Weatogue Bridge

Historical marker location:

Simsbury, Connecticut

( Marker can be reached from Old Bridge Road, 0.1 miles south of Drake Hill Road.)

Marker installed: 1955

Connecticut played a key role in the Underground Railroad, which was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th century. Many abolitionists in Connecticut, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, provided assistance to escaped slaves.