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Seeing the Past: Stories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright

         Milo Todd was not content with his future lot in life.  Having inherited his family gristmill in the tiny village of Northford, he lived at a time of dynamic economic change during the latter half of the 19th Century and spent his life determined to be part of it.  The quest to do so would bring Todd on a journey across Connecticut as he sought his place in that rapidly transforming world.

       The historical landscape created in following Milo’s journey takes us from a forgotten Native village on the shore of Long Island Sound at the dawn of the 17th Century to Hartford, a frenetic and bustling hub of 19th Century New England capitalism.  In the process, that landscape presents a panoramic look at our collective past that illustrates who we were as a people and thus who we are today.  By exploring Todd’s odyssey as well as stories and episodes from the times and places in which he and his family lived, Seeing the Past; Stories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright
vividly brings the past to life and connects us with  the often forgotten shadows of our shared history.  In doing so, we gain a better understanding of how, through time and place, in seeing the past, we see ourselves.   

Seeing the Past: Stories on the Trail of a Yankee Millwright is now available.
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Praise for Seeing the Past:
James T. Powers digs deeply into a small patch of nineteenth century New England in a way that illuminates the present and expresses the universal challenges we all face in a rapidly changing and accelerating world.  It is a story of resilience, adaptability, and persistence necessary to meet life's uncertainties and opportunities.  By interspersing novelistic first person narratives from a bygone era, Powers enlivens the past as he leads us on a fascinating adventure of contemporary archaeological and historical discovery.
David Leff, author of Canoeing Maine's Legendary Allagash: Thoreau, Romance and Survival of the Wild


Images from Seeing the Past:

The Final Resting Place of Milo Todd

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A Question of Water Power

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The Windsorlocks Canal

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Monument to a Forgotten Hero

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The Wallingford Perectionists


The Dutch Fort in Branford                                                                   Maltby's Shredded Coconut Machine

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Meriden Britannia Company

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