Roxbury Place-Name Stories

Every place on earth has a name. Never noticed the place-names in your town? Then take a look at these tales; you'll learn some things about where you live. These stories are about a rural Connecticut town settled in the 1700s. Place-names are everywhere-on rivers roads brooks hills buildings parks cemeteries nature preserves even rocks. The names are from Englishmen Indians plants animals battles the Bible hell heroes celebrities and just plain folks. Place-names are strange creatures but they all reveal the history culture and eccentricities of people who passed through-even in your town. Rummage around these tales if you're a librarian historian geographer genealogist traveler or resident of this planet.