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Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford's Boothe Memorial Park & Museum, built on the foundation of a 1663 house, is said to be the oldest homestead in America.
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Stratford, Connecticut, USA

Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
Erected 1784. Taken down 1859.
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Stratford, Connecticut, USA

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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History, News and Stories of Stratford, Connecticut, USA

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1639 - Stratford founded
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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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June 20, 1682
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1819 - Stratford
Stratford, a pleasant and flourishing post township, is situated on the west side of the Ousatonick river, about 3 miles from its mouth, and 13 from... Read MORE...
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1854 - Stratford
Stratford, a post-township of Fairfield co., Connecticut, at the mouth of Housntonic river, about 15 miles S. W. from New Haven. Population, 2040.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1871 - Lucky Find
The recent purchasers of an old mansion in Stratford, Conn., while engaged in tearing down the stone chimney, came across a large earthen pot of... Read MORE...
1888 - Train Accident
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 18. - The Washington express, going east, at 2 o'clock this morning, met with an accident while passing through West... Read MORE...
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1906
Stratford, a post-village in Stratford township (town), Fairfield co., Conn., on the W. bank of the Housatonic River, about 2 miles from its mouth,... Read MORE...
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1955 - Theater opened
Shakespeare Memorial Theater opened at Stratford.
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1956 - Driver Injured In 4-Car Crash
Milford Man Seems Unhurt, Later Hospitalized in ‘Critical’ Condition
A Milford man who walked away from a four-car crash in Stratford yesterday... Read MORE...
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