[PDF] Ridgefield Chronicles eBook

Author : Jack Sanders
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 28,92 MB
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1625852320

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Purchased from the Ramapoo Indians in 1708, Ridgefield welcomed immigrants to its bustling community from the start. The peaceful Connecticut town later served as a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. With its long history and cast of local characters, Ridgefield has many fascinating stories to tell. In the early 1900s, Typhoid Mary was known to cook for a Ridgefield family. On Olmstead Lane, the landmark that most locals think is a broken fountain is actually a watering trough. For more than forty years, newspaper editor Jack Sanders has covered the captivating history of Ridgefield. In a uniquely selected collection of articles, the town's history comes to life with tales of Pulitzer Prize winners like Eugene O'Neill and disasters such as the 1905 train wreck. These and other glimpses of the past celebrate Ridgefield's rich history.

Author : Jack Sanders
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1467118141

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Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world Superman and Lowly Worm and brought the Wild West to life. One local writer helped make Hawthorne famous, while another penned thousands of hymns still sung around the globe. Join retired newspaper editor Jack Sanders as he uncovers nearly forgotten people and moments of Ridgefield's past.

Author : Jack Sanders
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 37,17 MB
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 143965834X

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Ridgefield is no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of this idyllic community includes cunning crooks, suburban embezzlers, bungling burglars and wandering scallywags. In 1894, a group of bank robbers literally blew it in a heist at the Saving Bank--the explosion attracted witnesses to see the gang miss out on a grand haul of fifty dollars. Half a decade later, in 1940, a skeleton whose origins still befuddle experts was unearthed in a tree nursery. This look at the darker side of Ridgefield's past includes sad and tragic moments as well, such as newlyweds imprisoned in the Tombs, the Satanists of the '70s and a hermit murdered for love. Local editor Jack Sanders tells fascinating tales of two centuries of Ridgefield criminals, n'er-do-wells and even wayward do-gooders in this entertaining--and occasionally humorous--glimpse into some of the town's wickedest moments.

Author : Jack Sanders
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2015-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1625856008

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Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world Superman and Lowly Worm and brought the Wild West to life. One local writer helped make Hawthorne famous, while another penned thousands of hymns still sung around the globe. Join retired newspaper editor Jack Sanders as he uncovers nearly forgotten people and moments of Ridgefield's past.

Author : B F Harte
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 38,39 MB
Release : 2021-06-18
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Anna Johnston was stuck. She'd been living in the small town of Ridgefield, Connecticut with her grandmother for two years, and nothing had changed in that entire time. Growing up in New York City, Anna had become accustomed to society's pressures from a young age. It didn't help that her parents were high-powered lawyers, and both came from long, wealthy lineages. She went to private elementary school. Then an elite Upper East Side academy. Then Princeton. Then Colombia for law school. And when Anna graduated Colombia, she was finally free. Except she had grown used to the containment of school and academics, and once freed from those ties she had no idea what to do next. After a mental and emotional breakdown, Anna was sent to stay with her grandmother in Ridgefield, for what was supposedly a "brief period of refocusing," after which she'd return to normal life. Except Anna never returned. Two years later, Anna gathered her courage and applied to a job at the local university. A few days before it began, she even met the first man she'd felt attracted to in years, when he walked through the door of her friend's cafe. But when she met her new boss at her new job, Anna discovered that he might not be such a stranger after all. And she knew falling in love with her boss was a bad idea, but she couldn't help herself. Could Anna push through her fears and allow her life to resume? Earl Gray Love is a new adult/contemporary romance novella, with mentions of mental health and intimate relations. Recommended for more mature readers.

Author : Patrick Tierney Wild
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 17,11 MB
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 162584137X

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Bethel, Connecticut, was settled as early as 1700 in the rolling hills of northern Fairfield County. Rooted in hat manufacturing, the town offered many residents employment in the factories of the Hickocks, Judds and Benedicts. Bethel is also the birthplace of celebrated showman P.T. Barnum, who became an international celebrity yet never forgot his hometown. Now most noted for its picturesque downtown, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Bethel retains its small-town appeal while still offering accessibility to both New York City and Hartford. Join town historian Patrick Tierney Wild as he recounts the trials and triumphs that have given this New England town its charm, from the tumultuous days of the American Revolution to the early decades of the fast-paced twentieth century.

Author : Christopher Desloge
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 2012-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1300569980

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This Genealogy collection is associated as the second volume to The Desloge Chronicles - A Tale of Two Continents, a monograph of this family actually present at significant historical moments, unfolding on the new American Frontier and witnessing live events unfolding in Europe. This family legacy - as framed in this project - is one of the great pictures of American and European action figures. While many families have long and distinguished legacies, some known, some unknown or undiscovered, this Desloge family at this moment in time, this unique combination of strings of ancestry make for an amazing and compelling legend even for the most jaded historian. Christopher Davis Desloge is a fifth-generation of the Desloge Family in America. Long known as one of the family's historians, his general sense of curiosity has led him to investigate fascinating historical elements revealed in these letters and genealogy.

Author : Meredith Nicholson
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Life in small Indiana college town, interlarded with goings-on at the state capitol.