Description

by Daniel Cruson

This volume in the Arcadia Press’ series, Images of America, presents more than 200 photographic images with captions telling the story of the transformation of Newtown from an agricultural town with some light industry to an integrated town with a highly mobile population.

Pictures and descriptions of Main Street including structures donated by Mary Hawley are followed by images of Sandy Hook, the outlying communities of Palestine, Taunton Lake, Botsford, Huntington, Hattertown, Gray’s Plain, Stevenson, Hawleyville and the summer community of Riverside.

The section on special events includes celebrations for the 1905 Bicentennial, the 1919 Welcome Home and the 1932 Washington Bicentennial.

The story of the 1912 War Maneuvers that culminated in Newtown has been continued in this volume because additional photographs showing troop movements in surrounding towns and a photo album kept by a member of the New York National Guard have come to light since the first Images of America: Newtown was published.