Jedediah Elderkin House
11 North Road · Revolutionary resident
Elderkin was a prominent eastern Connecticut lawyer, militia officer, legislator, and Revolutionary leader. WPI identifies his surviving house as a key America 250 stop.
Map 8 · 8 stops
America 250 — Windham & the Revolution
A themed route connecting surviving homes, the Washington–Rochambeau march, military camps, and Windham’s Revolutionary residents and stories.
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Original WPI order
Stops on this tour
Eliphalet Dyer House
17 North Road · Revolutionary resident
Dyer represented Connecticut in the Stamp Act and Continental Congresses and also served in military and judicial roles.
Nathaniel Wales Jr. House
146 Windham Center Road · Revolutionary resident
WPI highlights Wales as a prominent Windham resident and early local symbol of Revolutionary resistance.
Samuel Huntington House
36 Huntington Road, Scotland · Declaration signer
Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Connecticut statesman, lived in an area that is now Scotland but was historically part of Windham.
Washington–Rochambeau Route — Scotland Road
Scotland Road · 1781–1782
WPI identifies a preserved stretch of the army’s route near the Scotland Road corridor, where stone walls and country views help retain the eighteenth-century landscape.
Fourth Camp Area
Plains Road and Lovers Lane · 1781
Rochambeau’s French army camped west of Windham Center near the Shetucket River during the march toward Yorktown.
47th Camp Area
Scotland Road between Ballamahack Road and Middle Hill Road · 1782 return march
WPI places the return-march camp east of Windham Center along present-day Route 14, with surviving stone walls in the area.
Windham Free Library — Bacchus carving
9 Windham Center Green · Revolutionary-era artifact
A carved figure of Bacchus, made by captured British sailors in 1776, survives in the library as a remarkable local wartime artifact.
More context
Stories connected to this route
Sons of Liberty
WPI describes organized local resistance to British policy, including opposition to the Stamp Act and non-consumption agreements.
Daughters of Liberty
Local women supported non-importation by producing homespun goods and alternatives to imported tea.
“Mutton stew for Boston”
WPI recounts Windham residents gathering sheep and sending food relief to blockaded Boston in 1774.
Gunpowder and saltpeter
Connecticut authorized local powder production during the war; WPI highlights a Windham powder-mill effort involving Jedediah Elderkin and Nathaniel Wales Jr.
British POWs and the Bacchus carving
Four captured British sailors carved a wooden Bacchus figure during imprisonment; it later became a local tavern sign and is now preserved at the Windham Free Library.
Latimer’s Regiment
A Connecticut militia regiment with strong Windham-area participation fought in the Saratoga campaign before being disbanded in late 1777.
Hezekiah Huntington
WPI notes his Continental Army service and his role repairing and manufacturing arms near the local powder operation.
Sources & further reading
Where this history comes from
Windham Preservation Inc. tour maps National Park Service — Washington-Rochambeau Trail NPS — Washington-Rochambeau in Connecticut U.S. House Historian — Samuel Huntington U.S. House Historian — Eliphalet Dyer Windham Free Library — History
Stop-specific descriptions are adapted from Windham Preservation Inc.’s published tour materials. Supplemental links add context where a reliable external source is available.