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Haley Farm State Park is a Connecticut state park preserving Colonial-era farmland as open space in the town of Groton. It was the site of a dairy farm owned by Caleb Haley. The land was sold to A. C. White in 1953 who developed Mumford Cove and sold 198 acres to the State of Connecticut for $300,000 in July 1970. In 1975, a bike trail from Mystic to Noank was established and part of it goes through the Haley Farm State Park. Another 57 acres were purchased for a total of $913,300 and added to the park in 2002. The Haley Farm State Park includes 267 acres that is directly connected to Bluff Point Coastal Reserve through a pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks. The park is reserved for activities such as bicycling and walking. The facilities only include pit toilets. == History == Land containing the acreage for Haley Farm State Park was part of a larger parcel granted to John Winthrop Jr., in 1648 or 1649.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=DEEP: Haley Farm State Park )〕 Winthrop, known better as "John Winthrop the Younger", was governor of the Saybrook Colony and often recognized as "Connecticut's first governor".〔〔 The land was later split up, and the piece which contained Haley Farm was designated Fort Hill Farm. The farm was purchased by Starr Chester in 1789 and passed to Noyes Barber in 1833. The land was split again in 1852 with the farm being sold to Henry B. Lewis. Four hundred acres were sold to Caleb Haley in 1869 for the price of $12,000. Haley farmed the land, built stone walls throughout the property and raced horses around "Racetrack Pond". The land passed to his son, Samuel Haley, after his death in 1924. Samuel Haley continued to operate the farm until his death in 1947, when it was passed to his daughter Juliet Haley. The farm produced cream and milk that was shipped to Noank, West Mystic and Mystic.〔 In 1953, the farm was sold out of the Haley family to A. C. White who abandoned the farm to develop a gully called Mumford Cove.〔 Mr. White placed the 250-acre parcel of land containing Haley Farm for sale.〔 In 1960, the homestead burned down and the other buildings eventually were demolished in 1973 after being documented for possible future reconstruction. In 1963, efforts were made to purchase the land to prevent it from being developed.〔 The town opposed re-zoning it to multi-residential for Algernon-Blair's development plan.〔 The land was sold from Alcor Inc. to O&G Construction Co. as a 250 acre parcel in 1966. A total of 198 acres of land was returned to Mr. White after O&G Construction "were in arrears on their payments and back taxes".〔 In July 1970, the state acquired 198 acres of Haley Farm from A. C. White for a total of $300,000.〔〔 The money was the result of federal funding for $150,000, state funding for $100,000, and the remaining $50,000 came from the Groton Open Space Association,〔 a local organization that completed raising the required funds in early 1970.〔 At the time, the Park and Forest Commission said there were no plans to make it into a park. However, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection recognizes that Haley Farm was officially made a Connecticut State Park in July 1970.〔 In 1975, a bike trail from Mystic to Noank was established and part of it goes through the Haley Farm State Park. In 1981, a $27,000 planned improvement to enhance the trail with stone dust resulted in objections and concerns by locals.〔 Objections were raised on the belief the project would increase motorbike traffic in the park which could pose a hazard to hikers and bicyclers. Riding motorbikes in the state park is illegal, but it was also noted that staff was unable to effectively to catch the bikers and had limited means to deter them.〔〔 The concern of motorcycle collisions were not without merit as a fatal motorcycle-to-motorcycle crash occurred in September 1980.〔 The idea for trail barriers was rejected because the trail also needed to be able accommodate serve emergency vehicles which were already unable to access the trail effectively. In 2002, 57 acres were purchased for a total of $913,300 and added to the park. The first plot of land of the purchase was 49.95 acres from GuerraDeAngelis Trustees (O&G) and another 7.14 acres from Bowen Briggs.〔 The funds for the purchase were from the State of Connecticut's Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. In 2001, the "Racetrack Pond" area was purchased from the Mumford Cove Association, resulting in Haley Farm State Park now totaling 267 acres. The park was directly connected to Bluff Point Coastal Reserve through a pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks, built atop the former Groton and Stonington Street Railway bridge.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=G&S Trolley Trail )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haley Farm State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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