Little Known Sights in Connecticut, Part 3
Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk, CT
A short but uphill walk brings you to this stone tower. Commissioned by Ellen Battell Stoecker in 1929, it sits atop Haystack Mountain. She donated $50,000 to the state to have it built, increase the size of the park and built a road for cars. Her dad had built a wooden tower here in 1886, which was destroyed by a gale in 1897.
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Plaque on the tower (similar to that on its predecessor) which reads “To Thy God, Country, Family and Town, be ever faithful.”
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View of downtown Norfolk from the tower. While pretty in the summer, it would be much better to be here in the peak of fall foliage season.
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Love the stonework – Thanks for the Close Up
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Thanks Ron. They don’t build them like this around here anymore.
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A wonderful donation. This view must be marvelous at peak foliage time.
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I am hoping to get back and see the foliage at some point.
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Beautiful!
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