Gaylordsville to mark tricentennial
NEW MILFORD, Conn. — The village of Gaylordsville in the northwest corner of town will celebrate its 300th anniversary with a special event Sunday, Aug. 17.
A community potluck picnic will be held at the Little Red Schoolhouse on Gaylord Road from 4 to 6 p.m.
Cold cuts, birthday cupcakes and beverages will be provided. The public is asked to bring a dish to share.
Celeste Bellemare, treasurer of the Gaylordsville Historical Society which is organizing the event, said it will “be a fairly low key celebration.”
In addition to the picnic, attendees will put something in a new time capsule that will be opened in 2050.
Community members celebrated the 275th anniversary with a picnic and opened a time capsule that had been prepared years earlier.
Tables for the festivities will be provided by the Gaylordsville Volunteer Fire Department.
Gaylordsville is tied to the Gaylord family that were early settlers in New England. One member of the family, Ensign William Gaylord, and his wife moved to New Milford in 1712, just five years after it was settled.
In 1722, a highway was laid out "by marked trees" north from New Milford to the brook called Whemiseck, according to online records.
In 1725, Gaylord travelled by the "road" from New Milford to Gaylordsville and built a log cabin.
