Shelton World War I Monument

Honor Roll

Tablet Erected By

The City of Shelton

In Honor of the Men of This Community

In the Military or Naval Forces of Our Country

Erected November 1918

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Died In Service

Thomas Arena • Joseph Bernabeo ...

William "Yank" Hazelton

1824 -1906

"Yank" Hazelton, son of Joseph, a blacksmith, and Sophia Cleveland, was born in Coeyman, N.Y., in 1824. He emigrated to California through San Diego in 1853. He settled on this site and homesteaded this land in November, 1857, ...

Hazelton

Head of sternwheeler navigation on the Skeena. The town grew at the landing close to the Indian village of Gitenmaks. Crews from the Collins Telegraph arrived in 1866. Following them Omineca gold miners, Hudson’s Bay pack strings and “gandy dancers” ...

Pelton Water Wheel

In continuous use PG&E Drum Power House No. 4, 1928-1987. Produced 18,000 HP at 257 RPM and enough electrical power for 16,000 households. 12 ft. diameter, weight 15 tons. Built in San Francisco by Pelton Company. A constitutional bicentennial gift ...

Shelton Locks

The Shelton locks from Housatonic River to the canal system were built in 1867, allowing canal boats to be raised through 3 sets of locks by water entering each lock, one at a time, raising the boat approximately 10 feet. ...

John Prince Elton

John Prince Elton

1865 – 1948

Mayor of the City of Waterbury 1903 – 1905

Bequeathed to the city this site on which

was the home of the Elton Family. True to

the tradition of hid forebears, he devoted

his lifetime to the industrial, civic, and

cultural ...

Shelton Union Pacific Depot

This depot was built in 1898 next to the Union Pacific tracks in Shelton. It was moved to this site in September 1975 and was the first building on the grounds of the Trails and Rails Museum of the Buffalo ...

To Honor the Men and Women of the City of Shelton

To Honor

The Men and Women of the City of Shelton

Who Served Their Country and In Memory of Those

Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice

Killed In Action

World War I

Arena, Thomas USA • Bernabeo, Joseph USA • ...

Shelton

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Shelton

1639 – Stratford area settled, with present-day Shelton as the northern part.

1717 – Northern settlers established Ripton parish.

1789 – Ripton separated from Stratford and became the town of Huntington, named for Governor Samuel Huntington. ...

Shelton Veterans Monument

A Victory Denied

Vietnam War 1961 – 1975

The Forgotten War

Korean War

1950 – 1953

Freedom Is Not Free

World War II

1941 – 1945

The War To End

All Wars

World War I

1917 – 1918 ...