and buggy taking photographs. Mills took a particular interest in photographing one-room school houses in Connecticut. Aside from school houses, the subjects of Mills' photographs included churches, rural scenes, and members of Native American tribes, such as the Mohegan. Mills interest in photographing rural schools brought him very close to the educational shortfalls of Northwestern Connecticut at that time. Having at first been denied higher education by his father, Mills advocated for students to remain in school until 7th grade or 16 years of age before they be allowed to leave. From 1908 to 1939 Mills served as a Supervising Agent for the Connecticut State Board of Education. During the 1910s, Mills took up positions in local government to allow him to better assist local schools, which included becoming the Rural Supervisor of Schools in Burlington. During his time as part of the Plainville, Burlington, and Harwinton local governments, Mills wrote books for students and teachers including The Government of the People in the State of Connecticut which was an educational work intended to be propagated in local schools. During his time as part of local governments and even after his retirement in 1939, Mills continued to document rural historical sites and other locations in Connecticut through his photography and writing. One of Mills' most widely-remembered works was The Legend of Barkhamstead Light House which combined the historical situation and general stories and legends surrounding the Barkhamstead Lighthouse from the 18th century into a single work. Although considered to be one of the most complete historical accounts of the Barkhamstead Lighthouse, the work is written in a form similar to that of the Kalevala. Legacy Lewis S. Mills died in 1965, five years after Lewis S. Mills High School was built at the age of 90. Many of Mills' photographs of rural Connecticut in the early-20th century are irreproducable, since many of the locations have either been destroyed or changed since when his photographs were originally taken. Mills' literary works on Connecticut history including The Story of Connecticut and The Legend of Barkhamstead Light House are considered to be well-written works in their areas of research, and in the case of The Legend of Barkhamstead Light House, it is still used as a main source of information in the history of the Barkhamstead Lighthouse. Bibliography The Government of the People in the State of Connecticut (1917) Selections for Reading by