Patented in Enfield

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Presentation by Enfield Historical Society member Michael Miller. Enfield has always been home to creative and ingenious people.  Innumerable inventions have been born of their genius.  And many of our[...]

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TERRY’S ISLAND: The Gathering Ground of the 1873 “Band Wagon”

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Presentation by author and Enfield Historical Society member William Fournier. An Historical Research Documentation of the Great(est) Island of the Connecticut River TERRY’S ISLAND TELLINGS OF THE TIMELINES, TITLES, TALES[...]

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Enfield’s Rivers & Streams

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Photo: Hazard Powder Company dam on the Scantic River.  The Powder Mill Barn is in the center background. Join Enfield Historical Society Member Jim Malley for a presentation on Rivers,[...]

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The Pilch Poultry Breeding Business

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Join the Enfield Historical Society for an informative and entertaining program about our shared history. Chester and Frank Pilch were household names in Enfield during the mid-20th Century. Chet learned the[...]

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William Webb, An African American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut

Fellowship Hall, Enfield Congregational Church 1295 Enfield Street (Route 5), Enfield, CT

Join the Enfield Historical Society as Kevin Johnson portrays William Webb, an African American Civil War soldier from Connecticut. Kevin Johnson’s portrayal of Webb is told from an emotional and[...]

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Frank G. “Doc” Taylor Retrospective

Enfield Public Library 104 Middle Road, Enfield, CT

Join Enfield Historical Society Member Jim Malley for a PowerPoint presentation on a Retrospective of Frank G. "Doc" Taylor. Doc Taylor taught for 54 years, the last 49 years as[...]

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Coffin Craziness

Enfield Public Library 104 Middle Road, Enfield, CT

Please join us for Coffin Craziness presented by Michael Miller of the Enfield Historical Society. In the 1880s, Thompsonville’s New England Glass Burial Case Company manufactured glass coffins. Their products[...]

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Finding Your Family: The Enfield Historical Society and Beyond

Enfield Public Library 104 Middle Road, Enfield, CT

Join Susan Bigelow of the Enfield Historical Society as she walks you through the unique family history resources held both at the Old Town Hall and online. Discover photographs, school[...]

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