Abstract

A Connecticut Village

The article presents information about a village in Connecticut. The village was founded in 1639 by a small colony of emigrants from Stratford-on-Avon. The fact alone might well make people respect the place, but there is not a town or village in New England that could better rest satisfied with its many attractions. The village stands on the western bank of the Housatonic or Ousatonick River, on a level plain, with the Sound three miles away on the south, the city of Bridgeport a little further off on the west and with a rolling, rich, well-cultivated, and picturesque country on the north. The original name of the village was Cupheag and an Englishman purchased the land of the Poquanuck Indians and was the first white man vested with authority over the town.