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The Shot Tower, Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
The company was founded by Oliver Winchester in 1866, and its most famous product was the Winchester rifle, which became known as "The Gun That Won the West." The company's roots can be traced back to 1855 when Oliver Winchester took control of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. After reorganizing the company and acquiring the rights to the Henry Repeating Rifle, Winchester formed the New Haven Arms Company in 1857, which would later become the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
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The Shot Tower, Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
The company was founded by Oliver Winchester in 1866, and its most famous product was the Winchester rifle, which became known as "The Gun That Won the West." The company's roots can be traced back to 1855 when Oliver Winchester took control of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. After reorganizing the company and acquiring the rights to the Henry Repeating Rifle, Winchester formed the New Haven Arms Company in 1857, which would later become the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
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 - The Shot Tower, Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
The company was founded by Oliver Winchester in 1866, and its most famous product was the Winchester rifle, which became known as "The Gun That Won the West." The company's roots can be traced back to 1855 when Oliver Winchester took control of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. After reorganizing the company and acquiring the rights to the Henry Repeating Rifle, Winchester formed the New Haven Arms Company in 1857, which would later become the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.){kind=small}
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Yale College
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
According to the early histories of Yale, a group of ten ministers led by the Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven met in nearby Branford in 1700 to found a college...
In 1718, when wealthy London merchant Elihu Yale—step grandson of Theophilus Eaton, co-founder of the New Haven colony—donated over 400 books, a portrait of King George I, and cloth goods that sold for 562 pounds, the college was named Yale College...
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
The Gothic Church
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
East Rock Park, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
East Rock Park was the first park in the municipal parks system of New Haven. It opened in 1880. newhavenmuseum.org
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
Phelps Hall, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Phelp’s Hall, designed to resemble a massive Tudor gatehouse, was built in 1895 as the grand entry to Yale’s Old Campus. historicbuildingsct.com
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
Temple Street, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.