You are invited to meet some of the people and explore places from Hebron’s past along Wall Street. This child and family friendly QR tour can be done in any order. Each site is a short walk from here.

Just click on a QR code description and you are on your way to meet your neighbors from Hebron’s past.

On this trail you will learn about Yankees and African Americans from Hebron’s past. By the mid 1700’s Hebron farmers were selling crops, livestock and wood to merchants who would ship these goods to the West Indies. In return Connecticut residents imported sugar, molasses and slaves. As late as 1822, Hebron farmers were still shipping livestock to the West Indies, but had added New York City and Boston as destinations for their livestock. Money gained from this trade would change the appearance of Hebron.

On this trail you will have a chance to do the following:

1. Stop 1 –Veteran’s Park – Consider the role underrepresented people played in their quest to participate in Hebron democratic government and how their efforts should be recognized today.
   
2. Stop 2 – RHAM Junior and Senior High School—Explore how one of Hebron’s earliest settler’s family prospered and tapped into New England’s slave trade.
   
3. Stop 3 – RHAM support yard – Understand how Hebron became involved in the Triangle trades that brought sugar, molasses, slaves and prosperity to a rural town like Hebron.
4. Stop 4 – Cesar and Sim Peters’ archaeological site—Explore how one enslaved family was able to gain freedom and prospered.
   
5. Stop 5 – Wall Street Burial Ground – Explore the family connections amongst Hebron’s early families and discover Hebron’s African American burial ground
   
6. Stop 6 – Cyrus Mann House –Consider the difference made by using local lumber versus imported northern wood in the late 1700’s had on the durability of a building.
   
   

Where to Go Next

Return to Veterans’ Park

Meet Your Neighbors QR Tours funded by the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund in conjunction with the Hebron Historical Society

Please note that some of the structures you will see are privately owned. Please respect these properties by viewing them from the street.