Kidd's Island

Kidd's Island

Kidd's Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut, possibly named for Captain Kidd, who, legend has it, buried treasure on nearby Money Island.

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*" [http://www.nhregister.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15976763&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=8 Wealthy Widow Buying Up Thimbles] ", "New Haven Register", January 22, 2006, page A1
*" [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/realestate/30wczo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|Living Half a Mile Off the Coast] "; Stacey Stowe; "In the Region/Connecticut", "New York Times", July 30, 2006; Real Estate page 10.


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