Columbia

by De Ramm, Columbia Historical Society, Ingrid Wood, et al.

Book Overview

Nestled in the crossroads of Connecticut's eastern highlands, Columbia was home to Eleazar Wheelock's Moor's Indian Charity School, founded in 1754. This Puritan parish was transformed by the early-19th-century Industrial Revolution and was later changed into an exurb of Hartford by the 20th-century automobile. Beginning in 1720, Columbia residents harnessed waterpower for all manner of mills, including grist, cider, sorghum, carding, fulling, saw,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738597953
• ISBN13: 9780738597959
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"