Crowded House

Michael Lynch left his family’s tiny patch of rented turf on the shore of Dingle Bay in 1855 with his new bride Mary Fenton, and headed to Connecticut, never to return. (One census states that Mary came a year after her husband.) Michael ended up in Bozrahville, Connecticut, a little mill town on the Yantic

Cotton Mill

There’s been a mill on this spot in Bozrah, Connecticut, since 1814. Back then, the village was called Bozrahville and a series of cotton mills were here, powered by the Yantic River. On the day of my midsummer visit, the river was reduced to a sad trickle. This is a tiny old mill village, seemingly