History of Milford, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Milford, Connecticut, USA

• 1639 - Settlers from New Haven arrive in Milford area, then called Wepawaug.
  
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• 1682 - June 20 - A major tornado ripped through southwestern Connecticut, passing through Stratford, Milford, and New Haven, and then into Long Island Sound.
  
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• 1839 Description of Milford, Connecticut
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  New Haven co. This is one of the towns which composed the "Old Jurisdiction of New Haven." The settlement commenced in 1639....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1850 - Train Accident
  When the Express train from New York, going at the rate of 30 miles per hour, was within 100 rods of the Milford Conn. station, a young man walked...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Milford
  Milford, a post-village and seaport of New Haven county, Connecticut, on the New York and'New Haven railroad, and on the Wopewang river, 10 miles S....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Scenes in Bridgeport, Stratford and Milford.
  Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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• 1895 - Milford
  Milford, a post-village and seaport in Milford township, New Haven co., Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Wopewaug River, and on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1897 - THREE FIRES IN MILFORD.
  William Cummings Arrested on Suspicion of Incendiarism.
  
  MILFORD, Conn., April 15. - Milford had another lot of excitement last night because of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Merwins Inn and Sound View Hotel, Woodmont, Milford, Conn.
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  Beach at Merwins Point, Milford, Conn.
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  Broadway, Walnut Beach
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  Fort Trumbull Beach looking West from Seaside Avenue
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•  1902 Tornado
  Milford, March 20. - During the progress of the small cyclone which struck Milford yesterday afternoon, Mrs. John S. Mitchell was picked up by a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Milford, a banking post-township (town) and seaside resort of New Haven co., Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Wopewaug River, and on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Island View Hotel, Harrison Park
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  Shore Front, Laurel Beach
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  First Church, Water Street, 1912
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  Myrtle Beach, 1912
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  Milford Trust Co., 1912
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•  1916 - PROBE BEGUN IN MILFORD WRECK NINE DEAD, OVER FIFTY PERSONS INJURED. LOCAL RUNS INTO EXPRESS.
  Flagman Meets Death While Waving Signal to Stop Oncoming Train - Ill Fated Engineer, Rounding Curve at Fast Clip, Fails to See Sign.
  
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  Myrtle Beach, 1916
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  Broadway, Wildermere Beach
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•  1923 - WINDS FAN SPARKS, DAMAGING CHIMNEY OF MILFORD HOTEL
  MILFORD, Mar. 19. Fanned by high winds, fire did considerable damage to a chimney on Smith's hotel at Milford Point early tonight, and would probably ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hotel Elsmere, Laurel Beach, Milford, Conn. (1927)
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  Fire House
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  Town Hall, 1935
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• 1938 - THE GREAT LONG ISLAND/NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE OF 1938
  On September 21st, a full hurricane of unknown force was churning northward in the waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It was expected to...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1949 - Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - "Circus" Accident
  ...A circus touch was added to the list of freak accidents last November in Milford, when a car struck an esplanade, veered across the highway,...Read MORE...