ' Q. 1 , -1 'G I3 fa 'tiiflg-is was ffitifr ' , . , , 1 rf' :- K fx, 'Ft ps, my I 1 f-ge. -is-gif, . ' CF3 'i2?':1'.f-vis r'f?f.l'P'1f:fr f42m.Wi' s TWH' 'W A. , ,H ' -, f - V L1 J F5319 :wr-J Q FEM, - 4'V1Ei+ fu,fv-ff V 52125: 1 Y, fin. Lay-1, , ,,: f 'l? 'aff 'fw,ww.w.f ' , V -4 -, . fa ' is - at Q A 1 N ' . . . U ' Y! . . . . . . . - Y ! - . . . ' ' ' . . ' ' , Y . v . . , - . . . . . . . Q . c ' I . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . , - . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! I . . . . . . . . . , . . Q 1 U ' . . . . . . . - - - , - ' ! Y ' - 1 l 42 ' . . Y ' - . . . ,, . . . , .