Born in New Haven, Amasa Goodyear was an inventor, manufacturer, merchant, and farmer.
ReadBest known for the Lincoln Memorial, this architect also designed a railroad station, WWI monument, and a bridge for Naugatuck.
ReadThe Naugatuck school system today consists of 11 public schools…
ReadAlmond Joy and Mounds were two of the most popular candy bars sold by Naugatuck’s Peter Paul Manufacturing Company, an enterprise begun by Armenian immigrant Peter Halajian.
ReadCensus data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.
ReadNaugatuck, and much of its surrounding area, has traditionally been…
ReadA rowing event on Lake Housatonic, “Derby Day,” was so popular among Yale students that it drew upwards of thirty to fifty thousand spectators.
ReadOne contribution the town of Bethany makes to historical scholarship comes from a look at its evolution from a parish and agricultural settlement to a thriving residential community.
ReadDesigners of the Van Vleck Observatory overcame numerous environmental and geographical challenges to help Wesleyan University make an impact on the world’s understanding of the universe.
ReadThe Derby Silver Company was founded in 1872 and began operations on Shelton’s Canal Street one year later.
ReadFor the latter half of the 19th century and for much of the 20th century, Connecticut led the nation in pin production.
ReadA map of some of the Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution researched and published by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
ReadIn its first few years, the airfield in Bethany served the interests of small-time aviation enthusiasts.
ReadThe textile mills of the Naugatuck Valley brought tremendous change…
ReadReligious mandates, the difficulties of colonial-era travel, and industrialization are a few of the forces that gave rise to the proliferation of towns in our state.
ReadDavid Miles Hotchkiss was an educator, abolitionist, and public servant who served the town of Prospect throughout his entire life.
ReadOn the WWII homefront, night watchmen in Naugatuck’s factories heard the news of D-Day first.
Read…that a storied Naugatuck business had its own “navy” and…
ReadConnecticut pocketknife production began around 1840. Over the next two decades, Connecticut became the earliest state to have a burgeoning craft.
ReadEbenezer Bassett, an educator, activist, and associate of Frederick Douglass, served the US as its first African American ambassador.
ReadConnecticut-born Adrian, the American clothing designer who found success in Hollywood, designed Dorothy’s ruby slippers for The Wizard of Oz.
ReadThe Ingersoll Waterbury Company (now Timex) was saved from bankruptcy during the Great Depression, in part, by the introduction of the Mickey Mouse watch.
ReadThe American Brass Company helped make the Naugatuck Valley a center of international brass production until the late 20th century.
ReadDespite an accomplished political career, this Derby-born gentleman of means is best remembered for introducing Merino sheep to North America.
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadIn Connecticut, African Americans played organized baseball as early as 1868, some of the game’s biggest stars played for teams throughout the state.
ReadThe aquatic inhabitant, shad, has a long history of influencing foodways, income, and culture in the region.
ReadCredited with discovering the vulcanization process that fortified rubber against extreme temperature changes, Charles Goodyear received several patents over his lifetime.
ReadPollution of Connecticut’s waters by industrial waste and sewage in the decades after the Civil War was arguably the state’s first modern environmental crisis.
ReadFather and son George and Tracy Lewis not only founded…
ReadWhile the peace movement in Litchfield was short-lived, it provides a reminder of the disparity in public opinion during the first few turbulent months of the Civil War.
ReadIn August of 1955, two hurricanes that moved through Connecticut caused a devastating flood of the Naugatuck River.
ReadHurricanes Connie and Diane, which both struck in August 1955, exceeded the combined property damage of the Flood of 1936 and Hurricane of 1938.
ReadDespite opposition from a male-dominated profession and a lack of formal training, Theodate Pope Riddle became a pioneering female architect.
ReadThe history of Wesleyan’s library system includes a debate that reveals how values associated with the environment in the early 1900s helped shape the campus’s development.
ReadA fire, which swept through Waterbury on a stormy February evening in 1902, would become the worst in its recorded history up to that point.
ReadPublic sculpture has punctuated the state for three centuries, reflecting the values of our communities, their times, and their funders.
ReadTorrington’s unique and historically significant buildings are the foundation on which local businesses and civic leaders built a revitalized economy.
ReadObsessive dedication transformed rubber into a viable commercial material and made the town of Naugatuck one of its leading manufacturing sites in the 1800s.
ReadDomestic wool production is one of the oldest industries in the United States. The first mill in Connecticut arrived in Hartford in 1788.
ReadCensus data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.
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