Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986)

Just south of here, Pulpit Rock
Road joins Old Hall Road briefly
and then turns west as a mostly
unpaved road. Not far beyond the
turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part
of the road formed a small segment
of the Connecticut path, which was
part of the Great Trail of New
England, from Boston to New York,
via Windsor, Hartford and New
Haven, a trail that led to the
founding of Connecticut. 0.4 mi.
south of here on Old Hall Road is
Eliot Rock where on Sept. 16, 1674,
The Rev. John Eliot, "Apostle to the
Indians," preached on Matthew 6:33.

Pulpit Rock, a regular place of
worship in 1686, was dedicated by
The Bicentennial Committee of
Woodstock during the celebration of
September 5-7, 1886, for which Edwin
Holmes Bugbee had caused to be
Inscribed on the rock: "1686-Pulpit
Rock. Scared for evermore - 1886". At
the conclusion, Col. Alexander
Warner moved to adjourn until
September 7, 1986. An amendment by Mr.
Bugbee was accepted to meet every
one hundred years for one thousand
Years. The motion was adopted.

Donated by the residents of Pulpit Rock Road. September 7, 1986
In celebration of Woodstock's 300th anniversary

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