Farm Highway
The highway linking Nichols Farms to Stratford, three miles (5 km) to the south, was first called the Farm Highway, presently called Nichols Avenue or (Route 108), and was laid out or completed to the south side of Mischa Hill in December 1696. The highway was laid out to the south side of Mischa Hill and at Zachariah Curtiss, his land, and at Captain's Farm. Captain's farm was the first farm as you entered the village, at Hawley Lane, and was owned by Captain John Hawley at the time. This portion of Route 108 is considered to be the third oldest documented highway in Connecticut.
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Famous quotes containing the words farm and/or highway:
“His farm was “grounds,” and not a farm at all;
His house among the local sheds and shanties
Rose like a factor’s at a trading station.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)