Exciting News – Farmington Historical Society Announces New Headquarters!
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“Bend in the River” by Robert Brandegee
Learn more about Farmington Artists and their times –...
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The Amistad Captives
From March through November 1841, Farmington was home to the African...
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Washington Rides Through
Washington passed through Farmington at least six times during...
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2020s
Farmington’s Freedom Trail Tours 🗓 🗺 - 2023
1620s
Tunxis Indians - 1625
1640s
Settlement of Farmington - 1640
“Bend of the Pequabuck,”... Read More →
Farmington Incorporates - 1645
1650s
First Church Congregates - 1652
The settlers formed a... Read More →
1670s
Gristmill Constructed - 1673
1680s
The Ancient Burying Ground - 1685
We call it “Memento... Read More →
First Recorded Teacher in Farmington - 1685
The first school in... Read More →
1700s
Ancient Highways - 1700
Native American Raids 🗓 - 1704
1720s
The Farming Town Prospers - 1720
The first homes... Read More →
1770s
First Steps Toward Rebellion - 1770
During the years leading... Read More →
The New Meeting House Built 🗓 - 1771
Little Red Schoolhouses - 1772
The town continued to... Read More →
A Revolution Begins - 1773
While the town began... Read More →
Farmington’s Population Grows - 1774
In 1774, Farmington’s population... Read More →
Farmington Protests Intolerable Acts - 1774
The town was one... Read More →
Tunxis Tribe Begins to Disband - 1775
In 1775, some... Read More →
Abolitionist Movement Begins - 1775
Slavery was legal... Read More →
Farmington Mobilizes - 1775
On April 19, 1775,... Read More →
Colonel Fisher Gay and Other Freedom Fighters - 1776
“Feby. 2, 1776. Set... Read More →
Farmington Fights - 1776
Several hundred patriots joined... Read More →
African Americans from Farmington Join the Fight - 1776
Some of the African... Read More →
The Homefront - 1776
After the British evacuated... Read More →
Farmington Loyalists - 1776
Not all town residents... Read More →
Prisoners Turned Builders - 1777
1780s
Washington Rides Through - 1780
Washington passed through Farmington... Read More →
“The Village of Pretty Houses” - 1781
George Washington, who traveled... Read More →
The French Visit Farmington - 1781
With the American victory... Read More →
The Toll of War Brings Peace - 1782
While no battles were... Read More →
The Abolitionist Movement - 1784
Slavery was legal in... Read More →
Gradual Emancipation of Slaves in Connecticut - 1784
Northeastern states gradually adopted... Read More →
“The Halcyon Days of New England are Past” - 1784
After the Revolutionary War,... Read More →
First Library - 1785
Soon after the war,... Read More →
“The Cottages” - 1787
1790s
Prosperity Grows - 1790
As the number of... Read More →
The Old Stone Schoolhouse - 1790
The Old Stone Schoolhouse, at... Read More →
Slavery After the American Revolution - 1790
The new nation that Farmington... Read More →
Hospital Rock - 1792
Hidden deep in the... Read More →
Early Farmington Artists - 1795
Two early Farmington artists... Read More →
1810s
Sarah Porter Born - 1813
Here we must acknowledge... Read More →
The Village Library - 1817
During the same period,... Read More →
1820s
“View of Monte Video, Seat of Daniel Wadsworth Esq.” - 1828
Hartford Atheneum founder Daniel... Read More →
1830s
The Farmington Canal - 1830
In... Read More →
Riverside Cemetery - 1830
Photo by Brooke Martin... Read More →
The Farmington Library Company - 1839
In February 1839 the... Read More →
1840s
Tunxis Monument - 1840
A brown sandstone monument, erected... Read More →
Underground Railroad - 1840
Beginning in the late... Read More →
The Amistad Captives - 1841
1860s
On the Farmington River - 1862
Farmington River, Farmington, Connecticut... Read More →
Theodate Pope Riddle - 1867
Theodate Pope Riddle was... Read More →
1870s
Farmington Landscape Artists - 1870
Other nineteenth-century landscapists worked... Read More →
Post- Civil War - 1872
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1880s
Meeting House Square - 1880
Robert Brandegee - 1880
Robert Brandegee (1849–1922) was... Read More →
Julia Brandegee’s Library - 1882
Eight years before... Read More →
1890s
Tunxis Library Merger - 1890
When the new Town... Read More →
“Approaching Storm” by Robert Brandegee - 1890
1900s
Garden at “Glenbrook” later known as “Boulderbrook”. - 1900
The 19th century garden... Read More →
F.L. Scott Store - 1906
“The Village of Beautiful Homes” Published - 1906
In 1906, “Farmington, Connecticut,... Read More →
1930s
Herbert Knox Smith - 1931
1950s
Flood of 1955 - 1955
In August 1955, two... Read More →
1970s
Farmington Bicentennial Quilt, 1976 - 1976
The creation of the... Read More →
1990s
November 1993 Newsletter - 1993
Connecticut Freedom Trail - 1995
The Connecticut Freedom Trail was... Read More →
February 1995 Newsletter - 1995
May 1995 Newsletter - 1995
September 1995 Newsletter - 1995
January 1996 Newsletter - 1996
March 1996 Newsletter - 1996
May 1996 Newsletter - 1996
October 1996 Newsletter - 1996
June 1997 Newsletter - 1997
September 1997 Newsletter - 1997
December 1997 Newsletter - 1997
March 1998 Newsletter - 1998
May 1998 Newsletter - 1998
September 1998 Newsletter - 1998
Table of Contents Farmington... Read More →
September 1998 Newsletter - 1998
Autumn 1998 Newletter - 1998
Autumn 1998 Newsletter - 1998
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January 1999 Newsletter - 1999
A New Garden with an 18th Century Design - 1999
April 1999 Newsletter - 1999
June 1999 Newsletter - 1999
September 1999 Newsletter - 1999
September 1999 Newsletter - 1999
2010s
Farmington Historical Society Welcomes 2011 - 2011
Past Event: Libation Ceremony by Sheldon’s Horse at the Encampment 2016 - 2016
Fisk Jubilee Singers - 2016
In honor of the... Read More →
Farmington Artists - 2017
Farmington Artists and Their... Read More →
December 1999 Newsletter - 2017
Art in Farmington Village 🗓 - 2017
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018... Read More →
Past Event: Espionage in Farmington Village 🗓 - 2017
Join us at Porter... Read More →
Past Event: Farmington: Art in a Yankee Village; an Evening with Charles Leach 🗓 - 2017
From the New Britain... Read More →
Past Event: Connecticut Colonial Cup at the Farmington Polo Club 🗓 - 2017
Enjoy a spectacular polo... Read More →
Past Event: Art in Farmington Village: an Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art (Now through October 7th) 🗓 - 2017
Click here to learn... Read More →
Past Event: Drama in Farmington Village: “Thank You” by Winchell Smith 🗓 - 2017
April 5, 2018 7:00... Read More →
Past Event: Drama in Farmington Village: “The Witchcraft Trial of Mary Barnes” 🗓 🗺 - 2017
Past Event: Drama in Farmington Village: “Panic in Connecticut: Accused Witches Have Their Say” 🗓 - 2017
Travel back to the... Read More →
Past Event: 2nd Annual Revolutionary War Encampment Dinner 🗓 - 2017
Please join us... Read More →
Past Event: Farmington Art and Artists Exhibition 🗓 - 2018
The Farmington Historical... Read More →
Support FHS with your holiday shopping! - 2018
If you’re planning on... Read More →
“Bend in the River” by Robert Brandegee - 2018
Learn more about Farmington... Read More →
Scarecrow Festival at the Old Stone Schoolhouse 🗓 - 2019
2020s
Old Stone Schoolhouse Tours 🗓 - 2022
The Old Stone Schoolhouse,... Read More →
Past Event: 1619 BOOK CLUB 🗓 🗺 - 2022
Past Event: Quilts by ED JOHNETTA MILLER 🗓 - 2023
Past Event 2023: MARTIN’S BIG WORDS 🗓 - 2023
The Photography of Clare Brett Smith 🗓 - 2023
Book Voyagers Club on Sunday March 12th 🗓 - 2023
The Great Kapok Tree 🗓 - 2023
This is a free... Read More →
Earth Day Through Indigenous Eyes: Honoring, Connecting, Embracing the Earth 🗓 - 2023
Summer at the Museum 🗓 - 2023
Thank you to the... Read More →
FHS will speak November 5th, 1:00pm! Join us! 🗓 - 2023
Book Voyagers Club: Polar Express!!! 🗓 - 2023
Join us for our Dinner Book Club: meet Paul Kix! 🗓 - 2023
“You Have To Be... Read More →
“Bad Boys and Wicked Women of Farmington” 🗓 - 2024
Bus Tour: Lively Lore & Legends: Fact or Fiction? 🗓 - 2024
Exciting News – Farmington Historical Society Announces New Headquarters! - 2025
Since 1997, the Farmington... Read More →