The brass industry in Waterbury began in the mid-18th century and provided an alternative for people struggling to make a living off the rocky, exhausted soil.
ReadFor the latter half of the 19th century and for much of the 20th century, Connecticut led the nation in pin production.
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadConnecticut pocketknife production began around 1840. Over the next two decades, Connecticut became the earliest state to have a burgeoning craft.
ReadOn January 5, 1858, Waterbury native Ezra J. Warner invented the first US can opener.
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.
ReadThe Palmer Raids, launched in Connecticut in 1919, were part of the “Red Scare” paranoia that resulted in numerous civil rights violations committed by law enforcement officials.
ReadIn 1926, the Hartford Blues became the first and only NFL team to call Connecticut home. After a disappointing season, the NFL voted them out of the league.
ReadThe Black Panther Party in Connecticut fought for an end to discriminatory legal and regulatory practices, often clashing with authorities to achieve their goals.
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadThis article is part of the digital exhibit “Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut”
ReadProfessional baseball great Jimmy Piersall battled with mental illness all of his life.
ReadOn June 3, 2003, the Connecticut General Assembly designated The Nutmeg, Homeland of Liberty by Dr. Stanley L. Ralph as the State Cantata.
ReadIn Connecticut, African Americans played organized baseball as early as 1868, some of the game’s biggest stars played for teams throughout the state.
ReadIn 1902, nearly all of Waterbury’s downtown district was destroyed by one of the worst fires in the city’s recorded history.
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.
ReadEventually taking the name the “Hartford Wits,” influential figures of the 18th century got together to write poetry that documented the state of the times.
ReadAfter passage of the 19th Amendment, Elizabeth W. Coe of Waterbury argued that women should be granted the right to serve on jury panels.
ReadIn the early 20th century, girls working at the Waterbury Clock Company faced death and disease from exposure to radium in the workplace.
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.
ReadAs a member of the War Council, Leila T. Alexander served on several Council committees including education, employment, advisory, social service, and welfare.
ReadThe Wheeler-Beecher House (Hoadley House) serves as an outstanding example of Colonial architecture and also of renowned architect David Hoadley’s work.
ReadConnecticut Women’s Hall of Fame pays tribute to Waterbury native Rosalind Russell, the legendary award-winning actress of stage and screen.
ReadOn May 24, 1962, a tornado hit the towns of Waterbury, Wolcott, and Southington.
ReadFather Leonard Tartaglia was sometimes called Hartford’s “Hoodlum Priest.” Like the 1961 film of the same name, Tartaglia ministered to the city’s poor and disenfranchised.
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.
ReadThe success of the clock- and watch-making industries in Connecticut came about in an era when the state was just beginning to realize its industrial potential.
ReadConnecticut’s Cultural Treasures is a series of 50 five-minute film vignettes that profiles a variety of the state’s most notable cultural resources.
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