Wilton Historical Society/Wilton Library - Scholarly Series: American Made: The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut

Sunday, Feb. 9 Wilton Historical Society/Wilton Library - Scholarly Series: American Made: The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut - Walter Woodward at Wilton Library, 4 – 5:30 p.m.  Lecture topic: “Leaving Connecticut, Shaping America: Walter Woodward.”   This collaboration between Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society kicks off its 7th season with “American Made - The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut.”    Between 1780 and 1830, tens of thousands of Nutmeggers left the state to 'begin the world anew' in places like Pennsylvania, Vermont, western New York, and especially, the Connecticut Reserve of what is now Ohio. In the process, they took the culture of their home state with them, and gave the nation a strong and indelible Connecticut character. Walter Woodward returns to Wilton to discuss the reasons behind Connecticut's massive outmigration, the distinctive attributes of the people who chose to leave, and the very serious concerns their removal raised for those they left behind.   Walter Woodward is a State Historian of Connecticut, Associate Professor of History, University of Connecticut, author of Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., and Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676 (2010). The remaining lectures are as follows (please note the location of each lecture): February 23 at the Wilton Historical Society, 224 Danbury Road, Wilton,: “The Erie Canal, A Mule Named Sal, and the Industrialization of America”—Dr. Ann Greene; March 2 at the Wilton Historical Society: “The Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Textile Industry”— Jamie Eves; March 16 at Wilton Library: “Silicon Valley of the 19th Century”—William Hosley; March 30 at the Wilton Historical Society: “The Dawn of Innovation”—Charles Morris. Reception following the talk.  No charge, but donations are always welcomed.  Series sponsor is Bankwell in Wilton.  Sponsors for the first lecture are Doon and John Foster. The moderator is Steve Hudspeth.  Registration required. Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton; www.wiltonlibrary.org; (203) 762-3950.