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Parks and Local Attractions
  • Brooksvale Park (Hamden)
  • Cheshire Land Trust
  • East Rock Park – Friends of East Rock (Did you know that a small part of East Rock Park is actually in Hamden?)
  • Farmington Canal Rail to Trail Association
  • Hamden Land Conservation Trust
  • Sleeping Giant Park Association
  • West Rock Ridge State Park: Judges’ Cave (article from The Underground Movement)

Hamden Notables:

  • Salvatore DeMaio
  • A. C. Gilbert
  • Donald Hall
  • John Hampden (we have no affiliation with the linked site)
  • William J. Linton - Short article: Appledore, Linton’s Home (Autumn 2009 Newsletter)
  • Eli Whitney
  • Thornton Wilder

Local organizations keeping Hamden’s past:

  • Greater New Haven Labor History Association – check out their self-guided walking tour along River Street (New Haven)
  • Hamden Fire Retirees, Inc.
  • New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, Inc.
  • SCAN: Southern Connecticut Ancestry Network (updated link)
  • Tyler City Station (Connecticut Railroading)

Other Historical and Preservation Societies:

  • Cheshire Historical Society
  • Ethnic Heritage Center
  • Hamden Historic Properties Commission
  • New Haven Museum and Historical Society
  • North Haven Historical Society
  • Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust

Links to related sites ...
  • Connecticut Historical Societies (list)
  • Connecticut Historical Society
  • Connecticut Society of Genealogists
  • Connecticut State Library
  • Connecticut State Library Digital Collection
  • Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Hamden Public Library

 
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