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Title: Trolley trips through New England ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: New England -- Description and travel. (from old catalog) Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Guyde publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d means a pointof land. Here, near old Fort Point, east of the river, the firstwhite settlers located on the plain. Take here the Bridgeport car, which passes Norwalk Green.The route now goes thro WESTPORT and SOUTHPORT. Thescenery is interesting, with occasional glimpses of Long IslandSound, and in Southport fine old houses. Roger Ludlow, intimate of Hooker, came to the spot now calledFAIRFIELD at the head of a band of pioneers in 1639. Landwas purchased of the Indians, and with great foresight thevillage was platted just as seen to-day. Among the things tosee here may be mentioned the Judge Roger M. Sherman man-sion (The House with the Sixty Closets); the Four Houses leftstanding after the burning of Fairfield; Old Powder House(preserved by the D. A. R.) ; and the site of the whipping postand stocks on the Green. Kochelle Manor ^p^^ /sLf^A^Q soujvo ^•-■y.^ UZVJ RQCH^^ ELLE to^NQRW/ltK^- How to Get Out of New York into New England—by Trolley 10 Trolley Trips Through New England
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Milford has a Quaint Memorial BridgeBRIDGEPORT, CONN. (HOTEL: Stratfield, $1- RESTAURANT: Irwin) Bridgeport, owing to its excellent transportation facilities andthe energy of the public citizens, has become the strongestindustrial center in Connecticut. On every hand its immensefactories hum with industry. Munitions, sewing machines,brass goods and graphophones are the leading products. Bridgeport men were Elias Howe, who originated the placingof the eye in the point of the sewing-machine needle, and PhineasT. Barnum, originator of the Greatest Show on Earth. Those who have an afternoon to spare will find a pleasantlycool Sound trip in the sail to Port Jefferson. This is newEnglands natural entrance to Long Island. The New Haven car soon runs thro the highway at STRAT-FORD. Its beautiful streets (some of them run more than ahundred feet wide) overarched with perfectly formed elms, andits finely kept residences, some dating from about 1700, give thetown an old-time atmosphere. Crossing

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