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Hubbell and Barthol, 289 1 Hubbs, Charles, 374 Hudson River, 3, 76 Huffington, John, 332 Humphries, Romily, 237
Hungarian Baptist Church, 234 Hungarian Cath. Church, 239
Hungarian Churches Cong., 238; Ref., 239; Bap., 234, 239 ; Catholic, 239 Hungarian Cong. Church, 238 Hungarian Herald, 425
Hungarian Ref. Church, 239
Hunt, Frederick, 402
Hunt, Thomas, 390
Hunter, Harrison, 441
Huntington, 4
Huntington, Dr. Samuel, 26
Hurd, William, 294
Hurlbutt, A. B., 388; A. S., 227, 338; James, 216; J., 406; John, 104 Hurley, Denis, 231
Hutchens, Frank T., 437
Huth, Fred, 428
Hyat, James, 337
Hyatt, Charles, 297; Ebenezer, 206; Henry, 324; Stephen, 169; Stiles, 293; Thomas, 82
Hyer, William, 323
Hyott, Thomas, 100
Ice cream, first here, 165 Ice in August, 207
Improvement Ass'n, West Norwalk, 242
Indian Field, 28
Indians in Connecticut, tribes, 4; characteristics, 5; decline, 6
Indians in Norwalk, origin, 3; tribes here, 4; characteristics, 5; decline, 6; sell land here, 22, 24, 32; city here, 26; graves, 27; smaller In- dian cities, 27; Meadow St. vil- lage, 28; pen picture of village, 29; names, 64, 65; ate oysters, 347 Industrial Waste, 360
Industries, 209; liquor, 210, 263; pottery, 264; shipbuilding, 265; hatting, 270 to 290; oyster fisher- ies, 341 to 368; in 1901, 386; in 1929, 426; also 473
Ingersoll, Jared, 127 Ingham, George, 391 "Inimical Persons," 136 Inn, first in Norwalk, 80, 81 "Inshore Lots," 346 Invalid Girl, asks for library, 333 Irving, Washington, 150 Isaacs, Benjamin, 134; house saved,
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165; Charles, 245, 268; Isaac, 170; Ralph, 101
Ischoda Yacht Club, 432
Islands in Norwalk, named, 7; Chimons and Cockenoe, 25; paths to, 49; ownership dispute, 77; ac- quired by Norwalk, 92, 95; Cockenoe and Mamachimons, 95; history, owners, 414 to 420; small islands, 478
Jackson, Edward, 385; John, 298; Oliver, 385
Jacob, H. and Sons, 428
Jacob, Moe, 428
Jailed, in suffrage, 410
Jakob, Philip, 421
James, Frank, 433; George, 402; Leavitt, 440; Marie, 330; Millie, 440; W. K., Mrs., 62; William K., 227
James Island, 293
Jarvis, Abraham, 444; Charles, 206; Nathan, 136, 244
Jefferson School, 251, 258
Jennings, Burgis, 329; Gould, 245; Mary, 421; Isaac, 376; Jacob, 170 Jessup, Louden, 396
Jesup, Blackleach, 135
Jewish Women, 423 "John Marshall," 217 Johnson, Isaac, 206; Oscar, 403, 404; Philo, 297; Uriah, 206; Wil- liam, 206
Johnston, Alexander, 259
Jones, Elijah, 293; Oliver, 206; W. H., 308 Judah Island, 414, 418, 419
Judson, Mr., 72
Jupp, James, 82 Juvenile Court, 426
K. of C., 399, 403 Kaiser, comes here, 399 Kane, Fred, 391
Kauser, Adele, 438
Keeler, Aaron, 168; Anson, 364, 389; Benjamin, 430; E. O., 228, 337, 381, 382, 388, 407, 431; George, 292, 430; Isaac, 150; Jemima, 213; John, 38, 213, 406; Joseph, 100, 206; Luke, 213; Ralph, 31, 32, 37, 42; Samuel, 82, 100, 169; Walter, 37, 42 Keeler Shoe Store, 430
Keeler's Mill, 187 Keeller, Rhoda, 130 Keena, Harry, 382
Keilers, 84
Keith, Bradley, 371 Kelley, A. Golden, 322
Kelley, Frank Reuss, 438
Kellner, Arthur, 404
Kellogg, Ezaih, 206; James, 206, 244; Jarvis, 168, 381; Matthew, 206; Ross, 430; William, 299 Kellogge, Daniel, 37, 42, 73, 84, 85
Kendall, G., 249, 326, 337
Kendall, John, 408
Kent, Harvey, 388
Kent, James, 176
Keogh, John, 218, 288, 388, 394, 404 Keogh, Thomas, 218
Ketcham, Isaac S., 266
Ketchum, Joseph, 38
Ketchum's, 149
Keyser Is., 414, 416, 419
Keyser, John, 419
Kiggins, Ira, Mrs., 332
Kinda, Alexander, 234
King George, comes to Norwalk, 136, 137; 200, 204
King Philip's War, 81, 82, 83
King's Daughters, 422
Kinney, John H., 391
Kitts Island, 479
Kiwanis, 421
Klaer, Adele, 437, 438
Klein, Charles, 440
Kline, John, 417
Knapp, H., 280, 281; James H., 180, 274, 275; John, 206; Joseph,
206; P. N., 275, 286, 431; Wil- liam, 299
Knight, Jonathan, 168; home, 177, 444
Knight, Sarah, Madam, 81
Knight St. A. M. E. Church, 234 Knockers' Club, 436
Knox, Nehemiah, 309
Knudsen, C. W., 326
Knudsen School, 251, 253, 257
Kossuth, Baron, 274 Kraemer, Harry, 309 Kransynky, Morris, 292
Krapp, George, 443 Kreiner, Edward, 442 Krembs, Felix, 442
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Krieger, H., and Co., bldg., 339, 429, 430 Kubinyi, Victor, 239
Kuch, Charles, 427
Lafayette, General, 124, 166
Lambert, 132; David, 136; Dr., 417
Lamson, Frederick, 421 Landgraff, James, 428
Lane, Edgar, Mrs., 332; Harry, 433; James, 418; Sara, 218, 421 Langdon, Woodbury, 265
Larsen, Albert, 402
Lasher, George W., 293
Lauder, Frank, 385
Lauder, Fred, 440
Lawrence, Charles, 206 Laws, for oyster fisheries, 347, 348; ill laws, 357
Lawyers, see attorneys
Layden, Ernest, 308
Leach, Mrs., 332 League, Women Voters, 421
Leaming, Jeremiah, 132, 136, 148 Leary, Andrew, 373
Leatherland, Thomas, 390
Le Cordon Bleu, 164 Ledgewood Vacation Lodge, 434 Lee, Albert, 444
Lee, Jesse, 189, 190; Jesse Lee Church, 190
Lehmaier, Louis, Mrs., 434
Lengyel, Martin, 391
Leonard, James, 402; Sarah, 335
Leroy Shirt Co., 428
Letters, see mail
Level Hat Co., 290 Levitt, Elsie Hill, 166, 190, 410, 411, 412
Lewis, Chapman, 237; F. E., 432; William, 363
"Lexington" sinks, 265
L'Hammock Is., 414, 417 Libby Prison, 293
Liberty Point, 177 Libraries, 326 to 334; South Nor- walk, 326; Norwalk, 329; Row- ayton, 331; East Norwalk, 333; gifts to libraries, 463 Lick, John, 160, 161 Light, Freeman, 407
Light, John H., 248, 329, 388, 407, 432, 433, 445 Lighthouses, 416, 417
Lighting, early, 372; electric, 376; gas, 377 Lincoln School, 251, 257
Lindeberg, Ella, 328
Lines, Mr., 98
Lions Club, 421
Liquor, post Rev. times, 185; on board ship, 194, 195; in Hart- ford, 210
Lissberger, J. Walter, 445
Litchfield, 137
Literary Colony, 442 Little, Benjamin, 206
Little, Jacob, 206
Little L'Hammock, 414, 417
Little Ram Island, 414, 416
Little Tavern Is., 414, 479
Lockwood, Buckingham, 244;
Daniel, 169; David, 206; Eben- ezer, 136; Edward, 381; Edwin, 220, 244, 393; E. K., 378; Eli- phalet, 226; Ephraim, 38, 42, 84; Fred, 163; Frederick, 381; George, 385; Hezekiah, 168; John, 168, 173; see Le Grand; Michael, 78; Milton, 382; Nehe- miah, 206; Stephen, 246; W. A., 408; W. F., 353; William, 242, 303, 378
Lockwood Dwellings, 176 Lockwood Estate, 313-317
Lockwood, Le Grand, property, 269; bonus, 297; rise and fall,
313 to 317; beautiful home, 314; Black Friday, 314; death, 315
Lockwood Mfg. Co., 428
Long Beach, 414, 478
Long Island, 95; waters, 77, 78
Longevity, early Norwalkers, 90 Loper, Isaac, 419
Lord, Austin, 102
Lord, Charles, 335
Loring, A. E., 366
Lotteries, 186, 187
Louden, Clarence, 402
Loudon, Robert, 389
Lounsbury, Bissell, 427
Lounsbury Bros., Rockwell Co., 324, 325 Lovejoy, F. F., 360, 367, 415 Lovejoy, John, 297 Low, Charles, 199 Lowell, Helen, 441
Lowndes, Charles, 309; Howard, 367; Stanley, 367
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Lowndes Oyster Co., 367 Ludlow Monument, 62
Ludlow, Roger, 1; in Pequot War, 14; Indian scalps, 16; birth- place, 20; Deputy Governor, 21; purchases Fairfield, 21; repri- manded, 21; purchases Nor- walk, 22; deed, 22; agreement with planters, 30, 31; Ludlow spelling, 31; in disgrace, 58, 59; assigns land here, 60; leaves Norwalk, 61; benefactor, 61, 62; monument, 62; lawyer, 405 Ludlow, Thomas, 21 Ludlow, William, 20 Ludlow's Code, 61, 68 Luevine, Samuel, 402
"Luisitania," 441
Lupton, Thomas, 37, 42, 68, 84 Lycett, James, 265
Lynch, Edgar, Mrs., 332
Lynes, Samuel, 393, 409
Lyon, Andrew, 255; Frederick, 255; Mary, 255; M. S., 294 Lyons' Garage, 13
Mac Kenzie, Alice, 403
Mac Lean, Thomas, 311
Maculess, George, 294
Madey, M. D., store, 371 Madison, 4
Magise, 32, 33
Magushetowes, 32, 33
Mahackem, 24
Mahackemo, or Mahachemo, 21, 22, 65 Makentouh, 24
Mail, cost of early, 370; hiding money, 370; parcel post, 373; none in Rowayton, 374
"Maine," The, 382 Malone, Williams, 371
Malkin, Albert, 227 Mallery, Lester, 233
"Mallory and Hanford Hat Shop," 272
Mallory, Charles, 316; John, 392; Nathan, 216
Mallory Lot, 249 Mamachimons, 65 Mamachimons Island, 25, 95, 415 Mamaroneck, River, 75, 76 Maney, Charles, 337 Maning, Stephen, 297 1
Manresa Institute, 420 Manresa Is., see Keyser Mansfield, Ezra, 374 Maples, B. W., 322, 323 Marine Railway, 266 Marriage, early Norwalk, 67 Marsh, Charles, 360, 363; Jona- than, 37, 43, 63
Marshall, Stewart, 334, 380 Martin, David, 316
Marvin, Barnabas, 204; Charles, 295; Ira, 206; Josiah, 62, 249; Matthew, 31, 32, 43, 79, 85; Matthew, Jr., 32, 37, 84; Mat- thew, Sr., 32, 37, 47; Ozias, 145; Samuel, 113, 168; Stephen, 170; Wallace, Mrs., 334; Wil- liam, 62
Marvin School, 251, 255
Marvle, W. E., 428
Maschal, Charles, 391, 421
Mason, John, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20
Mason, Ruth Putnam, 442
Massachusetts, 16, 75, 76, 81; Bay, 12
Masterson, Patrick, 430 Matheis, Henry, 394
Mather, Cotton, 149; Harry, 389; Increase, 149; James, 171; John, 169; Moses, 149, 150, 169, 171 Mathews, Charles, 315; Florence, Lillian, Harry and Charles, 316 Mathews Estate, 269, 313, 314, 315, 316
Mathews, Raymond, 206 Mathewson, Herbert, 388 Mathias, Henry, 370; Joe, 385 Matumpun, 32, 33
Mausolff, Alfred, 438
Maximus, 99
Mayehoff, M. N., 428 Mayer, Hy, 439
Mayflower Hook and Ladder, 307, 309
Mayors of South Norwalk, see appendix
McAuley, Donald, 138
McCarg, Lieut., 398
McDermott, Father, 230 McGowan, Samuel, 303, 308
McGregor, Ernest, 232
McHarg, Barton Co., 395 McKay, E. Murray, 437 McLean, John, 297, 409
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McMahon, Anna, 422; J. F., 329; John, 249
McMullen, John, Mrs., 344; John, 419, 432
McNamara, Jennie, 422; Patrick, 372
McQuhae, John, 299
Mead, Frederick, 381; Luther, 191; Matthew, 103, 114, 167; Mel- ville, 266; Nathaniel, 192; Thad- deus, 113, 114; William, 230, 235, 236, 237
Mead School, 260; Mrs. Melville Mead, 260
Meals in 1750, .105; in post Rev. hotel in Norwalk, 185; on board ship, 215
Mechanics Savings Society, 227
Medical Society, 408, 409
Medicine, lack of, 90
Meehan, George, 398
Meek, Clifton, 437
Meeker, Aurelius, 381 Meeting House Church, first, 36,
37, 50; second, 50; first, 66, 67; second, 83, 84, 85, 86; third, 96 Meetings, town, 55
Merrill, Charles, 294; D. E., 308; Jason, 244; Joseph, 417
Merrill's Bus. College, 261; Mrs. M. A. Merrill, 261
Merritt, William, 372
Merwin, Timothy, 244, 323
Merwine, Matthew, 103; Osias, 135
Metcalf, John, 298
Methodism; religion introduced, 189; under apple tree, 190; serv- ices here, 191; first Methodist church in S. Norwalk, 191; second church in S. Norwalk, 191; Norwalk Methodists form own church, 192; Rowayton M. E. Church, 192; E. Norwalk M. E. Church, 192
Meyers, George, Henry, Samuel, 427
Meyers Mfg. Co., 427
Miantonomoh, Indian Chieftain, 10
Middle Five Mile River School, 254 Middlesex or Darien, 99, 195 Milford, 4, 60, 190
Mill or Sasqua river, 72 Mill Plain, 165
Miller, Addison, 436; Anna, 403; Calvin, 398; Charles, 329; C. O., 337
Miller, William, Store, 373, 429
Milligan, Wendell P., 322
Mills, Charles F., 228, 388; Gladys,
403; Lydia, 123; Oscar, 146, 347 Mills corn, 63; saw, 83; grist, 187; corn mill, 187
Millspaugh, Maria, 332
Milne, John, 379, 389, 398, 407, 434 Mine of silver here, 101
Ministers, Hanford, 41, 47; early duties, 67, 83; Hanford dies, 86; Rev. Stone, 86; reads proclama- tions, 107 Mirimar Inn, 399
Mitchell, James, 265; Robert, 389
Mix, Samuel, 123
Modern Norwalk, 424 to 446
Mohawks, 16
Mohegans, 3, 4; secede, 9; in Nor- walk, 27, 28
Monehan, Peter, 294
Mononotto, 11
Montgomery, William, 297
Montowese, 4
Monuments: Founders' Stone, 36; Roger Ludlow, 62; Nathan Hale, 143, 170; Battle of Rocks, 169; Flaxhill, 170; Fitch stone, 170; Grumman hill, 170; Sol- diers, 232, 305
Moody, Abbie, 241; Ralph, 241
Moore, Frederick, 402; Goodman, 57; L. H., 227
Moran, Frederick, Mrs., 422
More, Isacke or Isaac, 32, 37, 43
Morehouse, R., 295, 381, 391; Solomon, 141
Morgan, Owen, 38; Widow, 37, 43 Morison, Thomas, 378
Mormonism, 234, 416
Morrill, Milton, Mrs., 252
Morrison, Elizabeth, 241; Frede- rick, 155, 165 Mortuary Hill, 181
Moscariello, Thos., 402 Mossman, Albert, 397
Mott, Reuben, home, 165; guard, 170
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Mount Zion Baptist Church, 234 Mt. Holyoke College, 444
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Muendel, George, 439 Muller Gloria Mills, 428
Muller, Richard, 428
Mulvoy, Anthony, 402, 404
Mulvoy Tarlov, post and auxili- ary, 404
Munition, Norwalk disapproves, 135; in Norwalk, 136, 137 Munson, H. B., 190
Murphy, Michael, 382; Owen, 393; Thomas, 370; William, 292 Musicians, 442
N. Y., N. H. and Htfd R. R., 221, 222, 314, 322; thru Roway- ton, 374
Naigs, 4 "Napoleon," 217
Naramake Home, 198, 199, 435
Naramake or Naromake, 24, 25, 26, 27, 65
Narragansetts, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 28
Nash, Arnet, 392; Burr, 350; Dan- iel, 206, 231, 244; D. K., 227, 392; Douglas, 428; Mrs., 421; E. C., 398; Edward, 38, 84, 136; J., 316; Jacob, 160; John, 84, 206; Mildred, 403, Nathan, 206; Thomas, 419; Wilbur, 295
Nash Engineering Co., 428 Nathanson, Joseph, 251
National Bank of Norwalk, 227, 229
National Guard, see Home Guard Natural beds, oysters, 358
"Natural Growthers," 353, 359 Nauvoo Island, see Ram Nehantics, 10; western, 4 Neighborhood Center, 242 Neptune Hardware, 427 New Amsterdam, 75
New Canaan, 64, 76, 78, 90, 92, 99, 100, 102, 152; new road to, 187, 190, 195, 209; Mormons, 234, 262; in Civil War, 294, 297, 299; res- ervoir, 317; telephones, 338 New Canaan Messenger, 338 New Haven, 131, 142, 173 Newkirk, Conrad, 206 New London, 11, 18, 77
Newspaper, first here, 193; Sen- tinel and Hour, 321 to 323; other papers, 323
Newton, Thomas, 99 Newtown, 92, 99, 100
New York, 28; boundary dispute with Conn., 71 and 74-78; in ruins, 182 Nichols, Anne, 441; Clayton, 402; Cyprian, 100; David, 206; Ros- well, 193, 323 "Nimrod", 217 Nipmunks and Nipnets, 4
Noble, Thos., Mrs., 422; William, 297, 298, 300
Nobles, Calvin, 298
Nolan, Robert, 408 Non-Conformists, 45
North Atlantic Oyster Farms Co., 366
North Center School, 245, 247, 251, 255
North East School, 245, 247, 251, 258
North Five Mile River School, 254
North, G. S., 328
Northrop, Francis, 329
North West School, 245, 247, 256 Norwalk, purchase, 1; Indian in-
fluence, 1; founded by lawyer, 2; islands here named, 7; pur- chase deed of eastern section from Indians to Ludlow, 21, 22; central portion purchased, 22, 23, 24; confirmation Patrick deed, 25; origin of name, 25; Indian city, 26; other Indian villages, 27, 28; settlement, 29; planting, 30; western purchase, 32; first settlers, 35-45; home- lots, 46; town arrangement, 49, 50; game, fish, 51; men and women, 53-55; first town rec- ords, 56; growth, 63; Indians, 64, 65; meeting house, 66; boundary disputes, 71-78; bridge, 79; first inn, 80; impressions, 81; second meeting house, 85, 86; schoolhouse, 87; prospers, 90; snowstorm, 92; acquires islands, 95; third meeting house, 96; offshoots, 99; In 1750, 101; silver mine here, 101; holidays, 106; receives Acadians, 112; French, Indian War, 113; Yankee Doodle House, 115;
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Gov. Fitch returns to, 128; on side of King, 128, 129; wedding, 130; passes Rev. War measure, 135; turns patriotic, 136; salt scarce, 138; Rev. generals here, 141-143; Tories here, 146; Brit- ish arrive, 152; battles, 153, 154, 155; burning of, 156, 157; Battle of Rocks, 157-158; local men in Rev., 160, 161, 162, 167-171; some houses escape, 164; after Revolution, 172; rebuilding town, 175-178; stage coach days, 179-187; stone bridge,
187; slaves in, 189; Methodism in- troduced, 189; newspapers, 193; loses Darien, 196; care of poor, 197, 198; Naramake home, 199; in War of 1812, 200; very patri- otic, 201; war resolution, 202; blockaded, 204, 205; Norwalk- ers in War of 1812, 205; cold summer, 206; prosperity, 208; in 1819, 209, 210; transportation, 213 to 225; steamboat, 215, 217; ship to Europe, 218; trains, 218; banks, 226; churches, 229 to 243; Borough, 244; schools, 245; high school, 247; evening schools, 251; public schools, 251; parochial, 258; private, 259; in 1850, 262; pottery trade, 264; shipbuilding, 265; courthouse squabble, 268; hatting, 270 to 290; Civil War, 291 to 305; fire companies, 306; horse cars, 311; Mathews' estate, 313; water works, 317 to 319; location of old well, 320; newspapers, 321; fire, 324; libraries, 326; tele- phones, 337; telegrams, 339;
oyster industry, 341 to 367; blizzard of 1888, 369; post of- fices, 370; electric light, 376; gas, 377; "The Bridge," 381; Norwalk becomes city, 381; Spanish Amer. War, 382; first auto, 384; bicycling, 385; in 1901, 386; consolidation, 387; police dep't, 390; new bridge, 391; in World War, 396; law- yers, 405 and appendix; physi- cians, 407; suffrage, 410; islands, 414; clubs, 420; advantages, 424;
manufactures, 426 and appendix; stores, 429, 430; clubs, 431; hospital, 432; nurses' home, 433; Y. M. C. A., 434; Dispensary, 434; Vacation Lodge, 434; Day Nursery, 435; Children's Home, Naramake Home, 435; art colo- nies, 435; theater, 439; music, 442; authors, 442; eminent men, 444; government, 468
Norwalkers, characteristics, 53, 54, 55; in King Philip's War, 82; in French and Indian War, 113; killed in Revolution, 160; in War of 1812, 205; in Civil War, 292 to 305; in Span. Amer. War., 382 to 384 and appendix; in World War, 396 to 405.
Norwalk Academy, 259
Norwalk Boat Club, 432
Norwalk Club, bldg., 329, 371, 432 Norwalk Co., 427
Norwalk Cong. Church, 232, 259
Norwalk Country Club, 431
Norwalk-Fairfield Boundary Dis- pute, 71-72
Norwalk Gas Light Co., 377, 379
Norwalk Gazette, 193, 323
Norwalk Hat Mfg. Co., 290
Nor. Hosp. Assoc., 432
Norwalk Hotel, see Hotels
Norwalk Hour, 321, 322, 323, 371
Norwalk Indians, see Indians in Norwalk
Norwalk Iron Works, 427
Norwalk Latin School, 259
Norwalk Library, 329; circulating, 329; building, 330; gifts, 463
Norwalk Lock Co., 428
Norwalk Methodist Church, 192
Norwalk Military Academy, 259
Norwalk, Ohio, founded, 174, 213 Norwalk Park, 439
Norwalk Post Office, 370
Norwalk Savings Society, 227
Norwalk-Stamford Boundary Dis- pute, 72
Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., 257, 428
Norwalk Univ. School, 259
Norwalk wedding, 130, 131, 132, 133 Norwalk Yacht Club, 431; com- modores, 467
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Nugent, J. C., Elliott, Norma Lee, 441
Nullifiers, 135
Nurses' Home, 433
Nurses, in World War, 403
Nutting, Daniel, 206
Oakes, Charles, 336 Oblong, 76, 77, 78 O'Brien, Jeremiah, 402; Joseph, 286; Stephen, 309
Observatory, Knudsen, 257
O'Connor, David, 293; John, 297
Odell, Cornelia, 403; Dorothy, 437 "Offshore lots," 347
Ogden, Jesse, 103
O'Gorman, Thomas, 430 O'Hara, Fiske, 441
Ohio, Norwalk, Ohio, founded, 174, 213
Oil lamps, in horse cars, 312; on streets, 372
Okerblom, A. J., 243
"Old Field Point," 265 Old King's Highway, 13
"Old Time" oystermen, 464
Old well, 90, 101, 153, 164, 215, 217; school, 245, 252; pottery trade, 264; becomes city, 317; location of old well, 320; club- rooms, 325; postoffice, 372; bridge, 392
Old Well Hook and Ladder, 307, 308
Olean, Michael, 296
Olmstead Association, 47
Olmstead, Charles, 370, 371; Garner, 136; John, 43, 389, 431; Richard, 30, 38, 43, 47, 48, 100; Stephen, 349; William, 419
Olmsted, Daniel, 100; James, Jr., 103; Leeiftenant, 64, 72, 73; Silas, 103
Onesimus, slave, 152 Opticians, 466 "Orders in Council," 200, 203 "Ordinary," see Inn Ordination, ball, 129
Osborn, Charles, 378; Jacob, 204; John, 249, 259, 381; S. E. 393; Stanley, 361; W. E., 338; Thomas, 192 Osteopaths, 466 O'Sullivan, John, 267
Otis, Samuel, 437
Over River, Burying Ground, 96; settlement, 101; school, 245, 248, 251, 257 Over River School, 251, 257 Owens, Patrick, 402
Ox carts, 35
Oyster Fisheries here, 341 to 367; story of oyster, 342; food, 342; "spat" and "cultch," 342; spawn- ing, 343, 344, 345; inshore lots, 346; offshore lots, 347; laws, 347, 348, 349; closed season, 349; planting, 349, 350; two acre law, 349; offshore planting, 350; steam introduced here, 351 to 353; problems, 353; taxes, 355; ship to Europe, 355, 356; quan- tities of oysters, 357; ill laws, 357; taxes, 357, 358; natural beds, 358; depletion, 359, 360; ban, 361, 362; Sanitary Comm., 361; sewage pollution, 362, 363, 364; value and tax, 365; extent, 365; Norwalk companies, 366 to 368; old time oystermen, 464; grounds, 481
Oyster Shell Point, 124, 382
Page, Charles, 391
Palace Theater, 241
Palinkos, S. J., 290
Palmer, C. R., 428
Pampaskeshank, 27, 28, 33, 65, 148, 150 Panic, 1837, 229; 1857, 229
Paradiso, Antonio, 402 Parcel post, 373 Pardee, Emily, 409; M. Clifford, 238 Parker, Adam, 206
Parker, Dr., 417
Parker, E. H., 378 Parks, 426
Parmelee, Richard, Mrs., 240
Parochial Schools, 258
Parsons, Jonathan, 143
Parsons, Samuel, 141, 143, 153, 157, 158, 159, 160 Patrick, Daniel, Captain, in Pe- quot War, 10, 14, 15, 16; pur- chases central Norwalk, 22, 23; gay young blade, 23; death, 23; Norwalk deed, 24; confirmation deed, 25, 33
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Patrick, Richard, 136 Pattison, Thomas, 237 Patton, Miss, 332 Paucatuck, 10 Paugussetts, 4 Paul, Lawrence K., 421
Peach I., 414, 417
Pearl Silk Co., 427 Peat Swamp, 13
"Peck's Get-Up," 217 Peekskill, 75
Pelham, M. L., 294
Pelton, Frances, 328
Pennell, Elizabeth, 332
Pennington, William R., 288, 390, 391, 400
Pennoyer, Harry, 350
People's Trust Co., 228
Pequot Swamp Fight, see Great Swamp Fight
Pequonnock Indians, 21
Pequot War, declared, 9; pay dur- ing, 9; attack Mystic Fort, 10; Great Swamp Fight, 13, 14, 15, 16
Pequots, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10; in misery, 11; children die, 12; Pequot be- trays, 12; in swamp fight, 13, 14, 15, 16; bury dead, 28 Perry, F. W., 406; John, 406; Lewis, 206 Petersburg, 293, 304 Petro, John, 238
Pew Selection, 85, 86
Philippines, Norwalkers, there, 382 Philips, Alfred, 404
Phillips, Ebenezer, 246
Phoenix Engine Co., 307, 308
Physicians, early, 91, 407 to 409; old time, 408, 409, 467; present, 465
Piamikin, 32, 33, 64, 73 Picket, 193, 323
Pickett, James, 38, 79
Picknell, George, 437; Mrs., 437
Pierson, Mrs. Walter, 47
Pigs, trouble in Norwalk, 188 Pilot I., 414, 417 Pine I., 414, 478
Pineo, J. Arthur, 381
Pinneo, Dotha Stone, 329, 330; dies, 330; 334, 412
Pioneer Hook and Ladder, 307, 308 Piper, Frederick, 240, 443
Pitkin, 127
Plains, 414, 478
Plaisted, R. H., 338
Planters in Norwalk, 30, 31, 32 Planting, oysters, 349; offshore, 350 Platt, Captain, 214; John, 84, 85, 170; Lester, Mrs., 334; Joseph, 38, 43, 82; Miss, 238
Platt's Meadow, 26
Playgrounds, 426
Plundering, of Fairfield, 151; of Norwalk, 157 Plymouth Colony, 8, 10, 81
Pocahontas Descendant, 304 Podunks and Foquonnocs, 4
Pogson, John, 419
Point of Rocks, 36
Pokesake, 32, 33
Points, Oyster Shell, Fort, Fitch, Gregory, Cow Pasture, 124; Fitch, 133; Liberty, 177; Old Field, 265
Police, early, 390; cost, 391; Board Public Safety, 391; 400, 404
Pomenate, 24 Ponasses Path, 50
Ponus, 64
Poole, Helen, 417
Poor in Norwalk, 196, 197; plan poorhouse, 197, 198
Pope, A. E., 289 Population, Norwalk, in 1850, 263; in 1901, 386; in 1929, 425
Port of Entry, 426
Portchester, 75, 76
Porter, James, 244
Postal Tel. Co., 340
Post offices, 370 to 375; Norwalk, 370; Winnipauk, 371; East Nor- walk, 371; South Norwalk, 372; Rowayton, 373 Post Road, 13, 101, 154, 179
Potatoes, not popular, 105 Pottery trade here, 264; Nor -.
walk Pottery Co., 265
Pound, 57 Pound, Peter, 294
Pound Ridge, 78 Powell, William, 307
"Prairie Schooner," 213
Prayer Book, revised here, 236
Preston, Herbert, 417
Price, Henry, 381, 438 Price, Philo, 193, 323
506
INDEX
Prices; during Rev. War, 140 "Prime Ancient Society," 98 Prisoners, Pequot War, 16; Smith is, 161
Prisons, Provost, 150; Sugar House, 171; Libby, 293; Ander- sonville, 304; German, 398
Private Schools, 259; for boys, 259; for girls, 260, 261; others, 261
Problems of early settlers, 51 Problems, oyster industry, 353 Prodax, 32, 33
Producers' Sales Co., 366
Profiteers; in Rev. War, 139
Prominent, men, see Eminent
Prosewamenos, 22, 65
Protestant Union Broad River Chapel, 235
Provost Prison, 150
Prowitt, John, 228
Prowitt, Henry, 294
Prowitt, J. Thornton, 381, 393
Prytherch, Herbert, 359
Public Schools, 245, 251
Pudding Lane, 158; school, 245, 314
Purden, Pat, 302
Putnam, George Palmer, 333, 374
Putnam Hose, 307, 308
Putnam, Israel, 142
Putnam School, 251, 257
Quinlan, E. J., 402 Quinnepauge, 11
Quinnipiacs, 4, 12
Quintard, Anson, home, 165 Quintard Block, 371 Quintard, Evert, 169
Quintard, James, 169, 177
Quintard, Peter, 177 Quota Club, 421
Rabhor Co., 428 R. and G. Corsets, 428
Race Rocks, 414, 478 Rackett, Moses, 310 Radel, Andrew, Co., 368 Raiment, Richard, 38 Ram Island, 234, 414, 416
Ramapo or Ramapoo, 64, 100 Randall, J. S., 379 Randle, Joseph, 371; William, 371 Raye, W. H., 366 Raymond, A. A., 266
Raymond, Anna Carey, 442 Raymond, Augustus, 351 Raymond Brothers, 249 Raymond Cemetery, 255
Raymond, Charles, 206; Clap, 135; Clara, 332; D. E., Mrs., 377; D. W. 295; Edgar, Mrs., 332; Eliakim, 320, 418; Frank, 391; George, 206, 295, 296, 303; Mrs. George, 372; Gershom, 136, 169, 187; Jabez, 206; Jesse, 135; John, 84, 162; Josiah, 168; Le Grand, 295; Lewis, 178; Nathaniel, 169; Oscar W., 58, 163, 252; Paul, 169; Richard, 44, 215; Samuel, 170; Stephen, 169, 252; Theo- dore, 335; Thomas, 206; T. I., 327, 328; Uriah, 169, 206; Waters, 206
Rebuilding Norwalk, 172, 173, 175 Recreation, early Norwalkers, 109; in post Rev. hotels, 186; clubs, 431
Red Cross, 426
Reed, A. E., 282
Reed, Benjamin, 418
Reed, Eli, 150, 169
Reed, James, 292, 393
Reed, Jesse, 169
Reed, Landlord, 179, 184
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