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Last Update: January 2006

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A TEMPEST IN A SMALL TOWN

Mark Williams

The Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut
1680 - 1940
[For a full description, click on the title.]

$45.00 *
$75.00 **
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THE HOLCOMB COLLECTION

Carol Laun

This publication has stories about some of the Granby Holcombs. Stories gleaned from Old account books, newspaper clippings, faded letters, official documents, tiny scribbled diaries, and memorabilia. A Genealogy Page can be found at the end of the book. 122 Pages.  [For more details click on the title.] $20.00
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NEW!

BENEATH THESE STONES

Carol Laun A book featuring all of the smaller cemeteries in the town (not including the Granby Center Cemetery which has already been published).  Three of the cemeteries have disappeared completely and three are on private property and not accessible without permission.    $40.00
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BURIALS in the 
GRANBY CENTER CEMETERY

Compiled by 
Carol Laun

This book contains burials in Granby Center Cemetery from 1740 to 1997. It includes all sections except the new C and D areas. You will find a map of the entire cemetery and of each section.  187 Pages.   [For more details click on the title.] Burials in the Granby Center Cemetery - Revised 2004 $40, has 12 pages of additions and corrections, , more and clearer photos of selected gravestones and a plastic protective cover over the new blue cover - there are limited copies of the first edition available for the sale price of $20. $40.00
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HERITAGE OF GRANBY

Eva  Dewey and Helen Dean Granby history published 1965. Each chapter covers a different aspect of Granby history, Early Settlement, Government, Roads, Schools, Churches, War, Industry, Cemeteries, Mail, Farmington Canal, Houses, Inns, Indians, and Genealogy.  180 pages. $20.00
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GRANBY, CONNECTICUT
A Brief History
1786 -1986

Mark Williams 
and
Carol Laun

A chronological history of Granby, with selected quotes from historic local documents. Contents include 100 old Granby photographs.   90 pages. 

$15.00
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GRANBY TOWN RECORDS
1786 - 1853

 Mark Williams
Carol Laun
Seth Holcombe

Volume I and II of Granby Town Records, put in chronological order and indexed. Also includes genealogical index. 300 pages. $25.00
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GRANBY BICENTENNIAL QUILT

Carol Laun
Artist, Sally Markey

Booklet has artist's sketches and historical description of an exquisite quilt, now on permanent display in the Granby Town Hall. Color postcards and photos of quilt are also available. $5.00
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COSSITT LIBRARY CENTENNIAL
1891-1991

Carol Laun 
and 
Gladys Godard

The history of the first public library in Granby; includes information on the Cossitt and Godard families and a history of North Granby. $8.00
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New!

Granby Cookery

Compiled by Christine Hanauer

and Members of the SBHS

This book includes a chapter of unusual historical receipts most with a Granby history well as a collection of modern recipes from SBHS members." $10

ORIGINAL GRANBY TOWN REPORTS

Original Granby Town Reports from 1900 to 1935 some years are limited - while they last. Each year's report is sold separately.  $2

COLLECTIONS
Volume I

  Research papers on Granby history.
"Taxation and Public Services in 19th Century Granby."
$6.00

COLLECTIONS
Volume II

 

"Religion in Early Granby."

$6.00

COLLECTIONS
Volume III

  History of "the Wedge" in North Granby, and Article on Samuel Hayes. $6.00

COLLECTIONS 
Volume IV

Carol Laun

History of West Granby. A collection of 19 articles about people and events in West Granby. This book also contains photographs. $8.00

COLLECTIONS
Volume V

Granby High School juniors and seniors

Papers written by Granby high school juniors and seniors, all winning papers of the SBHS history Prize Competition. The papers are about Schools, Medicine, Civil War, Women, Granby Hospital, War Memorials, Messenger Family, and Creamery Hill Road history. $8.00

 

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ANTIQUE POST CARDS

Nine different postcard views of Granby from 1914.   Guaranteed to be from 1914.  May be purchased individually or as a complete set. $5.00 each
$35.00 for a set of 9
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GRANBY 

MAPS

Granby map reproductions - with names of home owners.
1. 1855     22  by  17
2. 1869     14 1/2  by  17 1/2
3. 1869     14 1/2  by  17 1/2 (colored)
1. $7.00 each
2. $7.00 each
3. $20.00 each
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Pottery Items of Granby 

Salmon Brook Historical Society Collector Mugs

Salmon Pottery

1. $8

2. $12

 

ANTIQUE DOLLS POSTCARD

Color postcard of antique dolls. $.50

 

* Hard cover book,  559 pages                                        ** Special numbered edition leather bound
                                                      

All prices include postage and handling. To order any of these publications or other gift items, send a check payable to Salmon Brook Historical Society and mail to: P.O. Box 840,
Salmon Brook Historical Society Granby, Connecticut    06035

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