Check back here soon for research guides to the topics detailed in the museum's core exhibition, Landscape of Change. Each guide will provide students, teachers, and researchers with information about the FMHC Library’s resources related to a specific local history topic.
Topics will include:
Native American Presence and The Great Swamp Fight
The Town Green
Colonial Era Witchcraft
Early Settlement Patterns
The Burning of Fairfield in 1779
Patriots and Loyalists of the American Revolution
Natural Resources and Agriculture
Slavery and Slave Owners
Educating the Town's Youth
Maritime Commerce and Global Connections
The Arrival of the Railroad: Fairfield Becomes a Resort
