The railroad was a visible part of the Norfolk landscape a century ago. Constructed in 1870, it approached the village…
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Sep 7
Meet John o’the Woods, perhaps the most well-known homeless man in 19th century Connecticut. In the course of his…
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While the shrill whistle and smoke of locomotives arriving at the Norfolk station have been replaced by the downshifting and…
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Jul 2
Roller skating fever struck Norfolk in 1885, as it did many towns across the country. The Norfolk Roller Skating Association…
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Royal Arcanum Tenants Dedicated to Insuring Lives Once there was a tower in Norfolk from which Rapunzel could have let…
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Chickens on roller skates? Marie Kendall was a very creative photographer, and she must have had some pretty cooperative chickens,…
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Dec 1
Meet the Bishop family outside their home near the Norfolk-North Goshen town line. There’s Ernest and Sadie to the left…
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The year is 1945, and young Augustus Curtiss, known as Gus, is getting a haircut. It is close quarters in…
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Before centralizations, the Norfolk district school system included 11 grammar schools, each managed by a local school committee. Schoolhouses were simple…
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