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In 1638, George Hubbard, a single man from England, traversed the Old Connecticut Path to become one of the founders, first of Hartford and then of Middletown, Connecticut. Follow the trail of American history through this family's stories, pictures, and maps as the Hubbard family pioneered from Connecticut to upstate New York and Michigan, then joined the California gold rush in 1852. For 375 years, the Hubbard family has been an integral part of America's pioneering history.

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Elizabeth Branstead is a fifth generation Californian and an eleventh generation American. As a child, she loved hearing stories about the Hubbard family from her grandmother and aunt. She earned degrees (B.A., UC Berkeley, in English; M.A., Boston University, in American Literature; M.Ed., San Jose State University, in Career Counseling) and continued to listen to more stories. Along the way. Elizabeth taught college English, served as Training Manager at a high tech firm, worked as a corporate outplacement consultant, and was one of the pioneering founders of international outplacement consulting boards. She co-authored From Downsizing to Recovery, a practical guide for companies who are downsizing, with Richard Knowdell and Milan Moravic. For the Hubbard Family: Pioneers in America, she traveled throughout the USA. She writes how and why her forebearers moved and chronicles their ability to create new lives in new locations.

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