1- that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent the summer of 1944 in Simsbury? He worked in the tobacco fields and lived in a farm off Firetown Rd.
2- that Mark Twain used to regularly walk twenty miles from his home in Hartford with his friend, the Rev. Joseph Hopkins Twichell to Talcott Mt.?
3- that Simsbury is home to the McLean Game Refuge with 3500 acres? Donated by George McLean, a former state representative, governor and U.S. Senator, McLean has a variety of trails for hiking, cross-country skiing and horseback riding.
4- that Simsbury is the site of the Heublein Tower in Talcott Mt. State Park and former home of the famous liquor magnate, Gilbert Heublein? 4 states are visible for 7 miles from the tower which is a 1.25 mile walk from a parking area on RT 185.
5- that Simsbury is the birthplace of Gilford Pinchot (after whom the largest and oldest Sycamore on RT 185 is named)? He was the head of the Bureau of Forestry in the Dept. of Agriculture under 3 presidents and governor of PA.
6- that Tariffville got its name from the protective tariffs which supported the first carpet factory in 1825?
7- that the Farmington canal in the 1820’s ran from New Haven to Northampton, MA and operated where Hopmeadow now stands until the late 1840’s when the railroad took over?
8- that Simsbury is one of the oldest towns in CT founded in 1670? You can experience its historical heritage in a museum complex in the center of town called the Phelps Homestead.
In Addition -
- Simsbury is a great place to golf. It is home to one of the top-rated municipal golf courses in CT located in an old apple orchard.
- Simsbury has a top-rated mini-golf course on the north end of Hopmeadow.
- Simsbury is home to the International Skating Center, training center for Olympic skaters as well as the public.
- Simsbury has miles of biking/skating/walking trails along the newly completed Farmington Valley Greenway.
- Simsbury has acres of open space and conservation land filled with well-marked trails maintained by the Simsbury Land Trust.
- Simsbury is the site of the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, the Hartford Symphony’s mini-Tangle wood summer home in Simsbury Meadow.
- Simsbury is the home of the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, an old one-lane bridge dedicated to walkers,
bikers and picnickers where you can listen to the gurgle of the Farmington River or watch the crew races go by.
- Simsbury center offers shopping, restaurant and business opportunities.
- Simsbury is a short ride away from an amazing array of historical sites(Mark Twain House, Old Newgate Prison), art museums(Wadsworth, Hillstead) and children’s’ activities(New England Air Museum, Basketball Hall of Fame)
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