Experience 300 Years of Norwich History
The primary goal of this website is to educate the public about Norwich, Connecticut’s rich heritage and history spanning the 300-year period from 1659 to 1959. The site offers quick and easy access to an extensive collection of media, focusing on Norwich’s historical events, places, and other interesting tidbits.
This site is entirely free of charge
IconicNorwich.org features over 3,000 concise articles and numerous historical maps of Norwich. The articles are organized into more than 30 categories. The Bibliography connects you to thousands of historical web-based links from Norwich. Several quizzes, prepared presentations, and crossword puzzles are provided to enhance the learning environment.
You are invited to add or contribute to new or existing placemarks by filling out the form in the “Contribute Article” section.
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1864-1903: William B. Aiken
Norwich History … It Never Gets Old
William Buckingham Aiken was born in Norwich, on January 23, 1864. He was the son of William Appleton Aiken and Eliza Buckingham Aiken and was a grandson of William A. Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut during the Civil War, and a direct descendant (on Eliza’s side of the family) of John Winthrop, the first governor of Connecticut.
During infancy, he was stricken by a disease which left him under the sore burden of partial paralysis, and totally unable to join in the physical activities of youthful sports or of the ordinary employments of life. And yet in the story of his life, this disability has to be explained, or it never would be inferred from any deficiency in his remarkable achievement, or in his active interest in connection with public affairs.
Despite profound physical challenges, he graduated from the Norwich Free Academy in 1881 and from Amherst College in 1886. He studied law in the office of Jeremiah Halsey, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in December 1888. He retired from the active practice of law to enter the employment of the Norwich Nickel and Brass Works on April 1, 1893.
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William Buckingham Aiken
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An historical fiction novel by Bob Dees about Norwich's 1850s Gold Mining Co.
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