Bruce Oliver's - Enfield, Connecticut Website

CONTENTS - The Challenge of Change *

1. FOREWORD................vii
2. INTRODUCTION........viii
3. THE EARLY YEARS (click on each topic to view sub-topics)
   • INDIANS, THEIR ARTIFACTS AND CUSTOMS    (Ruth E. Bridge) ..................... 5
   • THE FIRST SETTLERS                                               (Ruth E. Bridge)........................ 10
   • THE ENFIELD SHAKERS                                          (Mona M. Piotrowski).............. 30
   • THE ENFIELD SHAKERS-A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIO ................................. 47
4. THE YEARS OF GROWTH
   • AGRICULTURE IN ENFIELD                                    (Edwin H. Collins)...................... 59
     • Tobacco
   • ENFIELD CHURCHES     (F. Russell Meyer, Rev. Edward W. Johnson).................. 94
   • GOVERNMENT                                                          (Eleanor S. Hines) ...................... 122
   • ENFIELD SCHOOLS                                                  (Clarisa H. Stow) ........................ 144
   • MANUFACTURING IN ENFIELD                             (John M. DeBell)...................... 170
   • TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND ENERGY (John M. DeBell) .... 250
   • MILITARY HISTORY                                                 (Joseph A. Rarus) .................... 224
5. THE TRANSITION YEARS
   • ENFIELD: ALL-AMERICA CITY                                         (Mary E. Malley)............. 249
   • THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION                               (Anthony Secondo) ...... 252
   • ENFIELD TODAY-A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIO ............................................... 277
   • THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE                                         (anonymous) ................... 287
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................. 297
7. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...........................................................................................................303
8. INDEX .............................................................................................................................................. 307

* THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS INTENDED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY and THE INFORMATION IN THESE PAGES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM A NUMBER OF WORKS INCLUDING THE CONTENTS FOR THIS ONE:

The Challenge of Change
three centuries of Enfield Connecticut history

Ruth Bridge, Editor

published for the
ENFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY]
by
PHOENIX PUBLISHING
Canaan, New Hampshire

© 1977 by the Enfield Historical Society, Inc

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