Historic Sites in West Haven, CT

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Inventor. Eli Whitney was born on a farm in Westborough, Massachusetts, spending most of his young life in his ...

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This historical site is identified with three markers. On the Eells-Stow house is a wooden marker that reads: Eells S...

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David Humphreys was a trusted aide to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. He was also a bit of ...

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Restored 1724 classic Colonial saltbox. Period furnishings, Branford archives and photographs; herb and flower gar...

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Jazz Bandleader, Trombonist. Born Alton Glenn Miller in Clarinda, a small rural southwestern Iowa town, the fam...

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32-acre former homestead of the Boothe Family (1663-1949), with picnic facilities, rose and wedding gardens. Build...

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Near this site stood the first Meeting House erected in Milford 1641

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The Regicides Whalley and Goffe Were Hidden In A House Located on This Site Presented by The Class of '37 Milford Hig...

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Branford To Her Brave Sons Who Fought In The War Of The Rebellion 1861 1865 One Country One Flag GAR 1885 [ battle na...

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Here July 5, 1779 citizens of New Haven with cannon prevented an invading British Army from crossing West River and t...

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[ east side of the column ] This Bridge Dedicated On the 300th Anniversary Of the Settlement Of The Town of Milford A...

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Chosen For Settlement A.D. 1637. Named New Haven A.D. 1640. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for t...

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Ye Ancient Common of the Founders of Derby 1654 1904 Erected by Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

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Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, MD 1857 1833 1900 Physician Son of John and Vashti Duplex Creed Graduate of the New H...

Eli Whitney Museum