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A Bus Tour and Pre-Bus-Tour Lecture Centering on Farmington, Connecticut

Pre-Tour Lecture: Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7:00 pm, Stanley-Whitman House
Bus Tour: Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Sarah Brandegee Barney (Farmington Historical Society)

Join us for another exciting installment of our themed bus tour with a pre-tour lecture!

Thursday, April 25 at 7:00 pm, come hear Betty Coykendall, former Town of Farmington Historian twice over, present Bad Boys and Wicked Women of Farmington at Stanley-Whitman House, 37 High Street, Farmington, CT (s-wh.org).

Admission is $5 (payable at the door). For those attending the bus tour, the lecture is included in the bus tour fee.

Saturday, April 27 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, hop on the bus and enjoy tales of Farmington legends at Riverside Cemetery, Stanley-Whitman House, and Hill-Stead Museum. Park and board the bus at the Noah Webster School / Barney Library Parking Lot.

The fee of $50 (payable by cash or check) includes the bus ride, lectures provided at each venue, lunch at Stanley-Whitman House, and the pre-tour lecture on 4/25.

Contact Nancy Anstey at 860-680-5298 or nancy@farmingtonvalleyctheritage.org for payment info.

Read more about the lecture and bus tour.

Image: Sarah Elizabeth Brandegee Barney, buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Farmington. Her son built a library in Farmington to honor her. Photo courtesy of Farmington Historical Society.

PREVIOUS TOURS

Why They Came: Stories of Immigration to the Farmington Valley

Sponsored by CT Humanities, the Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network's "Why They Came" program in November 2023 offered a personal perspective on the people who shaped our towns. The program took place in two parts. Enjoy the wonderful videos taken of both sessions!

Part One features stories from the Avon Historical Society ("Prince Thomas of Savoy"), the Farmington Historical Society (Asian immigrants), Stanley-Whitman House ("The Legacy of Mrs. Julia Roper"), and the Unionville Museum ("The Irish in Unionville").

Part Two of two features stories from the Barkhamsted Historical Society ("A German Immigrant Family Takes Over One of Barkhamsted’s Biggest Farms"), the Canton Historical Museum (“Farmington Valley Immigration 1830-1920”), the Salmon Brook Historical Society ("Granby to the White House"), and the Simsbury Historical Society ("Frank Zablocki, Polish Immigration, and the Industrialization of Simsbury").