Hopeville Pond State Park

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Hopeville Pond State Park
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location Bozrah , New London County , USA
surface 2.24 km 2
Geographical location 41 ° 36 '  N , 71 ° 55'  W Coordinates: 41 ° 36 '27 "  N , 71 ° 55' 8"  W
Hopeville Pond State Park, Connecticut
Hopeville Pond State Park
Setup date 1938
administration Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, Connecticut State
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The Hopeville Pond State Park is a state park in the US state of Connecticut on the territory of the municipality Griswold . The area was a fishing spot for the Mohegan Indians even before it was settled by the Europeans . Mills were later operated there. In 1930, the land was acquired by the state and converted into a state park for recreational purposes. Recreational opportunities include camping, biking, fishing, boating, and swimming. The administration building is on the National Register of Historic Places . To the east of the park is the Greenfalls Recreation Area , the Pachaug State Forest , Voluntown.

history

The Mohegan built barriers in the Pachaug River to catch fish. In 1711 Stephen Gates was given 14 acres (5.7 hectares) of land, where he built a grain mill and a sawmill by the natural waterfalls. In 1818 Elizah Abel acquired the mill privilege and built a wool spinning mill on the site. The mills later passed to John Slater, who built another Satinet mill called "Hope Mill". The surrounding village took its name from this mill and thrived until several fires destroyed the mills, the church and some houses. Before 1917, the Ashland Cotton Company built a dam with a reservoir of 58.7 hectares (145 acres). In 1930 the state purchased the site for recreational purposes and commissioned the Civilian Conservation Corps to design it. In 1938 Hopeville Pond was designated a state park. The natural waterfalls have sunk in the reservoir.

Hopville Village was a "prosperous village" in the 1840s. A meeting was held on November 4, 1850 to build a church meeting house. One church was built for $ 1,700 and dedicated on December 12, 1852. The village reached its greatest heyday in the 1860s. In 1881 the mill, then owned by Edwin Lanthrop and Company, was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. The Ashland Cotton Company later acquired the property. In 1900 the church and four other houses burned down. In 1908 the old mill from 1711 fell into flames itself. The dam built by the Ashland Cotton Company was used to generate electricity for the mill in Jewett City . After the state acquired the properties, the Civilian Conservation Corps built fire ponds , forest paths and redesigned Avery House for use as an administration building.

Avery House

The Avery House (also: Hopeville Pond Park House ) is a 6 m (20 ft) by 12 m (40 ft) two-story colonial house with a central chimney from around 1770. The chimney stands on a stone foundation and has an attached one "Root cellar". In 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps prepared the building for use in the state park. The traditional floor plan of the ground floor with five rooms was changed. The storage rooms were closed and the fireplace in the kitchen removed. But the house has preserved most of its door frames and wrought iron latches. In 1986 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places . The house was used as the Hopeville Park manager's residence .

Freetime activities

Recreational opportunities in the park include camping, biking, fishing, boating, and swimming. In the waters in the park quite a few flourishes of different fish: pike , chain pike , largemouth bass , smallmouth bass , catfish , yellow perch and Bleugill (L.macrochirus). There are 80 individual tent sites, each with a fireplace and a picnic table. In 2013 the campsite was counted among the Best Tent Camping sites. Hopeville Pond has been added to a 17 km (11 mile) long bike path by Connecticut: Rides for the Casual Cyclist .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ State Parks and Forests : Funding, Recruiting, and Referrals. (PDF)
  3. ^ Hopeville Pond State Park . In: State Parks and Forests . Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "thriving village", In: Phillip, Daniel Lyon Griswold - a history; being a history of the town of Griswold, Connecticut, from the earliest times to the entrance of our country into the world war in 1917 . The Turtle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1929.
  5. ^ Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee: State Parks and Forests: Funding . Connecticut General Assembly. January 23, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  6. ^ A b Mary E. McCahon: Connecticut Historical Association Historic Resources Inventory: Hopeville Pond Park House . National Park Service. June 1985. and Accompanying photo, exterior, undated
  7. ↑ Hopeville Pond, Connecticut, USA . Lake Lubbers. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Low, Lafe: Best Tent Camping: New England: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization (Google eBook) . Menasha Ridge Pres, 2013, p. 207.
  9. ↑ Edwin Mullen, Jane Griffith: Connecticut: Rides for the Casual Cyclist . Globe Pequot, 1998, p. 49.

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