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What is the history of Meriden, Connecticut, USA?

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• "About 1661, Jonathan Gilbert, pioneer, came down from northward and acquired, by virtue of purchase from the Indians, a large tract - practically the whole of the upper part of Meriden - which he called Meriden Farm."
  
  A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County, Volume 1 By Everett Gleason Hill
  
  
• 1806 - (Meriden, CT) - Formerly known as North Farms, the area was incorporated as a town from parts of Wallingford in 1806.
  
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• 1819 - Meriden
  Meriden is a small post town, situated in the northern section of the county, 17 miles from Hartford, and about the same from New-Haven; bounded on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Meriden
  Meriden, a beautifully situated post-village of New Haven co., Conn., on the New Haven Hartford and Springfield railroad, 18 miles N. by E. from New...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1867 - Meriden, CT became a city
  
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•  1870 - Fire
  In Meriden, Ct., on the 15th, at a fire in Wilcox & Co.'s mill, EDGAR C. FENEYAK was killed and two other firemen injured.
  The New Hampshire Patriot
  Concord, New Hampshire
  April 20, 1870
  
  
•  1888 - Fire
  The barns of the horse railroad company at Meriden, Conn., were burned Tuesday night. Fourteen cars were consumed and eighty horses perished in the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - Breaking of a Dam
  Seventy-Five Acres of Water, Ten Feet Deep, Above Meriden, Conn., Released.
  MERIDEN, Conn., Aug. 6. - Garlick's dam, holding back seventy-five acres ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1890 - A Train Goes Over a High Bank
  MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 21. - Train No. 2 on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut railroad met with a serious accident at the Southington road...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Meriden
  Meriden, mér’i-den, a city of New Haven co., Conn., 18 miles by rail S.W. of Hartford, and 18 miles by rail N.E. of New Haven, and connected by rail...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1897 - Thrown From His Wagon and Killed
  Meriden, Conn., June 3. - Laughlin Stretch, employed by W. C. Twiss, lumber dealer, was killed in a runaway accident. Stretch was driving down a hill ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  "1847 Rogers Bros."
  The Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn.
  
  The Ladies' Home Journal
  March 1898
  
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  Colony Street, Meriden, Conn.
  
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  City Hospital, Meriden, Conn.
  
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  Hanover Park, Meriden, Conn. 1901
  "The most popular resort for Sunday Schools in New England."
  
•  1903 - Silver Workers Make Demands
  Meriden, Conn., Sept. 30. - A demand for a nine hour day with ten hours' pay has been presented at all the factories of the International Silver...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1904 - BAD FIRE IN CONNECTICUT. TOWN HALL OF MERIDEN DESTROYED AND SIX FIREMEN HURT.
  Meriden, Conn., Feb. 15. - For eight hours Sunday firemen fought a fire which finally caused the complete destruction of the town hall and injuries...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Castle Craig Tower, 1905
  
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  City of Meriden, Conn., From Pleasant Street
  
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  Goodwill Avenue
  
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  View from West Main Street
  
•  1906 - Train Wreck
  MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 29.- Two light coupled engines, north-bound from New Haven on the main line of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Meriden, a city of New Haven co., Conn., in Meriden township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 18 miles S. by W. of Hartford. The...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Curtis Homes, 1906
  
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  Industrial School for Boys
  
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  Colony Street (1907)
  
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  Library Square
  
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  Baptist Church, 1910
  
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  Falls, Hanover Park
  
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  Home Club, Colony St.
  
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  St. Stanislaus R. C. Polish Church
  
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  View of Town Hall on Liberty St.
  
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  Elm St. from Silver St., Meriden, Conn. (1910)
  
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  First Congregational Church
  
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  Veteran Volunteer Hose Co., 1911
  
•  1912 - Acid in Holy Water Fatal
  Woman Found in Confessional Box at Meriden (Conn.) With Fatal Draught Near.
  
  Meriden, Conn., July 22. - The body of Miss Cora Dessureau, 30 years...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Curtis Memorial Library
  
•  1913 - SCARE ON NEW HAVEN ENGINE JUMPS TRACK - Cars Enveloped in Steam, but Passengers Escape Injury - Driving Rods Broke.
  Special to The New York Times.
  
  MERIDEN, Conn., July 18. - The eastbound express train on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, which left...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  New High School, 1914
  
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  State Armory
  
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  Bird's Eye View of Meriden, Conn.
  
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  Derecktor's Block No. 2., Formerly Meriden House
  
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  West Main St. looking East, National Gas & Electric Light Co.
  
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  Hall and Lewis Block, Cor. Coloney and Main St.
  
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  Ev. Lutheran Immanuel Church Parish House
  
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  N.Y. N.H. & H. Station
  
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  South Avenue from Winthrop Terrace, Christian Science Church
  
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  City Hall