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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V03_wesleyan-universitys-college-row-historical_Middletown-CT.html
In 1825, a visitor standing here would have seen a crowd of boys clad in soldiers uniforms, practicing military drills, or racing to their classes. The cadets, as they were called, were students at the new American Literary, Scientific and Militar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V02_st-sebastian-church-historical_Middletown-CT.html
Immigrants from Italy settled in Middletown as early as the 1860s, and for several decades the Italian population here increased slowly. Then, at the turn of the 20th century, the trickle of immigrants became a virtual flood. Hundreds of families …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V01_jehosaphat-starr-house-historical_Middletown-CT.html
This fine post-and-beam house has been home to numerous prominent Middletown figures since it was originally built in the 1750s. In 1777, Jehosaphat Starr, Jr. left this house, his birthplace, to become a Revolutionary War soldier. Within a few mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYU_bigelow-tavern-historical_Middletown-CT.html
Near this spot in 1760 stood Timothy Bigelow's tavern, where travellers and local people gathered to drink rum, trade stories, and oonduct business. In 1776, Bigelow died suddenly, leaving his wife Elizabeth with four children to support. Widow Bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYT_middletown-and-the-civil-war-historical_Middletown-CT.html
By the end of the Civil War, one of every nine Middletown men wearing the Union uniform was dead. They included young David Lincoln, who gave his life in the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. More than 900 soldiers and sailors from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYS_settling-middletown-historical_Middletown-CT.html
About 1650, a handful of English colonists began settling Middletown - then called by its Native American name, Mattabesseck or Mattabesett. The first colonists did not come directly from England, but from early New England settlements like Boston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYR_st-john-church-historical_Middletown-CT.html
The potato famine that ravaged Ireland in the late 1840s brought poverty and starvation to the Irish people. To survive, more than a million Irish fled their home coming to America on vessels so crowded and disease-ridden that they were termed "co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXR_middletown-in-the-1600s-historical_Middletown-CT.html
The Wangunks, Native American people, lived here at the great bend in the Connecticut River for countless generations before the first Europeans arrived. The Wangunks called their home Mattabeseck. Here they lived in communities of round-topped wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXQ_middletown-in-the-1700s-historical_Middletown-CT.html
Middletown entered its golden era during the 1700s. By 1750, a century after its settlement, Middletown was the most populous and one of the richest towns in Connecticut. The town owed its size and prosperity primarily to maritime trade. At dock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXP_middletown-in-the-1800s-historical_Middletown-CT.html
The 1800s brought enormous change to Middletown, transforming its economy, its culture, and the very face of its people. The changes began in 1807, when hostilities between the United States and Great Britain led Thomas Jefferson to ban internat…
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