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Sherwood Island State Park

Beaches of ConnecticutLandforms of Fairfield County, ConnecticutLong Island SoundNature centers in ConnecticutParks in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Protected areas established in 1914State parks of ConnecticutWestport, Connecticut
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Sherwood Island State Park is a public recreation area on the shore of Long Island Sound in the Greens Farms section of Westport, Connecticut. The state park offers swimming, fishing, and other activities on 238 acres (96 ha) of beach, wetlands, and woodlands. Sherwood Island is numbered as Connecticut's first state park because state purchase of land at the site began in 1914. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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Bradley B. Meeker
Bradley B. Meeker

Bradley B. Meeker (March 13, 1813 – February 19, 1873) was an American jurist, lawyer, and businessman. Meeker was born March 13, 1813, in Fairfield, Connecticut to Joseph and Rhoda Meeker (née Nichols). His family was very poor, despite being descendants of one of their city's founder. Meeker was related to Truman Smith, Senator who inspired him to pursue law and serve in the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court. With the help of Governor Gideon Tomlinson, Meeker went to Weston Academy and graduated from Yale University in 1802. Meeker practiced law in Richmond, Kentucky from 1838 to 1845 and in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.Meeker came to Minnesota Territory in 1848. After making a name for himself in the world of law, Meeker was nominated to serve on the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court by President Zachary Taylor on March 15, 1849, with the Senate confirming him March 19. He took the oath of office on May 9, 1849. When his four-year term expired on March 18, 1853, Meeker was replaced by President Franklin Pierce when he picked his own justices. Of the three justices on the court at the time (Chief Justice Goodrich, Justice Cooper, and himself), he was the least controversial. Once he left the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court, Meeker was elected as a delegate of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention, served as one of the first regents of the University of Minnesota, and was a charter member of the Minnesota Historical Society. Meeker was a charter member of the Minnesota Historical Society and also served on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. He owned land on the Mississippi River, including Meeker Island named after him. In 1856, he had a county named in his honour.Meeker died suddenly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of Apoplexy while on a trip on February 19, 1873. He was never married to anybody. He currently rests at the Greens Farms Church Upper Cemetery in Westport, Connecticut.

Greens Farms School
Greens Farms School

The Greens Farms School is a historic school building at Morningside Drive South and Boston Post Road in the Greens Farms neighborhood of Westport, Connecticut. It was built in 1925 and received an addition in 1950. It was designed by architect Charles Cutler in a Tudor Revival style, and is a fine example of such style. It is the only Tudor Revival school building in Westport. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.Its interior includes a Works Project Administration art project from c. 1935.It is located on the Boston Post Road. Due to declining enrollment the school closed in June 1983, after which it was leased by the Westport Arts Center.In 1996 with increasing enrollment school officials in Westport began looking at options including reopening the Greens Farms School and brought in a consultant in the process. The Westport Arts Center representatives recommended that they stay in the building as the educational needs of Westport's student could be better realized in a new building. Westport school officials responded that a new building would cost the town $4.5 million more than using the building. In the end the decision was made that reclaiming the building was the "cheaper" course of action. The Westport Arts Center left the building and moved to a location next to the Saugatuck River.In 1997, faced with rising pupil enrollments, the town reclaimed the school for use as an elementary school again. The school had to be renovated and expanded, which cost the town $16 million.The school is now known as Greens Farms Elementary School.