"OLD MANCHESTER II - THE STORYTELLERS"  Index

                                                 

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Knight Ferris Remembrance 0 7
Introduction / Growing A Town 0 9
The Early Days 0 11
THE EARLY DAYS - THE 1700s 0 13
1700s - Jambstone Plain / Buckland 0 13
1700s and Early 1800s 3 15
The Manufacturers 3 15
Early Paper Mills 4 16
Pioneer Cotton Mill 4 16
Powder Mill 4 16
Needles and Paper 4 16
More Paper Mills 4 16
Silk Mills 5 17
Wool � Buckland tp Pitkin to Hilliard 5 17
Later Industries 5 17
Stage Coach Important 5 17
Passing of the Toll House 6 18
Some Orford Parish Deaths 1819,1820,1824,1825 7 19
A Sermon at the Center, A Fire at the Green 8 20
A Coach Ride 8 20
1860s 8 20
Inventive Yankees 9 21
Rev. John Pierpont 9 21
Cheney Clocks (Timothy Cheney) 9 21
The Inventive Minister (Enoch Burt) 9 21
Benjamin Lyman, Inventor 9 21
InImproved Guns (Cyrus Buckland) 9 21
That Versatile Jones Man 9 21
1845 Family Christian Almanac 10 22
The Genius of Manchester (Christopher Miner Spencer) 11 23
Carriage Trade 11 23
Looking Back 11 23
The Silk Mill Original 11 23
Twenty-Five Years Ago (1882) 12 24
Manchester Saturday Herald (August 28, 1886) 13 25
Twenty Years Ago This Week (1890) 13 25
Announcement of Incorporation (June 3, 1823 CT Courant) 14 26
Waterwheelers and Old-Time Dealers 15 27
Sketch of E. E. Hilliard Mill, June 1878 16 28
WOOL 17 29
Elisha Edgerton Hilliard, a.k.a.E.E. Hilliard 17 29
A Man of Substance 18 30
COTTON 18 30
The Mill at Union Village 18 30
Who'd a Thunk It - Thomas Plunkett Stole a Million, Ran Away 19 31
Receiver Appointed for the Hartford Silk Company 19 31
Notes 19 31
A Rather Better Look of Affairs Yesterday - No Signs of Injury to the Union Manufacturing Co. 20 32
PAPER 21 33
1769 Formula For Hartford Courant Paper 21 33
The Birth of Our Industries: Union Village 21 33
Oakland 21 33
The Papermakers 23 35
Rogers Co. 23 35
Bunce 23 35
Case Brothers 23 35
Keeney Brothers 23 35
White & Keeney Paper Mills 24 36
Peter Adams - 1891 24 36
The Foulds Group 24 36
The Hibbard Story: The Tin Man and the Iron Road 25 37
The Railroad - Force for Growth 25 37
Business Elsewhere 25 37
Visioned Center 26 38
First Railroad 26 38
Decide on Station 26 38
Gave the Land 26 38
Developed 26 38
Business Thrived 26 38
Brought Success 26 38
New England Business Directory - North Manchester - 1860 27 39
Business Ads 28 40
MERCHANTS 29 41
The Baker Man: Manchester Bakery: Frank Goetz 29 41
The Coal Dealers: E. Griswold, Dealer in Coal, Wood, Lime and Cement 29 41
H. l. Vibberts, Coal and Wood 29 41
Dry Goods: A. H. Skinner Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, etc. 29 41
Furniture: Watkins Brothers, Furniture Dealers and Undertakers 30 42
Gents Furnishings: C. E. House, Merchant Tailor, Gents Furnishings, etc. 30 42
A SELF MADE MAN 30 42
Groceries: Aaron Johnson: Came From Sweden 20 Years Ago, Poor, No English 30 42
Manchester Herald, June 28, 1885 31 43
Morton & Dwyer Co., New Grocery Firm 31 43
Hotel: The Cowels Hotel, C. W. Allen Proprietor 32 44
Livery Stables: G. H.Allen, Livery & Boarding Stables 32 44
R. M.Rood: Livery, Feed and Sales Stables 32 44
C. H. Strandt, Liver Sale and Boarding Stables 32 44
Pharmacist: Chas. H. Rose, Pharmacist 33 45
A Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Bon Ami 33 45
Going, Going � The Auctioneer Family 34 46
Cigars: Fred B. Pohlman, Cigar maker 35 47
Peddlers 37 49
Not Just Paper � Water: October 10, 1885 37 49
The North End WAS Manchester 39 51
B. C. And His Opera House sketches 40 52
Apel's Opera House 41 53
Richard S. Childs: A Manchester Boy in the 1880s 43 55
Divided Village 44 56
Electric Lights, Town Water, and � Photos! 44 56
Whatever happened to... 45 57
A Lesson in Law 46 58
Where the Water Wasn't 46 58
WORKING GIRL: A Cracker Packer 47 59
Make Do 48 60
Home Remedies 49 61
Church Time 49 61
Our Home 49 61
Early Times 50 62
Getting Around 50 62
"Cap" Lilly's School 50 62
Apel's 51 63
Hard Work 51 63
THE GABLES 51 63
THE PRIZE OF THE FAIR 52 64
THE BOWERS TRADITION 53 65
AN IRISH BLESSING 55 67
NORTH END NOSTALGIA 55 67
GOOD-BYE DEPOT, PICKLE BARRELS, JELLY DOUGHNUTS 56 68
THE CABBIE IS A JITNEY MAN 57 69
THE ULTIMARE NORTH-ENDER -- "BUD" BROOKS 57 69
School 58 70
Eight Years Old and Working 58 70
Leisure-Time Work 58 70
Working Tobacco 58 70
Working at Bon Ami 59 71
Baseball 59 71
The North End was Different 59 71
North vs. South 59 71
Other Businesses 60 72
Religion 60 72
Speial Times 60 72
Football 60 72
Swimming 61 73
Depression Times 61 73
Getting Around 61 73
Health and Medicine 62 74
Loyalty - Rogers 47 Years 62 74
Health and Medicine 62 74
The South End Was SOUTH Manchester 63 75
A HISTORIC STORE 65 77
Thursday Nights on Main Street 65 77
The Success of Main Street 65 77
The Cooperative Effort 65 77
My History and the Town's 65 77
The Future 66 78
ONE-MAN POWER 66 78
WORK! 67 79
KID-WORK 67 79
WORK! 67 79
TO-YOUR-DOOR DELIVERY 67 79
SEAMAN'S GOLD TONGS 68 80
SEAMAN'S GOLD TONGS 68 80
WASTE NOT 68 80
LEARNING TIME 68 80
WORK IS WORK -- HOT OR COLD 69 81
UNIFORM LAW AND MUSCLE MEN 69 81
Muscle 70 82
BUSINESSES: The Hardware Men 71 83
Going Back 71 83
A Gay City Connection 71 83
The Cheney House Auction - A Quick Fit 72 84
THE MAN IN THE MARKET 72 84
HAPPY WORK -- CHENEY WORK: Family 73 85
Dye House Work 74 86
Hard Times 74 86
Work -- Depression Time 74 86
Out in the Cold at Pratt & Whitney 75 87
Paul and Me -- Chance Vought 75 87
The "Move Man In" -- Cheney 76 88
THE SWEDISH CONNECTION 77 89
Neighbors From the World 77 89
Schooling 78 90
A Cheney Weaver 78 90
The Silk Story 78 90
The Difference Was "The Homes" 79 91
The Sale of "The Homes" 79 91
Don't Forget All the Cheneys Did 79 91
Cheney Family Life 80 92
Earl Clifford Reminisence 83 95
We All Worked 83 95
We Made Out, Somehow 83 95
Work Hard, Save A Little 84 96
Work Hard, Save A Little 84 96
Every Kid Went Ahead 84 96
FARM WORK IS HARD WORK: A Farm Family 84 96
Schooling 85 97
Part-Time Work 85 97
The Family Farm 85 97
Pranks, Capers and Humdingers 87 99
THE OLD CODGER'S CODGITATIONS: NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! 89 101
AMBULANCE? WELL, IT'LL HAVE TO DO . 89 101
NO FAULT 90 102
FIT FOR LIVIN' IN 90 102
CINNAMON BARK 90 102
PATTY'S WHEELBARROW 91 103
A BACKWARD CHILD 91 103
A DEAD GIVE-AWAY 92 104
ZIP'S POTTED FLAG POLE 92 104
MR. HAWLEY'S WHISKERS 92 104
THE CANNON "DEPUTIES" 93 105
EARLY DAZE 93 105
THE NIGHT BEFORE 93 105
THE CELEBRATION IS OVER! 94 106
A MINUTE LATER, SIX INCHES OVER � OH WELL 94 106
WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY 94 106
TOM WUISH'S BEAR 95 107
THE BANGIONG NIGHT WALKERS 95 107
THE CANNON CAPER 96 108
A GET-BELL, GET-WELL EVENT 96 108
FREE FERTILIZER 97 109
MELONS BY MOONLIGHT 97 109
ALL DUNN 97 109
O. C.'S ADVICE 97 109
WELL WATER Y' KNOW 98 110
WAGS TAILS 98 110
OLD JOHN'S SIESTA 98 110
A SNAKE TAIL 98 110
THE KEEVER'S KAT (THE FISH MAN COMETH) 99 111
EDITOR "STUFF" BEWARE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS) 99 111
MAN 99 111
KINDNESS 99 111
I 99 111
Where It Was (and Where They Were) 101 113
Map of Manchester 102 114
THEY "DITCHED" THE BROOKS AND BURIED THE STREAMS 103 115
CALL IT "CODGER TOWN" 103 115
CHARTER OAK STREET 104 116
1800S Aerial View of Manchester Business District 105 117
Wells Street 106 118
Sidewalks and The Sticky Walk 107 119
School Street 107 119
Main Street - School Street to Eldridge Street 107 119
Eldridge Street to Maple 108 120
When Eldridge Street was "The Lane" and "Mr. Jim" Quieted the Crowds 108 120
East Side of Main -- Maple Street Up 109 121
Maple Street 109 121
Moving Along 111 123
From Ferris Brothers to Watkins 112 124
West Side of Main Street 113 125
Main Street - West Side of School Street 114 126
"S" as in Smythe, Salvation and Spruce Street 115 127
The Woods and Autumn Street 116 128
The West Side of South Main Street 116 128
Digny's Ocean 117 129
East Side of South Main 117 129
Toby's Hill and the Big Swamp 118 130
AROUND AND ABOUT: Down Main Street, South Manchester 119 131
Hunniford Farm 119 131
Medical Staff 120 132
Shopping area 120 132
Library 121 133
TOP OF MAIN 121 133
Nostalgia � and Memories 122 134
AROUND AND ABOUT 123 135
The "Golf Lots" 123 135
OLD OLCOTT STREET 124 136
North Side 124 136
My Homestead 125 137
Matt's Father 125 137
South Side 125 137
Schaller Home 126 138
THE PERKINS HOMESTEAD: 310 Hackmatack Street 126 138
The Other Side of the Street 127 139
Race a Pacer, Beat a Taylor 127 139
GERMANTOWN 127 139
SOUTH MAIN STREET MEMORIES 128 140
The Harriet Brown / Tieman House 129 141
The Old South Methodist Church 130 142
School Days 131 143
THE BUILDINGS 133 145
THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN THE 5-MILE TRACT 133 145
The Raising 133 145
Bunce School 133 145
School Growth 134 146
The Backing 134 146
A DYNAMIC FORCE 134 146
NINTH SCHOOL DISTRICT 135 147
LINCOLN SCHOOL -- THE TAXPAYER'S SCHOOL 136 148
SCHOOL CENSUS: FIVE SENTS A HEAD FOR THE "ENUMERATOR" 137 149
THE GREEN SCHOOL 138 150
Specifications 138 150
THE TEACHERS 138 150
FROM THE CLASS OF 1894 TO TEACHER 138 150
FROM ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS TO ALL THE SCHOOLS 139 151
Hitched Mare to Buggy 139 151
Found Only One Senior 139 151
Served Town for 42 Years 140 152
Teacher at 17 140 152
Cites Highlights in Life 140 152
THE LITTLEST TEACHER IN TOWN 140 152
A TEACHER'S TEACHER 141 153
Waiting to Teach 142 154
Teaching Times 143 155
Changes 143 155
Years Later 144 156
TALES TOLD OUT OF SCHOOL 144 156
MR. VERPLANCK -- A GOOD INFLUENCE 144 156
THE MESSAGE 144 156
NO SNOWBALLS 145 157
ZIP 145 157
ZIP'S WHIP 145 157
ZIP'S PERCEPTION 146 158
REMEMBERING SCHOOL 146 158
The Sporting Life 147 159
BEFORE BASEBALL 149 161
Early, Early Baseball 149 161
THE BALL FIELDS 150 162
MORE BASEBALL 151 163
THE 20s -- MT. NEBO 151 163
SUNDAY BALL GAME 152 164
THE "RINGERS" ARE HERE � PLAY BALL! 152 164
Mathewson Pitched 153 165
Assumed Names 153 165
Wild Rhubarb 153 165
Used Assumed Name 154 166
Local Talent 154 166
INSIDE A HALL WITH THE "ROUND BALL": Company G or "G" Team 154 166
The Armory -- A Sports Center 155 167
Football 156 168
"Volleyed and Thundered" 156 168
THE PEDALLERS 157 169
THE BIKES 158 170
20 Mile Road Race 158 170
A GRAND DAY AT THE RACES: 1889-1909 159 171
October 3, 1889 159 171
May, 1890 159 171
January, 1892 159 171
Hartford Courant, July, 1892 159 171
August, 1901 160 172
December, 1901 160 172
THE SAND BANK OVAL 160 172
AN AFTERWARD AFTERWORD 160 172
THE SHARKS AT THE GLOBE HOLLOW EAT PEANUT BUTTER 161 173
Good Times A-Happening 163 175
LAUREL PARK 165 177
Chapman and the Trolley 165 177
WICKHAM PARK AND ITS DONORS 166 178
REMEMBER? 167 179
AH! VAUDEVILLE 168 180
MOVIE: 10�; ICE CREAM: 5� 170 182
DANCING WAS MY FAVORITE THING 170 182
KEENEY DANCE HALL 171 183
SWIMMING HOLES 172 184
A MEMORABLE MEMORIAL 172 184
A CHENEY THANKSGIVING: FEATURE STAR-- THE BLACK SPIDER 173 185
PROP WASH 174 186
THOSE GREAT WINTERS 174 186
ANYONE FOR SLIDING? 175 187
JULOTTA TOOK WEEKS 175 187
CHRISTMAS TREES 176 188
CHRISTMAS KALEIDOSCOPE 176 188
December 25, 1832 176 188
December 25, 1896 176 188
December 25. 1902 176 188
December 25. 1917 176 188
Bad Things A-Happening: Fire, Wind, Water and� Murder Most Foul 177 189
THE FLOOD THAT CHANGED THE VALLEY -- OCTOBER, 1869 179 191
THE BLIZZARD OF 1888 -- MARCH 3 - 11 180 192
THAT BLIZZARD OF '88 STILL HOLDS FIRST PLACE 181 193
DEC 28, 1888: Bucket Brigade Fails -- No. Manchester Buildings Destroyed 183 195
January 3, 1889 183 195
Five Companies were set up 183 195
November 29, 1898 183 195
April 13. 1909 183 195
October 23. 1913 183 195
Saturday March 22, 1915 183 195
November 17. 1922 183 195
Old Codger remembers lack of fire fighting organization... 183 195
Bucket Brigade 184 196
The Hose Companies 184 196
Bucket Brigade 184 196
THE WORST FIRE (NINTH DISTRICT) 184 196
Spread Quickly 185 197
Learned a Lesson 185 197
New Schools Built 185 197
DAGGER IN HEART OF LOUISE TREBBE 185 197
Awful Murder in South Manchester: Prisoner in Hartford Jail 185 197
In Love With Louise 186 198
The Sisters Dischard Hadlen 186 198
Hadlen Makes A Threat 186 198
How the Deed Was Done 187 199
A Hunt For Hadlen 187 199
Before Justice Bowers 188 200
TRAGEDY ON ICE 188 200
Funerals of Drowned Couple 188 200
THE WIND BLEW -- THE STEEPLE FLEW 189 201
THE 1938 HURRICANE 189 201
THE HURRICANE OF '38 190 202
DEATH AT THE SHORE 191 203
WELLS STREET ARMORY DESTROYED 191 203
HERALD CEASES PUBLICATION TODAY 192 204
HERALD'S RICH HISTORY RETOLD 192 204
Burned Out 192 204
Not A Single Edition Was Missed 192 204
K of C Home Bought 192 204
Gains Control 193 205
Paper Sold 193 205
Just Remember 195 207
DID SHE LIVE THE LONGEST? 197 209
ONE OF A KIND�THE GRASS MAN: Grass Expert's Funeral Held in Manchester 197 209
KNOWLEDGE OF GRASS INCREASED BY OLCOTT 199 211
THE GRASS MAN 200 212
JOHN E. ROGERS-ACTIVIST, RESEARCHER,TEACHER: 201 213
The answer is person to person contact and understanding. 201 213
FAREWELL TO AN ODD, GRAND BUILDING 202 214
THE WONDERFUL MADDENS 204 216
FRIENDSHIP: He was Dick and I was Johnnie. 205 217
THE NURSE'S STORY 207 219
The King's Daughters 207 219
World War Days 208 220
TOWN'S FIRST DOCTOR CAME HERE IN 1793 209 221
THE DAYS OF THE DOCTORS: "Doc" Weldon 210 222
Doctors Moore & Burr 210 222
Doctors Tinker and Gillam 211 223
Birthin' Babies -- Dr. Higgins & Dr. Moore 211 223
DOCTOR VAIL 212 224
Young Doctor Joe Higgins and the "One-Sided Child" 212 224
Good Bye Buggies, Hello Cars 213 225
SPENCER GOT UP A FULL HEAD OF STEAM 215 227
HELLO, "GOAT" 215 227
CLANG, CLANG, CLANG WENT THE TROLLEY 216 228
GOOD-BYE BUGGIES, HELLO TROLLEY CARS 217 229
THE MODEL T � IT REALLY RAN 218 230
Wilbur T. (as in Model T) Little 219 231
Good Samaritans --Glastonbury 219 231
NO SHOCKS, NO SPRINGS, FIVE FLATS ... A FINE TIME WAS HAD 221 233
CARL'S CAR-PHOBIA-1923 222 234
MAIN ST. TO DEPOT SQUARE-35� 224 236
50 YEARS OF CARS 224 236
More Stories 227 239
THE CODGER'S STORIES 229 241
REX, THE RAT DOG 229 241
LITTLE O.C., "ENGINEER" 229 241
GROWN-UP O. C., TEACHER 230 242
O. C., SCIENTIST 230 242
WHAT SONG CAN MEAN . .. 230 242
ABOUT BLACKSMITHS AND KIND WORDS 230 242
WALKING 231 243
SWINGING ON BIRCHES 231 243
BOOTSTRAPPING IN THE DEPRESSION DAYS 232 244
OLD-TIME BATH TIME 232 244
MAKE-DO 233 245
TRUE LOVE 233 245
GOETZ'S OUTSIDE MAN 233 245
THE CRACKER BIN 234 246
HILLSTOWN STORIES 234 246
i. DOING THINGS: Going For a Ride 234 246
Going to the Bathhouse 235 247
Building a Tobacco Barn 235 247
Kill the Cut Worm! 236 248
Cutting Ice 236 248
II. SOME HILLSTOWN PEOPLE: Isobel and Lacy 237 249
Old Joe Manuel 238 250
God Loves Crooked-Legged Bob 240 252
Tramps, Bums, Hobos, Peddlers 240 252
Taking Care of Neighbors 241 253
It's Love and Plenty of Turnips � 241 253
Grandpa Cowles and the Pitkin Bottle 241 253
Elisha Rathburn 242 254
Knots and Trees and Stars and Plants 242 254
Early Morning With Mother 243 255
Two Dogs to Remember 243 255
GROWING UP IN THE 20S AND 30S 243 255
Edward D Atkinson Reminescence 243 255
Relaxing Times at Home 244 256
Playing at the Trolley Barn 244 256
Crowded Evenings Downtown 245 257
Skating at Center Springs Park 245 257
A Human Fly and the Parades 245 257
Rides to Go Roller Skating 245 257
Plane Crash in the Early 30s 246 258
Dancing and Our Graduation 246 258
The War Journals 247 259
ORFORD PARISH --1776 249 261
A Letter Home 249 261
1864 -- RETURN FROM THE CIVIL WAR 249 261
Grandfather Performs 250 262
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND LT. WARD CHENEY: 1900 250 262
WARD CHENEY'S FUNERAL 250 262
THREE LOCAL MEN WIN HONORS IN WORLD WAR I 251 263
THE WAR IS OVER! 251 263
NOVEMBER 11, 1918: Turn on the lights, Ring the Bells, Tie down the whistles! 251 263
WORLD WAR II 253 265
BEING HOME DURING WORLD WAR II 253 265
NEW GUINEA -- 1943: "We Three" 254 266
THE WORLD IS SMALL-LIKE A G.I. SOFTBALL 254 266
THE ARDENNES, BELGIUM: DECEMBER 1944 - JANUARY 1945 256 268
15 December, 1944 256 268
16 December, 1944 256 268
The German Plan 256 268
Foreign Fire 257 269
Waiting to Teach 257 269
Orders 257 269
March On, Dig In 257 269
Move Out 257 269
They're Jerries! 257 269
Spared 258 270
Move Back, Count Heads 258 270
Cut Off 258 270
Thirty Miles, Three Days, No Food 258 270
Up and At 'Em -- Move Out 259 271
On Reserve-Reorganize 259 271
Christmas Day-1944 259 271
Clear Skies --The Planes Are Out 259 271
Christmas Turkey 260 272
Christmas Turkey 260 272
Happy New Year-Seven Hour Barrage 260 272
Prep Talk 2 January 1945 260 272
3 January, 1945 261 273
0655 Advance Line 261 273
Take No Prisoners 261 273
Hit! 261 273
Casualties 261 273
Alone 262 274
Top Speed 262 274
Hospitals 263 275
THE SOUTH PACIFIC: The Hand of Bucky Buckner 263 275
Kamikaze Run 263 275
The Artillery 263 275
The Corpsmen 263 275
The Ammo Dump 263 275
Hold the Hill 265 277
Long Way Home 266 278
VIETNAM: In War, Waiting At Home Is Not A Game Either 267 279
Gary Philip Dietz poem 268 280
VIETNAM: DECEMBER 19, 1969 - MARCH 28,1970 269 281
100 days, One Bullet, 25 Years. of Pain: 10 December, 1969 269 281
26 December, 1969 269 281
Early January 1970 269 281
12 January, 1970 269 281
16 January, 1970 269 281
18 January, 1970 269 281
9 February, 1970 269 281
Letter Received Home March 3, 1970 270 282
3 March, 1970 270 282
12 March, 1970 270 282
21 March, 1970 270 282
Western Union Telegram 270 282
Location: Vietnam Patient Ward 887: April 2, 1970 270 282
Location: Japan, Early April 1970 270 282
Location: Japan, Early April 1970 (end) 272 284
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