On the Green with Gil in Fairfield

The Great Swamp Fight of 1637

374 years ago a violent battle took place in July in a swamp located within the borders of what would become Fairfield.

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• In its earliest years, Town Meeting participants chose who was allowed to settle in Fairfield.

• Towns created from Fairfield include Redding, Weston, Bridgeport and Westport.

• Once located on the green, Edward's Pond was used to dunk women suspected of being witches.

• Penfield Reef Lighthouse is said to be haunted by an old keeper believed to have drowned during a 1916 storm.

Gil delivers the weather on GMCT weekday mornings between 5AM-8AM on News 8.

• The first train came through Fairfield in December of 1848.

• Built around 1870, Pine Creek Park Bridge is a rare Keystone-column bridge built as a railroad structure.

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Behind the scenes look at Gil and the crew at Fairfield Town Hall, Aug. 4, 2011.

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