Updated: 4/29/2011
The East Granby Historical Society announces that
its new book, The Barns of East Granby: Our Agricultural Heritage, is now available for sale at the East Granby town clerk's office. It can also be purchased by using the on-line order form. Authored by two longtime East Granby residents, Betty Guinan and Ted Holly, the book features 269 photos over 130 pages. The text includes brief histories of local
farms with descriptions of their barns and other outbuildings.
The mission of the East Granby Historical Society shall be the
preservation and promotion of East Granby heritage. To that end the
Society will undertake, foster and support efforts that protect and
preserve material culture, from documents and personal effects to
buildings and landmarks, representative of East Granby history or its
people. Further, the Society will sponsor programs and events that
facilitate historic awareness of the towns unique historic character,
resources and people.
This area, first settled in 1664, was one of four Congregational parishes in Simsbury. The Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical Society in 1786 became a section of Granby, and in 1858 was incorporated as the Town of East Granby.
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