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The history of West Haven, Connecticut: ==Colonial and revolutionary history== The Quinnipiac, Pequot, and Mohegan Native American tribes spent summers near the West Haven green and Morse Park, and as far inland as Maltby Lakes. Before New Haven was colonized in 1638 by five hundred settlers following Reverend John Davenport from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Dutch trader Adriaen Block noted the high mounds of oyster shells along the shoreline while exploring in 1614.〔(Web page titled "Our Town" at the ''West Haven Historical Society'' ) Web site, accessed March 12, 2007〕 Settled in 1648, West Haven (then known as West Farms) was a part of the original New Haven Colony. The historic crossing of the West River by horse bridge is commemorated in the 1938 mural, "Fording of the West River to Settle West Haven", in the main post office.〔〔(Web page titled "The Significance of West Haven and the West River Crossing" at the ''West Haven Historical Society'' ) Web site, accessed March 12, 2007〕 Colonists built both a Congregational meeting house and, in the early 18th century, Christ Episcopal Church, one of the first Episcopal churches in New England. The church was started with the help of Yale University and constructed next door to the meeting house.〔 The Congregational meeting house was the site for all town records, government, events, and housed the first public library in the state of Connecticut.〔 In 1719, the hamlet separated from the Orange parish as West Haven. In 1779 the British attacked New Haven Harbor and came ashore in West Haven. Thomas Painter, a militiaman watching for British ships from atop Savin Rock, is depicted on the city seal. The main commercial street, Campbell Avenue, is named for British Adjutant William Campbell, who stopped to help a minister who had been wounded, saving him from being killed, supposedly saying "We make war on soldiers, not civilians" Campbell himself was killed later that day (July 5, 1779) on Allingtown Hill. Campbell is buried in the Allingtown section. 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「History of West Haven, Connecticut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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