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 spanning the 300-year period from 1659 to 1959. The site offers quick and easy access to an extensive collection of media, focusing on Norwich’s historical events, places, and other interesting tidbits.
This site is entirely free of charge
IconicNorwich.org features over 3,000 concise articles and numerous historical maps of Norwich. The articles are organized into more than 30 categories. The Bibliography connects you to thousands of historical web-based links from Norwich. Several quizzes, prepared presentations, and crossword puzzles are provided to enhance the learning environment.
You are invited to add or contribute to new or existing placemarks by filling out the form in the “Contribute Article” section.
Recent Updates to IconicNorwich.org
Added: Alfred H. Vaughn Biography: Click Here
Added: Henry H. Starkweather Biography: Click Here
Added: Chief John A. Bowen Biography: Click Here
Added: Gustave Geduldig Biography: Click Here
Added: Rev. Hiram P. Arms Biography: Click Here
1826-1876 Henry H. Starkweather
Norwich History … It Never Gets Old
Henry H. Starkweather was born in Preston on April 29, 1826. From early boyhood, he was impressed with the conviction that if he accomplished anything commendable in life, it must be the fruit of his personal endeavor. Although his early years were devoted to labor on his father’s farm in his native town, he employed his leisure hours in reading, in the observation of men, and in the study of the causes that lie at the foundation of the triumphs and defeats by which the history of the world is marked. He thus laid down at the beginning of life the great law which guided him to its close.
At the age of twenty-two, Henry went to Norwich and entered the law office of the Honorable Lafayette S. Foster, under whose guidance and tutelage he studied until he was admitted to practice in 1850. He labored in his profession for little more than a decade when his tastes and inclinations led him into political life. He was appointed Postmaster at Norwich in 1861 and thereafter gave but little, if any, attention to his profession. In politics, he was originally a Whig, but was active in the formation of the Republican Party, through which organization he was elected a member of the lower house of the state legislature in 1856.
He was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention, which nominated Abraham Lincoln as the U.S. presidential candidate. Similarly, in 1868, he was a delegate to the convention that nominated General Ulysses S. Grant.
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“Norwich History … It Never Gets Old,” is published here bi-monthly on Fridays.
Next issue will appear on May 29
Congressman Henry H. Starkweather
An historical fiction novel by Bob Dees about Norwich's 1850s Gold Mining Co.
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