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