Trolley trips through New England .. . ide of the ConnecticutRiver, but this is a pleasant variant, or way of return. TheWest Side car leaves the city by Windsor Ave. and passesover the first highway laid out in Connecticut (1638). Side Trip to Rockville, Conn. The line goes cross country to Scantic River and PINEYRIDGE PARK on its banks. Many a snappy ball game is playedon the diamond here. The little village of BROAD BROOK,our next stop, produces woolen goods. Then- comes MELROSE,where much of the well-known Connecticut tobacco is grov/n. Next, ELLINGTON, which in early Colonial days v^^as a
Trolley trips through New England .. . ide of the ConnecticutRiver, but this is a pleasant variant, or way of return. TheWest Side car leaves the city by Windsor Ave. and passesover the first highway laid out in Connecticut (1638). Side Trip to Rockville, Conn. The line goes cross country to Scantic River and PINEYRIDGE PARK on its banks. Many a snappy ball game is playedon the diamond here. The little village of BROAD BROOK,our next stop, produces woolen goods. Then- comes MELROSE,where much of the well-known Connecticut tobacco is grov/n. Next, ELLINGTON, which in early Colonial days v^^as a favor-ite spot for Indian encampment. There are many of the olderpeople whose ancestors recalled the time when the redmenpitched their wigwams among its hills. From here the car continues to its terminus at ROCKVILLE. This whole trip runs thro a delightful farming country andespecially appeals to one who wants to get away from the heatand dust of the city, or for seekers after any of the many quietnooks hidden along the right of 30 Trolley Trips Through New England
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