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Historical Information about Naugatuck and its citizens.

Below are links to historical information about Naugatuck-related items.

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Allerton, George M. See: Allerton Iron Works,
Allerton Road
<- Brief bio of George Allerton
Allerton Iron Works Allerton Iron Works They built steam fire engines, among other things.
Allerton Road Allerton Road  
Andrew Avenue/
Andrew Mountain Rd.
 Andrew Mountain was also called "12 Mile Hill" and "Huntington Hill"
Andrew, Samuel See: Andrew Mountain  
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Bacon, Henry See: Train Station History Henry Bacon was the architect of the Naugatuck Train Station, now the Museum
Beecher, Clarissa See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry Daughter of Daniel Beecher and Clarissa Porter>Beecher; married Charles Goodyear
Beecher, Daniel See: Beecher Street Born in Woodbridge, abt 1762
Beecher Street Beecher Street Name after Daniel Beecher
Beebe, Electa See: Beecher Street Second wife of Daniel Beecher
Blackman, Rev. W.F. See: Grove Cemetery  
Boy Scouts Boy Scout Troop 102 - Looking back - Looking forward Reflections on the history of Naugatuck Boy Scout Troop 102
Boy Scouts Boy Scout Troop 102 and Cecil Matson History of the troop and its long-time Scoutmaster; more recent history too
Building 25 Cradle of the Rubber Industry Brief history of the rubber industry in CT and Naugatuck, including "Building 25"
Buttons
Info on Amasa Goodyear and the buttons his companies produced.
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Collins Hotel
Collins, Ahira		 Collins Hotel NEW! Part 2 - Related stories
Connecticut-Cradle of the Rubber Industry Cradle of the Rubber Industry Brief history of the rubber industry in CT and Naugatuck, including "Building 25"
Conquepatano See: Andrew Mountain Chief of the Derby Indians
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Dunn Avenue,
Dunn, Jeremiah
General info about some Naugatuck street names
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Goodyear, Amasa
Info on Amasa Goodyear and the buttons his companies produced.
Goodyear, Charles See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry  
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry  
Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry  
Grove Cemetery
Why it's called 'Grove Cemetery'
     
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Hall of Fame Naugatuck Hall of Fame info
Hitchcock, Abiah See: Beecher Street First wife of Daniel Beecher
Hoadley, Sena See: Beecher Street Fourth wife of Daniel Beecher
Hotchkiss St., Hotchkiss Family (Giles, Esther) Street Names #2  
Huntington Hill See: Andrew Mountain  
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Lewis, Chauncey See: Beecher Street  
Litchfield Rubber Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry Became the Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co., in 1847
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Matson, Cecil F. See: Boy Scout Troop 102 and Cecil Matson  
May Street/May Avenue
Info about the background of the naming of these streets, named after James O. May
May, James O.
Info about the two streets in Naugatuck named after James O. May
Moss, Rev. Joseph and Samuel See: Andrew Mountain  
Museum, Naugatuck Historical Society See: Train Station History The NHS Museum was formerly the Naugatuck Train Station, designed by famous architect Henry Bacon.
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Naugatuck - Town Areas See: Tigertown  
Naugatuck Chemical Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry Part of U.S. Rubber Co.
Naugatuck Historical Society, History of Part 1, Part 2  
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Osbourne, Amos and Joanna, Thomas, Joseph See: Andrew Mountain  
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Porter, Clarissa See: Beecher Street Third wife of Daniel Beecher, mother of Clarissa Beecher
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Samuel J. Lewis Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry  
Spec Shea Pictures of Spec Shea Native Naugatuckian Spec Shea was a New York Yankee star.
Spencer St., Spencer Family (Francs, Lawrence, Elihu, Ruth) Street Names #2  
Standly, John See: Andrew Mountain  
Stage Hotel See: Beecher Street Hotel opened by Daniel Beecher
Street Names
General info about some Naugatuck street names
Street Names See: Tigertown  
Streets: May St./May Ave.
Info about the background of the naming of these streets, named after James O. May
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Tigertown 1900 Tigertown Learn about life in the 1900s in this section of Naugatuck
Train Station, Naugatuck Train Station History The Naugatuck Train Station is now the Museum of the NHS
Twelve Mile Hill See: Andrew Mountain  
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Uniroyal (Chemical Co.), U.S. Rubber Co. See: Cradle of the Rubber Industry  
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Ward family: Andrew, Richard, Lauren, Lewis, William Street Names #4 History of the Ward family in Naugatuck. Ward Street was named for them.
Ward Street Street Names #4
Weed, John, John(Jr), Jonas, Joseph, Joanna See: Andrew Mountain  
Wooster St., Wooster Family (Jesse, Walter Ozro, Ursula Beebe) Street Names #2  
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Yearbook Yearbook Reflections Info about NHS yearbook names over the years, with a quiz to match the names with their meaning and year
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