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Litchfield Historical Trivia |
| What Kellogg
cereal was named after a Litchfield native?
answer There is only one known recipient of The Congressional Medal of Honor buried in Litchfield. Can you name him and the war in which he served? answer What prominent, post Civil War Litchfield resident may have arrived here via the Underground Railroad? answer Many know that Litchfield was once called Smithfield. Do you know a third name used in the 18th century? answer "Swingling" was a task performed in connection with what crop grown in early Litchfield? answer In pre Civil War Litchfield, many residents took the Washingtonian Pledge. What were they Pledging? answer Present day Buker, Sand, and Woodbury Ponds originally had the same name. What was it? answer Early Litchfield was much larger than today’s town. Can you name three towns which claimed pieces of the original Litchfield? answer Before bridges were built, ferries crossed Cobbossee Stream from three “landings”. Can you name the landings on the following roads: Dennis Hill, Lunt’s Hill, and Pond. answer Which of Litchfield’s several lakes and ponds was once known as, “Cabot’s Great Pond”? answer Litchfield has produced many heroes. Can you name the farm boy who did the following: Prepared himself for Bowdoin College, went to California as a ‘49er, earned degrees from Bowdoin and Harvard Divinity School, served in the Union army as both a chaplain and line officer, and gave his life at the battle of Cold Harbor? answer Hiram Elmer Shorey, one of the founders of Rotary International, is one of Litchfield’s most famous sons. What was his occupation? answer Before the Civil War, Litchfield was the home of two college preparatory boarding schools. Can you name them? answer
Eighty five years
ago, Litchfield was serviced by commuter rail which linked it with
Lewiston/Auburn, Augusta, and Waterville. What was the name of this
rail line? answer
When early Litchfield records referred to, “The Pond”, which of
Litchfield’s many ponds was it? answer Early settlers of Litchfield were required to mark their live stock for identification and have the mark recorded in the town records. How was this done? answer
Water from all of Litchfield’s great ponds ends
up in what common destination?
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