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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCS_it-happened-here_Essex-CT.html
While a lot has changed since this 1881 "Birds-Eye-View" of Essex, a lot has remained the same including most of the houses along Main Street. Originally known as Pettipaug, Essex was first settled in 1648. It became a colonial seaport and shipbu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCR_hills-academy_Essex-CT.html
Essex was beginning to come into its own in 1832 when this building, known as Hills Academy, was built. Twelve years before, the new Borough of Essex, previously known as Potapoug Quarter, was set apart from the town of Saybrook. A letter dated S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCO_early-essex-village_Essex-CT.html
At the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, this area served as the village center. The well-equipped general store owned by Ebenezer Hayden and the surrounding businesses of the Pratt Smithy, a bake house two doors up t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NK_warship-oliver-cromwell_Essex-CT.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NJ_essex_Essex-CT.html
Originally called Potopaug by local Indians, Essex was named after England's Essex County, whence some of its early settlers had come. As a part of Saybrook colony, the Essex area was first settled in 1648 by John Lay, William Pratt, and William H…