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Almost every Connecticut town has an Elm Street, named for the popular trees that grew in abundance until a fungal infestation greatly diminished their numbers.
ReadThe horse Little Sorrel became one of the most famous residents of Somers, Connecticut, and a legendary figure of the Civil War.
ReadThe Reverend Charles Backus opened one of the more prodigious schools of the prophets in Somers, Connecticut.
ReadSomers, Connecticut, a small town near the state’s border with Massachusetts, was the site of a revolution in 18th-century transportation.
ReadWhen the Connecticut Correctional Institution opened in Somers in 1963, it represented yet another chapter in the state’s history of housing those convicted of crimes.
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