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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXO_middletown-in-the-1900s-historical_Middletown-CT.html
The 20 century transformed Middletown as completely as the previous one had. The stream of immigrants that began in the mid-1800s now became a flood. Between 1900 and 1910, Middletown's population grew from 17,464 to 21,000 - a 20 percent increase…
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The battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War, began early on the morning of September 17, 1862, in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Joseph Mansfield, a 58-year-old general in the Union army, waited anxiously for the signal to lead his ten thous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXE_middletown-and-the-connecticut-river-historical_Middletown-CT.html
If you stood here in the late 1700s looking east toward the Connecticut River a forest of ship masts would bob before your eyes. On docks lining the riverside, sailors and merchants bustled back and forth to tall ships which had just arrived in po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UXD_danforth-pewter-shop-historical_Middletown-CT.html
In 1756, this simple structure was the birthplace of one of New England's leading craft dynasties, the Danforth family of pewterers. For nearly a century, three generations of Danforth men fashioned everything from plain plates to graceful teapots…
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This bell was originally part of the clock located in the old city hall tower at 255 Main Street. In 1958, the municipal building was erected at this site. In a joint venture, the city administration appropriated and various citizens donated mon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWP_founders-rock_Middletown-CT.html
north side In 1639 Mattabeseck Is First Mentioned in the Records In 1650 The First English Settlement Was Made Near This Spot 1n 1653 The General Court Changed the Name to Middletown In 1672 and 1673 The Title to the Lands Was Confirme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWO_commodore-thomas-macdonough_Middletown-CT.html
Commodore Thomas Macdonough Victor at Lake Champlain Sept. 11, 1814 Born Dec. 31, 1783   Died Nov. 10, 1825 Buried in Riverside Cemetery Placed by Wadsworth Chapter D.A.R. 1932
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK3_the-abolitionist-movement_Middletown-CT.html
The Abolitionist MovementOn this site, on a spring evening in 1834, a violent mob descended on a small group of Middletown residents who had come together to work towards abolishing slavery. The abolitionists, both black and white citizens, were m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK1_russell-library_Middletown-CT.html
Russell LibraryWithin these brownstone walls, choirs sang hymns, teenagers learned astronomy, and - eventually - Middletown residents of all ages borrowed books. Although this building has housed the Russell Library for well over a century, it ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACE_middletown-honor-roll_Middletown-CT.html
( left tablet )Acaglia Frank T. · Acerboni Ernest A. · Acheson Dean G. · Adamski John · Adamson Ernest L. · Adorno Vincenzo · Agostino Everisto · Ahern Joseph W. · Ahern Maurice J. · A…
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