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York-to-Fairfield Connecticut Turnpike (not to be confused with the contemporary Connecticut Turnpike) in 1806. The New Haven and Milford Turnpike (1802) continued...

Connecticut Turnpike 1803 Glocester Turnpike 1804 Providence and Douglass Turnpike 1805 Rhode Island Turnpike 1805 Loisquisset Turnpike 1806 Providence...

This is a list of turnpikes built and operated by private companies or non-profit turnpike trusts in the U.S. state of Connecticut, mainly in the 19th...

In May 1803, the continuation of the Dutchess Turnpike into Connecticut, the Goshen and Sharon Turnpike, was also chartered. When the road was completed...

troubles, the turnpike was opened in 1806. Before it had opened, the portion east of the Hudson River was spun off as the Ancram Turnpike in 1804. Immediately...

Charles River leading into Medfield. In the period from 1806 to 1810, the Hartford and Dedham Turnpike was built (now Route 109), nearly going broke in attempting...

Justus Vinton (1806–1858), a Baptist missionary to Myanmar, was born in town Roger Wolcott (1679–1767), 28th Governor of the Connecticut Colony (1750–1754)...

Connecticut, arrived in 1806 and the township government was organized in 1812. The township was formed from town 4, range 8 of the Connecticut Western Reserve...

Edition; 1806), pgs. 164–232 (Images 180–251) (See also comments on Selkirk's book) Accessed 25 July 2024 "The Subject of the Quebec turnpike[....]," The...

Cumberland Turnpike, the Cumberland–Brownsville Turnpike (or Road or Pike), the Cumberland Pike, the National Pike, and the National Turnpike. In the 20th...

This is a list of turnpikes built and operated by private companies in the U.S. state of New York, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads...

1806 with over 1,000 residents. Meriden was incorporated as a city in 1867, with just under 9,000 residents. It was once proposed as the Connecticut state...

The history of turnpikes and canals in the United States began with work attempted and accomplished in the original thirteen colonies, predicated on European...

Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It was legislatively...

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound and...

Main Street), Route 130 (Connecticut Avenue, Stratford Avenue, Fairfield Avenue and Water Street), and the Huntington Turnpike. The Bridgeport Traction...

and Main streets. Main Street, now U.S. Route 44, was then the Albany Turnpike, and Wickett Street is named for the control structures on the canal that...

Connecticut Western Reserve as compensation; and in 1806, 13 men arrived to make the first survey of what would be called the Firelands. Between 1806...

outside major cities. Construction of major highways such as the Connecticut Turnpike, subsidized by federal investment, resulted in former small towns...

"West Division" of Hartford. This remained the official name until 1806 when Connecticut General Assembly started referring to it as "the Society of West...