Samuel Griswold Goodrich, better known under his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Commemorative medal given to Goodrich for his work as the American consul in Paris
Reconstruction of Megalosaurus by Samuel Griswold Goodrich from Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom.
An engraving illustrating the Olympic games from Peter Parley's tales about ancient and modern Greece
Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the New York state border, Ridgefield has a population of 25,033 as of the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The town was settled then quickly incorporated by 1709.
Ridgefield Town Hall
Main Street, looking south, c. 1875
Ridgefield station, located on the former Ridgefield Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Main Street, looking south from Branchville Road, c. 1906