#the historians are fighting
Gotta love going on a historical research tangent for the purpose of fandom only to discover an actual scholarly historical debate.
Ok so I’m so glad you asked because this is kind of wild if your a Huge Nerd. In The Owl House Luz’s hometown of Gravesfield Connecticut was founded in 1635.
Which sounds innocuous except the colony of Connecticut was founded in 1636. Meaning that it was founded before the state and later incorporated.
So.
For the purposes of fashion based historical identification I wanted to find (a) pre colony Connecticut town(s). So, what’s the oldest town in the state of Connecticut in our world?
Well.
It depends.
See, Wethersfield claims to have been founded in 1634 and Windsor claims to have been settled in 1633. See, settlers from Plymouth established a trading post in Windsor in 1633. Not a town. Wethersfield claims that though no homes where established until 1635, the town was founded in 1634 when colonists first “made it their home.” HOWEVER. According to state archaeologist Brian Jones the Dutch build a fort in 1633 Hartford and there is some evidence of a trading post as early as 1623. But, according to their Historical Society Director, Windsor has diary records demonstrating that they helped traders going to Wethersfield.
