Amasa Goodyear was an inventor, manufacturer, merchant, and farmer. Born…
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…
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.
ReadFor the latter half of the 19th century and for much of the 20th, 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.
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…
ReadNaugatuck, Tuesday, June 6, 1944 Night watchmen in Naugatuck’s factories…
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.
ReadThis 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.
Read…that the Ingersoll Waterbury Company (now Timex) was saved from…
ReadThe American Brass Company helped make Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley a center of international brass production, but economic decline and foreign competition ended its run in 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. In the years that followed, some of the game’s biggest stars played for teams throughout the state.
ReadThis aquatic inhabitant 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, including one for a machine that made rubber fabrics.
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…
ReadConnecticut saw no combat on its soil during the Civil War. Yet, the conflict left its mark on the state in ways that historians are still sorting out. This account details the war’s impact on two Connecticut towns.
ReadIn August of 1955, two hurricanes that moved through Connecticut…
Read…that Hurricanes Connie and Diane, which struck within days of…
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.
Read…that the fire, which swept through Waterbury on a stormy…
ReadPublic sculpture has punctuated the state for three centuries, reflecting the values of our communities, their times, and their funders.
ReadTorrington is a city aware of its architectural heritage. Its…
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…
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.
ReadOne of the many contributions the town of Bethany makes…
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