Chief Two Moon is a name to be remembered in the history of patent medicine in America. As the New York Times, on November 3, 1933, reported in its story of his death the previous day, “His immense `practice’ was more than a mere legend.” CHIEF TWO MOON MERIDAS: Two policemen were required to handle […]

The Old Leatherman in the late 1880s. Credit…From the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History As residents compared notes, as newspaper coverage snowballed, some actual facts became clear. For one thing, it turned out that the Old Leatherman was traveling great distances. His network of caves spanned at least 100 miles. Also, his wanderings weren’t […]

Seth Thomas (1785-1859), American pioneer clock manufacturer and industrialist. Thomas was the first in the United States to mass-produce clocks, thus becoming a pioneer of mass-production techniques. SETH THOMAS CLOCKS The name Seth Thomas is symbolic of value and excellence of craft, as a result of the variety of sophisticated styles it has produced since […]

Ancient petroglyphs, Captain Kidd’s buried treasure and a strange medicine woman named Molly who healed townspeople with her knowledge of herbs. These things all have one common thread. Perched atop Spooner Hill, the Molly Fisher Rock has remained shrouded in mystery since it was first documented by a Yale President in 1789.  THE MOLLY FISHER […]

Lover’s Leap Legend Once upon a time, as the tale is told in Tomaino’s book, sometime in the mid 1600s, Princess Lillinonah, the daughter of the Great Native American Chief, Sachem Waramaug, was walking in the forest on Great Mountain, which is now the Lover’s Leap area. During her walk, she spotted a white youth […]