Experience 300 Years of Norwich History
The primary goal of this website is to educate the public about Norwich Connecticut’s rich heritage and history during the 300 year period of 1659-1959. The site provides quick and easy access to a large collection of media, which focuses on Norwich’s historical events, places and many other tidbits.
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The site provides more than 500 short articles and many historical Norwich maps. The articles are organized into 32 categories. The Media Library connects you to thousands of Norwich historical web-based links. Several quizzes are provided to enhance the learning environment.
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Norwich Patent: Strawberry-Vase
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Clever Norwich residents patented more than 800 inventions in the 1700s and 1800s. On June 12, 1866, Reuben B. Fuller patented an improved vase for cultivating strawberries.
In his own words, “This vase, when to be used in a strawberry-bed for instance, is inserted by its tube or spout B in the ground around such a strawberry plant or plants as may be desired, and to which it may be applicable, when, by the flaring side or rim of the vase, the rains and dews falling and gathered upon the vase are thus conveyed directly to the roots of the plant or plants, thereby causing tg the fruit to become riper much sooner or earlier, the vase also serving to protect the fruit from the dirt, as well as to greatly protect the fruit from the dirt, as well as to greatly protect the plant from weeds, worms, and other insects.”
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An historical fiction novel by Bob Dees about Norwich's 1850s Gold Mining Co.
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