Eleazar Wheelock D.D.

Historical marker location:

Columbia, Connecticut

( Marker is at the intersection of Jonathan Trumbull Highway (Connecticut Route 87) and Rose Lane, on the right when traveling north on Jonathan Trumbull Highway.)

Marker installed: 1949

Connecticut is known as the "Constitution State" because the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which was adopted in 1639, is considered to be one of the first written constitutions in the world.