Excerpt from Historic Litchfield: Address Delivered at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Litchfield, August 1, 1920 The plan of the village has never been materially changed. The settlers who had the first choice selected the southern portion of the town along the Bantam Riv er and Little Pond, presumably because of the natural meadows which gave them hay for their cattle without waiting the slow process of clearing the land, - the first pitch was the upper corner of South Street and Gallows Lane (then called ...
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Excerpt from Historic Litchfield: Address Delivered at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Litchfield, August 1, 1920 The plan of the village has never been materially changed. The settlers who had the first choice selected the southern portion of the town along the Bantam Riv er and Little Pond, presumably because of the natural meadows which gave them hay for their cattle without waiting the slow process of clearing the land, - the first pitch was the upper corner of South Street and Gallows Lane (then called Middle Street). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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