By Gene Leach (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2014 In 1636 fledgling English settlements hugged the great river at Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford. The rest of the region we know as Connecticut belonged to Native Americans. The next year a sudden war changed everything. The Pequots, a hostile tribe from the southeast, killed nine English … Continue reading Milford, Guilford, and Stratford at 375