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Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
In 1819, the first industrial training school was established in Derby by Josiah Holbrook.
Derby is Connecticut's smallest town. courant.com
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1675 - (Derby, CT) Settled as a Native American trading post in 1654, it was named after Derby, England, in 1675.
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1681 First water-powered grist mill opened in Derby
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1819 - Derby
Derby, an ancient commercial post town, is situated upon the eastern side of the Ousatonick river, 12 miles from its mouth, at the head of... Read MORE...
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1819 - First industrial training school, established by Josiah Holbrook in Derby
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1833 – A family of Bethany Indians resettled in Derby by the selectmen is wiped out by smallpox; there are in all six men, three squaws, and three children; only the children survive the epidemic.
The family, named Mack, support themselves by making baskets and by hunting. They are among the last survivors of the Paugusset Indians living in the ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Derby
Debby, a post-township of New Haven county, Connecticut, 10 miles W. by N. from New Haven, on the E. Bide of Housatonic river. Population, 3824. The... Read MORE...
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1859
DERBY, a township of New Haven co., in the state of Connecticut, 44 m. SW of Hartford, watered by the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers. The surface is ... Read MORE...
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1870 - Housatonic Dam opened in Derby
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1882 - HIGH WATER AT DERBY. The Scene at the Ousatonic Dam - Freshets of Past Years.
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 25.- The steady down pour of rain during Saturday, both day and night, caused the Ousatonic and Naugatuck rivers to rise to the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Derby
Derby, a village of New Haven co., Conn., in Derby township, on the Housatonic River, at the mouth of the Naugatuck River, and on the Naugatuck and... Read MORE...
1908 - SPEEDING MOGUL BLOWS UP.
Trainmen Hurt, Locomotive and Cars Wrecked, and Tracks Torn Up.
Special to The New York Times.
DERBY, Conn., April 9. - When making a trip from... Read MORE...
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1916
Derby, der'be, a banking city of New Haven co., Conn., in Derby township (town), on the Housatonic River, at the month of the Naugatuck River, and on ... Read MORE...
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