Bethany Baptist Church

Bethany Primitive Baptist Church was initiated as an arm of Union Church in 1841, and was formally constituted in May, 1847.

In the cemetery adjoining the church, on the high bluff of Arabia Bay, are buried many of the pioneers of ...

Bethany

The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty`s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by ...

The Voice of America Bethany Station

During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields near Crosley's WLW facility, six ...

Bethany Veterans Monument

To the

Memory of

Those Citizens

of Bethany

Who Left Home

With the

Armed Forces

In Defense of

This Nation

Erected by

Beletzky - Hoppe

VFW Post

2448

Marker is at the intersection of Peck Road and Amity Road (Connecticut Route 63), on the right when traveling west on Peck Road.

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Bethany Baptist Church

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Bethany Baptist Church was chartered on Sept. 8, 1828. The six charter members were James Garrett, Levin Collins, Uriah Jones, Lucy Garrett, Catherine Simmons and Mary Jones. The first pastor, John W. Cooper, served from 1828 to 1847. In ...

Bethany Turnpike Tunnels

First highway tunnels constructed west of Alleghenies. They were built in 1831 by Richard Waugh at personal expense to ease transportation to his flour mills. The tunnels, a mile apart, were removed by the State in 1957.

Marker is on Bethany ...

Bethany Veterans' Memorial

In Honored Memory

Of All Military Dead

July 7, 1957

Marker can be reached from River Street 0.2 miles from 12th Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Bethany Church of Christ

Bethany Church of Christ, the oldest church building in Bethany, was built in 1852 according to plans drawn by Alexander Campbell, founder of Bethany College and leader in the Disciples Movement. Its foundation is built of stone from the original ...