Sherman Historical Marker

Eminem may have sung about 8 Mile, but the Town of Sherman sits on land originally known as «Upper Seven Miles».
The town was named after Roger Sherman. He was quite an under-​achiever in life. All he did was sign and help draft the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. No one else can claim that on his resume.
This is a one-​sided marker from the CT Historical Commission in the familiar white lettering on a blue background. It’s located a few dozen feet away from the road near the intersection of Route 39 and Gaylordsville Road, across the street from the Sherman School.
The marker was dedicated in 1981 and is in very good condition.
The full inscription reads:
Originally part of New Fairfield, which was purchased from the Indians in 1729, the area then known as the Upper Seven Miles was separately incorporated as the Town of Sherman in 1802.
The town was named for Roger Sherman who, as a young man, had a cobbler shop at the north end. He was to become the only statesman to help draft and sign all of the following documents: the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. A native of Sherman was Philo Penfield Stewart, missionary to the Choctaw Indians, inventor of the Stewart stove, and in 1833 a founder of Oberlin College in Ohio.
The Character of the town as a farming community devoted to dairying, grazing, and tobacco-​growing changed after 1926 when, for hydroelectric power, eight hundred acres of Sherman land were flooded in the creation of Lake Candlewood.
Erected 1981 by Town of Sherman, Sherman Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Commission.