Roxbury

Near the Shepaug River, white settlers built the first structure in 1713. The first meeting house was erected in 1732-33 on Old Roxbury Road, and in 1743 the Connecticut General Assembly established Roxbury parish. Roxbury was the birthplace of three cousins of Revolutionary War fame: Captain Remember Baker, Colonel Ethan Allen, and General Seth Warner. In 1796, the town of Roxbury was incorporated, separating from Woodbury, an achievement spearheaded by General Ephraim Hinman of the Connecticut Militia, a legislator. By the mid-18800’s, Roxbury was mostly a farming town, but it also had ten sawmills and five hat-making shops. Mine Hill was famous for various mineral ores, mainly iron, and garnet, now the state mineral, was mined there while granite was quarried for buildings throughout New England and in New York City and transported by Shepaug Railroad.

Roxbury, Connecticut · United States