Included in this collection are some of the earliest <BR>photographs ever taken of Newtown. In addition, Newtown <BR>shows some of the earliest views of the outlying farming <BR>and industrial communities such as Berkshire, Botsford, <BR>and Hawleyville. Many images also recall the town's career <BR>as a resort town--from the earliest Main Street hotels to <BR>the teahouses that sprang up as the automobile grew in <BR>popularity. We also visit the summer recreation communities <BR>that developed on Lake Zoar in the 1920s and 1930s. A <BR>whole chapter deals with the pivotal role that the railroad <BR>played in the growth of Newtown. In addition, there is <BR>considerable coverage of the War Maneuvers of 1912, which <BR>were conducted all over the eastern portion of the town and <BR>finally centered on Castle Hill just west of Main Street. <BR>Newtown includes many photographs newly developed <BR>from glass negatives and several recently discovered <BR>photographs of great significance. These are all being <BR>published here for the first time by Mr. Cruson, a trustee <BR>of the Newtown Historical Society, town historian, and <BR>president of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut.