Milford

MILFORD, 8.5 m. (503 alt., 886 pop.), a parklike village with lightcolored houses, stores, souvenir shops, and restaurants, each with its patch of lawn, is surrounded by large estates. In summer its shade-dappled streets hold far more visitors than residents.

The granite TOM QUICK MONUMENT, Broad and Sarah Sts., commemorates the first settler, who arrived in a 733. In 1755 he was killed in sight of his son by previously friendly Indians. His mind warped by the incident, the son spent the remaining 40 years of his life killing Indians, young and old, men and women, keeping a careful tally that eventually totaled 99. When he felt death approaching, he begged friends to drag an Indian to his bedside so that he might bring his score to an even hundred.

In Milford is a junction with US 209 (see Tour 2).