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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
The Town of Stafford began its history almost 300 years ago as a rural hill town with 3 excellent agricultural districts. Most of the population was concentrated in 6-7 villages. Industrialization took advantage of abundant water power from the tributaries of the Willimantic River, & caused population shifts. In the mid-1800's, the Railroad connected Stafford to markets across New England. www.staffordct.org
...If you find a road map of the states in the United States and you look at the map of Connecticut and if you find the boundaries of the town of Stafford you will find within that area small circles of designating small villages that are at the intersections of some major roads. These circles are the same in all towns. In Stafford there were seven, now perhaps only six are shown. These are: West Stafford, Staffordville, Hydeville, Stafford, Orcutts and Stafford Springs. The seventh was or is Ellithrope. Ellithrope is at the intersection of Diamond Ledge Road and Route 32. One person there has a large sign on his garage. A village is usuallly a part of town where the houses are closer together around a mill, church, and store. Maps made by the town show the same six or seven. Most of these villages in Connecticut have no boundaries although few do. One of these is Stafford Springs. With its many mills, wealthy mill owners, and mill workers, it decided to have its own government in 1873. How it placed its boundaries would be of interest. Generally it is now "where the sidewalks end!" and as far as the street lights. Once it had the only fire hydrants and sewer lines. Now these have been extended to some other places in Stafford... www.mystaffordsprings.com
John Adams is said to have vacationed in Stafford for the soothing powers of the town’s mineral springs.
During the Civil War the town’s factories made cannonballs.
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- Incorporated in 1719, Stafford became a resort town as growing numbers of people, including President John Adams, sought out the waters’ curative powers.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ stafford/ - 1819 - Stafford
Stafford is an elevated post township, situated upon the northern border of the county and State, 26 miles norteasterly from Hartford; bounded on the ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Stafford
Stafford, a post-township of Tolland co., Connecticut, intersected by the New London, Willimantic, and Palmer railroad, 28 miles N. E. from Hartford. ...Read MORE... 
Corps Machine Shop and Foundry. Used from 1855-1880. Stafford, Conn.
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Warren Woolen Comp., Stafford Springs, Conn.
"...the mill was first established in 1853 by Parley Converse as the Converseville Company....
In 1879, Converse sold the textile manufacturing company to brothers Daniel and Thomas Warren, who... Read MORE...
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Main Street, looking East, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Postcard- In the late 1800s, as the springs’ popularity declined, textile mills, a button factory, and other enterprises formed Stafford’s industrial hub.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ stafford - 1895 - Stafford
Stafford, a post-town of Tolland co, Conn., watered by the head-streams of the Willimantic River, and intersected by the New London Northern Railroad,...Read MORE... 
1898 - TWO PRISONERS CREMATED. Double Fatality in a Connecticut Town Lock-up Fire.
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn., Sept. 17. - Two prisoners confined for the night in the town lock-up, Ernest Branford, aged twenty-seven years, and John Mars...Read MORE...
Haymarket Square, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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View of Stafford Hollow, Stafford, Conn.
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High School, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Postcard- 1906
Stafford, a post-village and township (town) of Tolland co., Conn., on the Central Vermont R., 25 miles (direct) NE. of Hartford. The town has manufac...Read MORE... 
Riverside Woolen Mill, 1906
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Baptist Church
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River Mill. Fabyan Woolen Co. Stafford Springs, Conn.
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The Allen Bridge and Spring House, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Stafford Springs House, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1907
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Faulkner's Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Railroad Station, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Trolley Bridge. Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Central Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Cattle at Agricultural Fair, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909
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Methodist Church, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909
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Pinney Grammar School
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View of Crystal Lake, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Memorial Hall and Library, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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St. Edward's Church, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Phoenix Woolen Co.
Stafford, Conn.
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The Stafford Worsted Mill and Hudson Garage.
Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Garland Woolen Mill, Staffordville, Conn.
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East Main Street, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1912
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New Weave Shed of Rhode Island Worsted Co., Stafford Springs, Conn., 1913
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Universalist Church
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Hydeville Mill, Stafford, Conn.
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Warren Memorial Town Hall, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Postcard- 1930 - YOUTH KILLED AS AUTO STRIKES LIGHT POLE
George Avery, 18, of Rockville Victim of Accident on Stafford-Somers Road.
Stafford Springs, Ct., July 1. - George Avery, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. H...Read MORE... 
Mineral Springs, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Johnson Woolen Co., Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Corps Machine Shop and Foundry. Used from 1855-1880. Stafford, Conn.
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Corps Machine Shop and Foundry. Used from 1855-1880. Stafford, Conn.
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Warren Woolen Comp., Stafford Springs, Conn.
"...the mill was first established in 1853 by Parley Converse as the Converseville Company....
In 1879, Converse sold the textile manufacturing company to brothers Daniel and Thomas Warren, who would rename it the Warren Woolen Company. In 1890, it was acquired by J. M. Valentine and would continue to be operated by him and subsequent family members almost uninterrupted for the next 80 years..."
The Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
October 26, 2016)
Warren Woolen Comp., Stafford Springs, Conn.
"...the mill was first established in 1853 by Parley Converse as the Converseville Company....
In 1879, Converse sold the textile manufacturing company to brothers Daniel and Thomas Warren, who... Read MORE...
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Main Street, looking East, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Main Street, looking East, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Haymarket Square, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Haymarket Square, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - View of Stafford Hollow, Stafford, Conn.)
View of Stafford Hollow, Stafford, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - High School, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
High School, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Riverside Woolen Mill, 1906)
Riverside Woolen Mill, 1906
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Baptist Church)
Baptist Church
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - River Mill. Fabyan Woolen Co. Stafford Springs, Conn.)
River Mill. Fabyan Woolen Co. Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - The Allen Bridge and Spring House, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
The Allen Bridge and Spring House, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Stafford Springs House, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1907)
Stafford Springs House, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1907
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Faulkner's Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Faulkner's Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Railroad Station, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Railroad Station, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Trolley Bridge. Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Trolley Bridge. Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Central Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Central Woolen Mill, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Cattle at Agricultural Fair, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909)
Cattle at Agricultural Fair, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Methodist Church, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909)
Methodist Church, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1909
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Pinney Grammar School)
Pinney Grammar School
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - View of Crystal Lake, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
View of Crystal Lake, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Memorial Hall and Library, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Memorial Hall and Library, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - St. Edward's Church, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
St. Edward's Church, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - Phoenix Woolen Co.
Stafford, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
Phoenix Woolen Co.
Stafford, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - The Stafford Worsted Mill and Hudson Garage.
Stafford Springs, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
The Stafford Worsted Mill and Hudson Garage.
Stafford Springs, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Garland Woolen Mill, Staffordville, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
Garland Woolen Mill, Staffordville, Conn.
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - East Main Street, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1912)
East Main Street, Stafford Springs, Conn., 1912
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - New Weave Shed of Rhode Island Worsted Co., Stafford Springs, Conn., 1913)
New Weave Shed of Rhode Island Worsted Co., Stafford Springs, Conn., 1913
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Universalist Church)
Universalist Church
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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 (Staffordville) - Hydeville Mill, Stafford, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
Hydeville Mill, Stafford, Conn.
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Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - Warren Memorial Town Hall, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Warren Memorial Town Hall, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - Mineral Springs, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Mineral Springs, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - Johnson Woolen Co., Stafford Springs, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
Johnson Woolen Co., Stafford Springs, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
Postcard
 (Staffordville) - Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs, Conn.)
Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs, Conn.
History, News and Stories of Stafford, Connecticut, USA
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Incorporated in 1719, Stafford became a resort town as growing numbers of people, including President John Adams, sought out the waters’ curative powers.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ stafford/
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1819 - Stafford
Stafford is an elevated post township, situated upon the northern border of the county and State, 26 miles norteasterly from Hartford; bounded on the ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Stafford
Stafford, a post-township of Tolland co., Connecticut, intersected by the New London, Willimantic, and Palmer railroad, 28 miles N. E. from Hartford. ... Read MORE...
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In the late 1800s, as the springs’ popularity declined, textile mills, a button factory, and other enterprises formed Stafford’s industrial hub.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ stafford
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1895 - Stafford
Stafford, a post-town of Tolland co, Conn., watered by the head-streams of the Willimantic River, and intersected by the New London Northern... Read MORE...
1898 - TWO PRISONERS CREMATED. Double Fatality in a Connecticut Town Lock-up Fire.
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn., Sept. 17. - Two prisoners confined for the night in the town lock-up, Ernest Branford, aged twenty-seven years, and John... Read MORE...
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1906
Stafford, a post-village and township (town) of Tolland co., Conn., on the Central Vermont R., 25 miles (direct) NE. of Hartford. The town has... Read MORE...
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1930 - YOUTH KILLED AS AUTO STRIKES LIGHT POLE
George Avery, 18, of Rockville Victim of Accident on Stafford-Somers Road.
Stafford Springs, Ct., July 1. - George Avery, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.... Read MORE...
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