South Windsor / Claire Lobdell for Wood Memorial Library & Museum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobdell, Claire, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Windsor (Conn. : Town)--History--Pictorial works.

South Windsor (Conn. : Town).

South Windsor (Conn. : Town)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

South Windsor owes its location to the Connecticut River, whose periodic floods created fertile lowlands that nourished livestock and crops. Tobacco became a mainstay of South Windsor's agricultural life in the early to mid-19th century, as it did throughout the Connecticut River valley. To this day, tobacco sheds dot the town, and farmers still grow broadleaf for use in cigars. Small industry also flourished here during the 18th and 19th centuries, with mills on the Scantic and Podunk Rivers, tributaries of the Connecticut. Well into the 20th century, South Windsor's children still attended some of the one- and two-room schoolhouses around town until the post-World War II baby boom and influx of new residents necessitated new buildings. South Windsor guides the reader through the history of Wapping, Main Street, and more.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127).

ISBN:

9781439661260

143966126X