Scouting in Connecticut the summer camp for the council. The camp was built in Ridgefield on land donated by Jerry Tuccio on Pine Mountain Road. About in New Canaan off of Valley Road, had a pond. Meriden Council #071, was headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut. Founded in 1915, it changed its name to Central Connecticut Council in 1929. Mid Fairfield Council #075 had its headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. The Council came about from a name change of Central Fairfield Council in 1935. Middlesex County Council #674, headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut, was founded in 1924 and ceased its operation when the Council merged with four
Connecticut State University System is at the highest level in the past two decades. Central Connecticut is the oldest public institution of higher education in Connecticut. It was established in 1849 as a "normal school", an institution whose sole purpose was to train teachers. The three other CSU institutions also were established as normal schools: Eastern Connecticut in 1889, Southern Connecticut State University in 1893 and Western Connecticut in 1903. In 1959, the four institutions were renamed "state colleges" to reflect their expanded curricula and missions. Twenty-four years later, in 1983, the colleges became universities in recognition of their greater mission and strategies. Today,