William Barrows Opens the Willimantic Fairgrounds

Title

William Barrows Opens the Willimantic Fairgrounds

Description

Willimantic Linen Company president William Barrows creates the Willimantic Fairgrounds to host an annual agricultural fair and horse track.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 58.

Date

1883

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“William Barrows Opens the Willimantic Fairgrounds,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/801.