Thankful Arnold House, Haddam

Thankful Arnold House, Haddam – Jerry Dougherty

Haddam, in Middlesex County, is located in south-central Connecticut in the lower Connecticut River Valley. It is also home to Cockaponset State Forest. Incorporated in October of 1668, Haddam is the only town in Connecticut divided by the Connecticut River. It contains five villages – Hidden Lake, Higganum, Shailerville, and Tylerville on the west side of the river, and Haddam Neck on the east. For the first two hundred years of the town’s existence, the Connecticut River was a major source of income and transportation. Today, the town of Haddam is a residential community.

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Places

Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Cockaponset State Forest,” 2012. Link.
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Eagle Landing State Park,” 2012. Link.
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “George Dudley Seymour State Park,” 2012. Link.
“Haddam Historical Society,” 2012. Link.
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Haddam Meadows State Park,” 2012. Link.
Haddam Historical Society. “Thankful Arnold House,” 2012. Link.

Documents

Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Haddam - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2014. Link.
“Haddam Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
“Map - Haddam & Shailorville - Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Boston, MA: D.H. Hurd & Company, 1893. University of Connecticut Libraries - Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.
“Map - Higganum - Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Boston, MA: D.H. Hurd & Company, 1893. University of Connecticut Libraries - Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.
O.H. Bailey & Company. “View of Higganum, Connecticut 1881.” Bird’s-eye Map. O.H. Bailey & Company, 1881. Connecticut History Online. Link.

Books

Field, David. A History of the Towns of Haddam and East-Haddam. Middletown, CT: Loomis and Richards, 1814. Link.
Field, David. A Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex, in Connecticut. Middletown,  CT: Clark & Lyman, 1819. Link.
Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Middlesex, Connecticut: From Actual Surveys. New York, NY: F.W. Beers & Company, 1874. Link.
Haddam Historical Society, and Charlotte Gradie. Haddam, 1870-1930. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 2005.
Beers, J.B., & Company, and Henry Whittemore. History of Middlesex County, Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men. New York, NY: J.B. Beers & Company, 1884. Link.
Brooks, Lillian. “Life Flows Along Like a River” a History of Haddam Neck. East Hampton, CT: Haddam Neck Genealogical Group, 1972.
Cunningham, Janice. Portrait of a River Town: The History and Architecture of Haddam, Connecticut. Middletown,  CT: Greater Middletown Preservation Trust, 1984.