History of Stratford, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Stratford, Connecticut, USA

• 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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  Gen'l Joseph Walker House, built 1740
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  Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
  Erected 1784. Taken down 1859.
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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...
  
  
  
• 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...
  
  
  
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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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•  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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  Stratford Library, Stratford, Conn.
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  Blacksmith, 1905
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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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  Housatonic Ave., 1907
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  Main St, 1907
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  Home in Stratford, Conn., 1909
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  Stratford Point Light House, 1910
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  Methodist Episcopal Church, Stratford, Conn.
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  Center Beach, Short Beach, Conn.
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  Main Street, 1920s
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  Elm Street
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  Main Street, Stratford, Conn.
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  Weatogue Country Club
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  Far Mill Falls
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  High School
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  Main St, 1950s
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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...