MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Through wars, financial panics and a freeze that destroyed its peach crop a century ago, eight generations of the Lyman family have sustained its farm in the hills of ...
MIDDLEFIELD — Nearly one hundred people turned out Tuesday to commemorate the Lyman family’s place in town and state history as Lyman Orchards celebrates its 275th year. “I feel like many of us today ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gathering of Connecticut Fruit Growers, from 1908 meeting in the peach field at Lyman Orchards. (Courtesy Lyman Orchards) In 1741, ...
MIDDLEFIELD — Diana Ross McCain said she has always loved history. “I was the only fourth-grader who was actually excited to visit William McKinley’s tomb,” she said about an elementary school field ...
The descendants of the family who donated Lyman Park to St. Helena have spoken out against Rebuild St. Helena’s plan to reconfigure the park and build a community center. The Lyman family announced ...
MIDDLEFIELD >> Lyman Orchards sells about 800,000 handmade pies a year, according to Tim Burt, director of marketing for the business. Twenty-five percent of the fruit used in the pies is grown in the ...