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Why They Came: Stories of Immigration to the Farmington Valley (Part One)
Sponsored by CT Humanities, the Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network’s “Why They Came” program offers a personal perspective on the people who shaped our towns. Part One of two features stories from the Avon Historical Society (“Prince Thomas of Savoy”), the Farmington Historical Society (Asian immigrants), Stanley-Whitman House (“The Legacy of Mrs. Julia Roper”), and the Unionville Museum (“The Irish in Unionville”).
Why They Came: Stories of Immigration to the Farmington Valley (Part Two)
Sponsored by CT Humanities, the Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network’s “Why They Came” program offers a personal perspective on the people who shaped our towns. Part Two of two features stories from the Barkhamsted Historical Society (“A German Immigrant Family Takes Over One of Barkhamsted’s Biggest Farms”), the Canton Historical Museum (“Farmington Valley Immigration 1830-1920”), the Salmon Brook Historical Society (“Granby to the White House”), and the Simsbury Historical Society (“Frank Zablocki, Polish Immigration, and the Industrialization of Simsbury”).
2022 Museum Makeover
Our 2022 Museum Makeover grant was used to expand interpretation of the Ensign-Bickford Company exhibit to include stories of immigration and female industrial workers.
The Museum Makeover program was created by the CT League of History Organizations in partnership with Conservation ConneCTion, funded by CT Humanities. Simsbury Historical Society was awarded one of the 15 grants given out in 2022.
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