Editing Greenwich, Connecticut (section)

==History==
{{Main|History of Greenwich, Connecticut}}
The town of Greenwich was settled in 1640, by the agents [[Robert Feake]] and Captain Daniel Patrick, for Gov. [[Theophilus Eaton]] of [[New Haven Colony]], who purchased the land from the [[Siwanoy Indians]] in exchange of 25 English coats.<ref>Lambert, Edward R. (1838). [https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/books/History_of_the_Colony_of_New_Haven.pdf History of the colony of New Haven], Before and after the Union, The Original Six, Hitchcock & Stafford, p. 55</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenwich-Connecticut|title=Greenwich, Connecticut, United States|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA332|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=332}}</ref> One of the founders was [[Elizabeth Fones Winthrop]], daughter-in-law of [[John Winthrop]], founder and governor of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. What is now called [[Greenwich Point]] was known for much of the area's early history as "Elizabeth's Neck" in recognition of [[Elizabeth Fones]] and the 1640 purchase of the Point and much of the area now known as [[Old Greenwich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofgreenwichpoint.org/page2.php |title=Greenwich Point History |publisher=friendsofgreenwichpoint.org |date=December 13, 1944 |access-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117040932/http://www.friendsofgreenwichpoint.org/page2.php |archive-date=November 17, 2012 }}</ref> Greenwich was declared a township by the [[Connecticut General Assembly]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] on May 11, 1665.<ref name="ctgenweb.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/greenwich/greenwich_hstry.htm |title=History |website=ctgenweb.org |access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref>

During the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]], General [[Israel Putnam]] made a daring escape from the British on February 26, 1779, in Greenwich. Although British forces captured and sacked the town, Putnam was able to warn [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]].<ref name="ctgenweb.org"/>

In 1974, [[Gulliver's nightclub fire|Gulliver's Restaurant and Bar]], on the border of Greenwich and [[Port Chester, New York|Port Chester]], burned, killing 24 young people.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/01/nyregion/25-years-later-disco-fire-haunts-its-survivors.html | title=25 Years Later, Disco Fire Haunts Its Survivors | newspaper=The New York Times | date=July 1999 | last1=Berger | first1=Joseph }}</ref>

In 1983, the [[Mianus River Bridge]], which carries traffic on [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut|Interstate 95]] over an estuary, collapsed, resulting in the death of three people.<ref>{{cite news|title= I-95 Bridge Collapse Sends Cars Into River |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/28/nyregion/i-95-bridge-collapse-sends-cars-into-river.html |quote= At least two tractor-trailer trucks and two passenger cars went into the Mianus River early this morning when a Connecticut Turnpike bridge over it collapsed, the Connecticut state police said. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 29, 1983 |access-date=March 10, 2010}}</ref>

For many years, Greenwich Point (locally termed "Tod's Point"), was open only to town residents and their guests. However, a lawyer sued, saying his rights to [[freedom of assembly]] were threatened because he was not allowed to go there. The lower courts disagreed, but the [[Connecticut Supreme Court|Supreme Court of Connecticut]] agreed, and Greenwich was forced to amend its beach access policy to all four beaches in 2001. These beaches include Greenwich Point Park, Island Beach, [[Great Captain Island]], and Byram Park.<ref name="Commission on Official Legal Publications, Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut.">{{citation |url=http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/257cr116.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516051140/http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/257cr116.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2006 |title=Leydon v. Greenwich, 257 Conn. 318, 777 A.2d 552 (2001)}}</ref>