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The King House has an extensive collection of Suffield postcards donated by Lester Smith. American postcards were first in print around 1873. The “Golden Age of American postcards” peaked in 1910 but ended by 1915, although postcards are still sent from vacation destinations. Postcards were, at first, mostly printed by
In the October issue of the Observer, I wrote that Brittani Burke, a June graduate of the Suffield Agriscience program, had won two awards. Now she has won a third award, the prestigious Eastern Regional Star Farmer Award, which represents an area from Maine to West Virginia.
Congratulations to Suffield High School’s new inductees to the National Honor Society listed below:
1. Approximately how high is the West Suffield Mountain at its peak?
This long-lasting pandemic affects not only people’s bodies but the institutions that people depend upon. Governor Ned Lamont’s COVID-19 Safety Restrictions with regard to Senior Centers are difficult to implement.
Late in December 1983, an antique sideboard along with other furniture stood outside in the snow in front of the King House Museum following a fire in the museum. Many of the rugs, Civil War artifacts, pottery, dishware and furnishings survived, including the sideboard.
1. What was the trouble that the mother of Joseph Seger, one of Suffield’s original proprietors, had in Hartford in the 1660s?
One can glean much from the immense aerial map of Suffield which is hung on a wall of the barn at the King House Museum, the home of the Suffield Historical Society on South Main Street.
Brittani Burke received a national FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) Silver award in Proficiency in Diversified Livestock Production.
It was fun collecting recipes from Suffield people for the 350th Cookbook. The impetus of the cookbook was a grant from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture to showcase Suffield’s farms, farmstands and farmer’s market.