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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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- 1639 - Stratford founded
www.wikipedia.org - 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 
Gen'l Joseph Walker House, built 1740
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Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
Erected 1784. Taken down 1859.
Postcard- 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...
Scenes in Bridgeport, Stratford and Milford.
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Artwork- 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... 
Stratford Library, Stratford, Conn.
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Blacksmith, 1905
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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... 
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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Peck's Mill, Putney, Conn.
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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
Postcard- 1955 - Theater opened
Shakespeare Memorial Theater opened at Stratford.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 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...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Stratford, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Gen'l Joseph Walker House, built 1740)
Gen'l Joseph Walker House, built 1740
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
Erected 1784. Taken down 1859.)
Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
Erected 1784. Taken down 1859.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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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.)
Scenes in Bridgeport, Stratford and Milford.
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Stratford Library, Stratford, Conn.)
Stratford Library, Stratford, Conn.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Blacksmith, 1905)
Blacksmith, 1905
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Housatonic Ave., 1907)
Housatonic Ave., 1907
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Main St, 1907)
Main St, 1907
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Home in Stratford, Conn., 1909)
Home in Stratford, Conn., 1909
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Methodist Episcopal Church, Stratford, Conn.)
Methodist Episcopal Church, Stratford, Conn.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Stratford Point Light House, 1910)
Stratford Point Light House, 1910
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Peck's Mill, Putney, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org)
Peck's Mill, Putney, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Center Beach, Short Beach, Conn.)
Center Beach, Short Beach, Conn.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Main Street, 1920s)
Main Street, 1920s
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Elm Street)
Elm Street
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Main Street, Stratford, Conn.)
Main Street, Stratford, Conn.
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Weatogue Country Club)
Weatogue Country Club
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Far Mill Falls)
Far Mill Falls
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - High School)
High School
Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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 - Main St, 1950s)
Main St, 1950s
History, News and Stories of Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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1639 - Stratford founded
www.wikipedia.org
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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...
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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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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.
Timeline of Connecticut History
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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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