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Several people in a tobacco barn

Polish Tobacco Farmers in the Connecticut River Valley

March 29, 2023 • Emergence of Modern America 1890-1930, Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Agriculture, Enfield, Immigration, Work, Suffield, Windsor Locks

Many Polish immigrants found work on the tobacco farms in the Connecticut River Valley that specialized in the tobacco used for cigar wrappers.

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National Biscuit Company graham crackers, circa 1915

Sylvester Graham: Progressive Advocate for Healthy Living

October 1, 2022 • Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Food and Drink, Health and Medicine, Suffield

Sylvester Graham is known as much for his sermons on morality as his advocacy of a healthy lifestyle and his creation of the graham cracker.

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Copy of Map of Windsor, shewing the parishes, the roads, and houses by Seth Pease

Seth Pease Surveys New Lands

November 14, 2020 • Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s, Environment, Exploration and Discovery, Science, Suffield

This Suffield native’s work in “New Connecticut” and other Western territories reveals how the new nation took stock of its expanding borders.

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