An Almost Forgotten Place
Hi Everyone! A long time ago at The Southbury Training School, a facility that houses individuals with intellectual disabilities, once owned and operated a thriving dairy farm in the towns of Southbury and Roxbury that began in the early 1940s when the school initially opened. Governor Malloy has since conveyed 800 acres of the land to the Department of Agriculture protecting the land for agricultural use. Today, a small portion of the land still remains with the Southbury Training School as the school continues to operate a Christmas tree and chicken farm. Although the farm is abandoned, it still gives a beautiful, scenic view along with crisp, clean air and a nice old fashioned country feel to it. It doesn't feel like a farm that has been shut down but a farm that was simply abandoned one day. Farm equipment and old trucks still remain. What appears as a cattle house is still standing. It's a bit overgrown but still in decent shape and could be us...