Pomfret

Connecticut Audubon Society Grassland Bird Conservation Center, Pomfret – Vicky Livoti

The rural town of Pomfret is located in Windham County in the state’s northeast corner. Formally recognized as English property in 1686 and incorporated in 1713, Pomfret was named for Pontefract in Yorkshire, England. Agriculture and various mills along the town’s plentiful waterways supported the settlers’ earliest enterprises. The town might be best known for the wolf’s den where Israel Putnam killed Connecticut’s last known wolf. Now part of Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Wolf Den is on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, Pomfret is a residential community with light industry, including fiber optic manufacture, ample protected open land, and a large historic district.

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Websites

“Pomfret Connecticut Postcard Archive.” Flickr, 2016. Link.

“The Last Green Valley,” 2017. Link.

Places

“Brayton Grist Mill & Marcy Blacksmith Museum.” Connecticut Office of Tourism, 2017. Link.

“Local History.” Pomfret Public Library, 2016. Link.

“Mashamoquet Brook State Park.” Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2016. Link.

Documents

Woodford, E. M. “Map of Windham County, Connecticut.” Philadelphia, PA: E.M. Woodford, 1856. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC, Yale University Library, Map Collection. Link.

“Pomfret - WPA Architectural Survey.” Connecticut State Library Digital Collections, 2016. Link.

Lee, Stephen. “Windham County, Conn., Business Directory Containing the Names, Business and Location of All the Business Men in the County, Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Other Statistics, with a History of Each Town.” Windham County Transcript Office, 1861. Link.

Books

Bayles, Richard, ed. History of Windham County, Connecticut. New York, NY: W. W. Preston & Company, 1889. Link.

Larned, Ellen. History of Windham County, Connecticut. 1600-1760. Vol. 1. Worcester, MA: Ellen Larned, 1874. Link.

Larned, Ellen. History of Windham County, Connecticut. 1760-1880. Vol. 2. Worcester, MA: Ellen Larned, 1874. Link.

The Story of the Twenty-First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, During the Civil War. 1861-1865. Middletown, CT: Stewart Printing Co., 1900. Link.