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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPR_redding-citizens_Redding-CT.html
In memory of the Redding citizens captured nearby April 26, 1777 & imprisoned in New York for ransom by British General William Tryon & his invading army.
Russell Bartlett · Stephen Betts + · Daniel Chapman * · Thomas Couch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPP_putnams-escape-from-horseneck_Redding-CT.html
This bronze statue was sculpted by renowned local artist Anna Hyatt Huntington. She was 94 when she completed the statue for its 1969 dedication.
The bronze depicts General Israel Putnam's legendary ride down the stone steps in Greenwich (then …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVN_lake-mcdougall_Redding-CT.html
The stone dam which makes this pond was installed at the time of the park's creation. But the stream was in existence during the 1778-79 army encampment. It is one of two main streams, one at either end of the camp, which provided water for the tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVM_cemetery-command-officers-quarters_Redding-CT.html
The two mounds of stones inside the square formed by the granite posts, were thought to be the camp cemetery. Accordingly, a memorial marker was erected to mark the site in 1902. Archaeology work has proven this site to be that of a double-ended (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVG_bake-oven-and-upper-level-structures_Redding-CT.html
With the exception of the Bake Oven, which produced bread for camp, the identity and locations of numerous other buildings on the upper level is uncertain. We know that the Bake Oven was located in this ravine. It needed water from the stream flow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVF_barlow-circle_Redding-CT.html
A resident of Redding, Joel Barlow graduated from Yale in 1778. An accomplished poet and writer, Barlow was thought to have visited the Redding army camps during the winter of 1778-89. He was a chaplain for three years in the Continental Army.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVC_officers-quarters_Redding-CT.html
The chimney remains mark the site of a company officer's hut. The hut was a replica built in 1890 on the original site. The company-level officer's huts were located behind the enlisted hut line. There are several other firebacks of these junior o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVB_charles-burr-todd_Redding-CT.html
This Tablet is Placed by the Commissioners Of Israel Putnam Memorial CampTo Perpetuate the Memory OfCharles Burr Todd1849 - 1928Historian and BiographerA Native of Redding, Inspired By Love For His TownAnd State, He Was a Leader In The MovementT…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHVA_museum_Redding-CT.html
This building contains exhibits and historical materials including artifacts unearthed at the campsite during archaeological excavations. The museum was built in 1921. The structure was a repository for the artifacts found in the park. This buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHV9_company-street-fireback-row_Redding-CT.html
The enlisted men's encampment consisted of 116 log huts set in a double row for almost a quarter mile down the company street. The only above ground remains of those huts today are the piles of collapsed stone chimneys. Each stone pile of "firebac…