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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DSP_wooster-square_Danbury-CT.html
The intersection of Main Street with White and Elm Streets, known as Wooster Square became an increasingly important section of town with the completion of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depot on Main Street in 1851.As the main route through Da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLC_historic-site_Danbury-CT.html
Historic SiteDanbury's First Episcopal Church occupied this site from 1763 until 1884. In 1777, British troops, led by General Tryon, took military stores from the church and burned them in the nearby street, but spared the edifice. Three public s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLB_the-enamel-grindstone_Danbury-CT.html
Enamel colours have always been used to decorate pottery wares. Today they come processed but in early years of the Belleek Pottery they, along with most raw materials, were processed at the Pottery.
This particular grindstone was used to crush…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DLA_washington-rochambeau-revolutionary-route_Danbury-CT.html
French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. After wintering in Newport, Rochambeau's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DL8_danbury-during-the-revolutionary-war_Danbury-CT.html
On April 26, 1777, 2,000 British soldiers, under the command of General Tryon, marched into Danbury. The town was a supply depot for military stores. A Corps of Artificers; skilled craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, were formed into special military …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DL7_the-danbury-court-house_Danbury-CT.html
Danbury's first courthouse was built in 1785; complete with old stocks and whipping posts near the front entrance. These were dispensed with when the city's second courthouse was built in 1824. Civic events and elections were held in the courthous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTE_schools-and-education_Danbury-CT.html
Since its earliest days, the importance of education has been at the forefront of the development of the community. In 1763 the will of Comfort Starr left 800 pounds "for the support of a perpetual school in the centre of town." By 1769, a School …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTD_elmwood-park_Danbury-CT.html
In 1801, Mr. Major Starr donated the land necessary to take a large curve out of Main Street on condition that it serve as a permanent common. To this end, residents from the southern end of the street raised their own funds and created Elmwood P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTC_the-circus-comes-to-town_Danbury-CT.html
Danbury was home to several early pioneers of the American circus in the mid 1800s. In fact, Aaron Turner, proprietor of one of the earliest American traveling shows, was actually P.T. Barnum's mentor. From 1836 to 1838, Barnum traveled with Aaro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTB_industrial-strength-danbury_Danbury-CT.html
The artificers, who produced and distributed goods for the army during the American Revolution, may have fueled the start of Danbury's early manufacturing activities. During the years following the war, Danbury began its transition from a primari…