Amazing Tales About History

A Former Ghost Town with an Amazing Legacy


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It’s a square-mile section of land in CT – a parcel where engineering science advancements were made, military leaders trained for combat, college football was played and Dwight Eisenhower hunted. Yet, it faded into a ghost town with abandoned buildings and amazing legacies. You can visit it, but all you’ll find are some foundations and a unique stone water tower built nearly a century ago.

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Amazing Tales About HistoryBy Mike Allen

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