New Canaan Historical Marker

Observation # 1 — If you like to wear shoes, you owe props to the little town of New Canaan, CT. It was one of the big industries here in the early 1800’s.
Observation # 2 — In the first thirty-​five words of the inscription, the phrase «Canaan Parish» appears twice!
Observation # 3 — The marker has a beautiful location in front of the impressive New Canaan Town Hall.
This is a two-​sided marker from the CT Historical Commission, with the familiar white lettering on a blue background. It has the same inscription on both sides.. It’s located on a strip of grass in front of Town Hall. The marker dates to 1976 and is generally pretty good shape. The white lettering and blue background are still in good condition, but the blue is starting to fade.
The marker’s full inscription reads:
Inscription. This region was established in 1731 as Canaan Parish, a separate ecclesiastical society of the Congregational Churches of Norwalk and Stamford. Incorporated as a town in 1801, New Canaan encompassed the area of Canaan Parish with additional land annexed on the southern and western boundaries.
During the early nineteenth century, New Canaan was one of the important shoe making centers of New England. In the latter half of the nineteenth– century, considerable numbers of summer residents were attracted here. Many of their descendants made the town their home, helping to create the residential community that New Canaan remains.
Erected 1976 by Town of New Canaan the New Canaan Historical Society and the Connecticut Historical Commission.