During the winters of the early 1900's Norwich residents enjoyed horse sleighing on the frozen Thames.
The Mohegans surrounded the Narragansett and pummeled them with volleys of arrows.
Lincoln was in Norwich to campaign for himself and his good friend William A. Buckingham.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it was a Category 3 hurricane. The storm caused $400 million ($7.3 billion in today’s $) in property damage.
Henry Ward Beecher, a Congregationalist clergyman and abolitionist, authored the phrase in 1850 or 1851.
This photo shows citizens of Norwich celebrating Norwich’s 300th anniversary. They were spreading flakes of imitation gold on the pavement near Chelsea Parade.
Sixteen mental patients, locked in their rooms, were unable to escape and burned to death.
This dirigible flew over the old fairgrounds on East Great Plain. Downtown Norwich in 1909. It was decorated with red, white and blue buntings. Many have said that this was the most spectacular celebration in Norwich history.
The Jubilee elegant dinner and formal ball were hosted inside the tent on the last day of the celebration.
According to the Courant $500,000 ($12,000,000 in today’s $) damage was done. Seven people died.