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Posted by admin on February 9, 2010 · 3 Comments
Colin McEnroe Show: Gregg Pugliese and Elizabeth Normen talk about the Spring 2010 Hard Times issue and Peter Paul company.
And
Hear Mary Donohue and Elizabeth Normen talk about the Berlin Turnpike and the Winter 2009/2010 issue on Colin McEnroe’s show on WNPR.
Hey all –
Cmon – now – heres some info on STRAITS TURNPIKE!:
http://www.watertown-ct.org/Historical_Soc/Turnpikes.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Route_63
http://books.google.com/books?id=sD0OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA567&lpg=PA567&dq=%22straits+turnpike%22+stagecoach&source=bl&ots=eQEpW5p_k-&sig=DOds68YpppzWZ51BPvoPJMO6Rkw&hl=en&ei=URggS_O5DsGutgeQz7GjCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=slpHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA797&lpg=PA797&dq=%22straits+turnpike%22+stagecoach&source=bl&ots=7tSz35Q5E7&sig=XaDSctxnrt8w7R_qUtAlh0lPsWI&hl=en&ei=URggS_O5DsGutgeQz7GjCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Thanks, Jon. But I mispoke today, our article “Litchfield’s Fortunes Hitched to the Stagecoach”, HRJ Spring 2008, DOES cover Strait’s Turnpike: “By the early 1800s, Litchfield appeared on maps to be the center of a large spider-web of connecting turnpikes….The first to open was Strait’s Turnpike to New Haven in 1797, where passengers and goods connected with coastal packets to New York and other parts of the nation.”
I especially liked the Peter Paul story. I had one of those NPR moments – I was listening to the interview on my way home from work. I arrived home before the story was over and stayed seated in my car – in the snowstorm to hear the ending. Like you, Mounds and Almond Joys were always my favorites and had no idea they originated and were manufactured in CT. Very entertaining.