early records show that this area was originally a hotel built in 1847 in possession of in 1900. Oysterman had thatched huts than houses that lined the shore as Oystering was an important source of income for residents and provide maintenance for the first settlers. The hotel has seen a decline in 1930, when the duck hunters rented rooms near the marsh and 840 acres adjacent to popular nesting site. In 1938, the hotel and 8.35 acres of property extending west of Milford Point soldbe the state of Connecticut, as a bird sanctuary, called Treat George Smith and Sarah Edwards Hubbell Wildlife Sanctuary. The end of World War II saw the National Guard to take over the old Hotel conduct training and maintain a radar station there. A high tower stood at the station in early 1950. The 1970s and '80s saw a battle between developers and residents try to maintain the original state of the surface. People were actively fighting to protect wild animals and stimulateThe laws that forbid dredging and pollution in wetlands. In 1986 a developer sought a zoning variance for multi-family homes at the end of the Milford Point to configure. Sponsored by the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, New Haven Bird Club, Nature Conservancy and the Connecticut Audubon Council, the residents were happy to see dismissed the request for variance. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Deterioration over the years, the old hotel building over...
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