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One of the worst railway collisions in U.S. history — and the only one to involve four trains — happened in Thompson in 1891. courant.com
Although Thompson is one of the largest geographical areas in northeastern Connecticut (some 45 square miles) it has no one single center of identity. Instead, most of its residents identify themselves with the "village" that is closest to them.
Thus Thompson has become known as the town of 10 villages. The Thompson Historical Society has considerable information about each of the villages and its history, together with many photographs of each area and its denizens. The following is only a brief description of the most important or famous historical event in each of the villages. The villages are:
East Thompson
Site of the only 4-train wreck in the history of the United States. The wreck took place in 1901.
Wilsonville
Noted primarily for the Keegan Mill, originally built by Smith Wilkinson, which was a major employer in the area for some 100 years.
Fabyan
Originally known as "New Boston". Settled mainly by Swedish residents.
Quinebaug
Named after the Quinebaug River, which flows through the area.
Quaddick
Located next to Quaddick State Park, and famous for hardy souls braving the lake's cold water on the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Day swim.
Mechanicsville
Located along the banks of the French River.
Grosvenordale
Location of the Grosvenordale Mill, later owned by Belding Heminway Corp., and now being demolished to make way for other economic development.
North Grosvenordale
Originally developed as Masonville, a prosperous mill town typical of many New England mill towns, primarily settled by French Canadian immigrants and their descendants, but also home of immigrants from Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Sweden. The mill area was named after William Mason, whose family had developed the mills. William Mason built a magnificent mansion on Thompson Hill.
Thompson Hill
The earliest settled area in Thompson, and the early location of local industries. After the advent of the mill villages of Grosvenordale and North Grosvenordale, the industrial activity declined on the Hill, which became the residence of wealthy mill owners. Its reputation remains to this day.
West Thompson
West Thompson was a thriving area of farms and open spaces, until the flood of 1955, after which the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded the village in order to operate a new dam to prevent further floods in the area.
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Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Although Thompson is one of the largest geographical areas in northeastern Connecticut (some 45 square miles) it ...Read MORE... 
The Vernon Stiles Tavern, Thompson, Conn.
"...Built in 1814 by Stephen Tefft, Dr. James Webb, Noadiah Comins, and Hezekiah Olney, the inn began as one of many public houses in the area. After Captain Vernon Stiles purchased it in 1830, it became... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1819 - Thompson
Thompson, a post township, is situated in the northeast corner of the county and State, 47 miles northeast from Hartford, and 26 northwest from Provid...Read MORE... 
1830 - 100th Birthday
The celebration of the hundreth birthday of a venerable citizen named Melatiah Mason, of Thompson, Connecticut, took place on the 30th ultimo. A sermo...Read MORE...- 1839 - Thompson
Thompson, Connecticut
Windham county. This town lies 47 miles E.N.E. from Hartford, 14 N. from Brooklyn, 27 W.N.W. from Providence, R.I., and 53 S.W....Read MORE... - 1841 - THE LAST SOLDIER GONE!
Departed this life at Thompson, Connecticut, on the 12th ult., Mr. Ezekiel Blackmarr, in the 99th year of his age. He was the son of James Blackmarr, ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Thompson
Thompson, a post-township of Windham county, Connecticut, intersected by the Norwich and Worcester railroad, and drained by the Quinebaug and French r...Read MORE... - 1860 - Throwing Brickbats in Sleep
A young man residing in West Thompson, Connecticut, rose in his sleep, Sunday night crawled through the attic scuttle to the roof of the house, commen...Read MORE... - 1865 - Counterfeit Notes
BOSTON, July 26. - Well executed counterfeit $10 bills on the Thompson Bank, of Thompson, Connecticut, are in circulation here.
National Republican
Washington, District of Columbia
July 27, 1865 - 1868 - Isaac Sherman, of East Thompson, Conn., is building two paper houses, small sized, for tenements.
They are framed like other houses, and instead of being boarded or clap-boarded, the frame is covered with a firm manilla paper, as is also the roof.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 11, 1868 - 1874 - A Curious Clock
A Thompson, Connecticut, clock company has shipped a curious clock to San Francisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the continent,...Read MORE... - 1875 - Shooting
A tragedy which grew out of a drunken row, occurred in Thompson, Conn., the 25th, when Edward Ryan shot John Keating in the breast with a revolver. Ke...Read MORE... - 1877 - Cure for Opium Habit
A resident of Thompson, Connecticut, publishes a cure for the "opium habit" that seems very simple. It is done by tapering off - diminishing the dose ...Read MORE... - 1891 - FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED, THEN TWO PASSENGER TRAINS RAN INTO THE WRECK - THREE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4. - The ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Wage Increase
The Grosvenordale Company, North Grosvenordale, Conn., has posted notices in all of its mills that they will increase wages in all departments after A...Read MORE... - 1896 - Cannon Exploded
PUTNAM, Conn., July 4. - Norton R. Williams was killed at North Grosvenordale this morning. A cannon which he as loading was hot and the charge explod...Read MORE... - 1896 - Fire
Fire in North Grosvenordale, Conn., totally destroyed the two largest business blocks in the town, together with two barns and adjoining sheds. Loss, ...Read MORE... - 1899 - FIRE AT EAST THOMPSON. Railroad Station, Engine House and Signal Tower Burned Down.
New London, Nov. 7. - The railroad station at East Thompson, Conn., on the main line, Midland division, of the Consolidated Road, together with the en...Read MORE... 
M. E. Church, E. Thompson, Conn.
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Main Street, North Grosvenordale
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Main Street, Looking South, Thompson, Conn.
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Carolyn Hall Lodge. Thompson, Conn.
"Marianapolis Preparatory School was established in 1926, sponsored by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception. The school is located on the former Ream Estate, built by Norman Bruce Ream, a... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1903 - GIVES UP $15,000 SALARY. Because He Belongs to a Church With Strict Laws.
WEBSTER, Mass., April 1. - Agent Messenger, of the Grosvenordale cotton mills at North Grosvenordale, Conn., will today give up his place on account o...Read MORE... - 1903 - LIGHTNING KILLS A BANKER. James Elliott, President of Thompson Bank, North Grosvenordale, Conn., Struck While Walking - Daughter Escapes.
NORTH GROSVENORDALE, Conn., July 14. - James Elliott, fifty-five years old, President of the Thompson Bank in this town, was struck by lightning and i...Read MORE... - 1906
North Grosvenor Dale, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 40 miles N. by E. of Norwich. It has manufactu...Read MORE... - 1906
Thompson, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Thompson township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 38 miles N. by E. of Norwich....Read MORE... 
Public Library, 1906
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Grosvenordale, Connecticut, Hutchinson's Store, 1906
The Grosvenor Dale store is carried on by Mr. Thomas Hutchinson.
History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889
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Mill and Pond, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Reedville Dam, West Thompson, Conn.
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Postcard- 1909 - Wage Increase for Thousand Workers
By Associated Press.
North Grosvenordale, Conn., August 3. - The operatives in the cotton mills here, numbering a thousand, are to receive an increas...Read MORE... 
Tourtellotte Memorial High School
Jacob Tourtellotte and his wife Harriet funded the design and construction of the high school and presented it to the Town of Thompson in 1909... tmhsaa.org
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Howe Marot Jr. College
Mary Louise Marot was the daughter of Benjamin Marot and Helen Sowers. Marot graduated from the University of Chicago in 1894 and worked with the University Settlement while there. After graduation, she taught at Miss... Read MORE...
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Elliott and Lewis Residences, 1910
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Fabyan Woolen Co. Mill, Fayan, Conn.
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Views of Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Central Square. No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Flora Ave. No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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The Grosvenor Dale Co., North Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Three Rows, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Main Street and "Town Pump", Thompson, Conn., 1910
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Post Office, Thompson, Conn., 1910
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Grosvenordale Mills, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Rear of Kimball Mill, E. Thompson, Conn.
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Swede Village, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Postcard- 1916 - Thompson
Thompson, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Thompson township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 38 miles N. by E. of Norwich....Read MORE... 
Buckley Hill, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
Postcard- 1919 - Seeks to Settle Textile Strike
Washington - With more than 500 textile workers on strike in North Grosvenordale, Conn., the Department of Labor has assigned Commissioner of Concilia...Read MORE... 
Lower Village
French River Textile Co.
Mechanicsville, Conn.
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French River Textile Company's Plant, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Residence of Mr. Charles A. Russell, Thompson, Conn., 1922
Postcard- 1923 - SUES FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH FROM LIQUOR
New London, Conn., July 31 - Mrs. Domicelle Anton, widow of Joseph Anton, of North Grosvenordale, this state, is bringing suit for $15,000 charging th...Read MORE... - 1927 - Auditors Find Deficit in North Grosvenordale Books
NORTH GROSVENORDALE, Dec. 9. - (By Associated Press.) An official report of the auditors, which has been awaited by townspeople for the past six weeks...Read MORE... - 1927 - LIGHTS FIRECRACKER BY CIGARETTE, BLINDED
PUTNAM, July 4. - (By Associated Press) The Fourth of July celebration of Paul Aucoin of North Grosvenordale ended disastrously today, when a firecrac...Read MORE... - 1930 - SKIDDING MACHINE RESULTS IN DEATH OF FATHER LANDRY.
St. Thomas Aquinas’s Church Pastor Instantly Killed at Grosevenor Dale, Ct.
WOMAN IN HOSPITAL TWO CHILDREN UNHURT
Car Crashes Fence and Turns Ov...Read MORE... 
The Russian Bear Tea House
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Residence of E.S. Backus, Thompson, Conn.
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Scene From Main Road, East of Community House, North Grosvenordale, Conn.
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St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, North Grosvenordale, Conn.
Postcard- 1940 - Railroad Abandoned
April 11 - The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. abandons its rail line from Webster to East Thompson, Conn.
New Haven Railroad Historica...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - The Vernon Stiles Tavern, Thompson, Conn.
"...Built in 1814 by Stephen Tefft, Dr. James Webb, Noadiah Comins, and Hezekiah Olney, the inn began as one of many public houses in the area. After Captain Vernon Stiles purchased it in 1830, it became Stiles Tavern and quickly gained popularity, boasting that 'more stage passengers dined there every day than at any other house in New England.'
In addition to its fame as an inn, Stiles Tavern also became known as a wedding facility. Couples who disliked their state’s requirements for publishing their intentions to marry fled to Connecticut. There, Captain Stiles, also a Justice of the Peace, wed them in his tavern. The unions of these run-aways earned Stiles Tavern the celebrated reputation as the 'Gretna Green of New England.'
When the temperance movement arose in the mid-1830s, Captain Stiles disposed of his liquor, transforming his tavern into a temperance house. After Captain Stiles, several innkeepers owned and managed the inn over the years. Eventually changing from a tavern to a restaurant, the building took on different titles, such as the Vernon Stiles Inn, the White Horse Inn at Vernon Stiles, and simply the White Horse Inn..." wikipedia)
The Vernon Stiles Tavern, Thompson, Conn.
"...Built in 1814 by Stephen Tefft, Dr. James Webb, Noadiah Comins, and Hezekiah Olney, the inn began as one of many public houses in the area. After Captain Vernon Stiles purchased it in 1830, it became... Read MORE...
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Main Street, Looking South, Thompson, Conn.)
Main Street, Looking South, Thompson, Conn.
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Carolyn Hall Lodge. Thompson, Conn.
"Marianapolis Preparatory School was established in 1926, sponsored by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception. The school is located on the former Ream Estate, built by Norman Bruce Ream, a Director of The Pullman Company, U.S. Steel, and The National Biscuit Company, which is now known as Nabisco. The Estate, including the circa 1900 mansion 'Carolyn Hall,' named after Ream's wife, was sold to the Marians in 1931, but the Mansion burned down in 1964 and a new main school building was built in its place..." wikipedia)
Carolyn Hall Lodge. Thompson, Conn.
"Marianapolis Preparatory School was established in 1926, sponsored by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception. The school is located on the former Ream Estate, built by Norman Bruce Ream, a... Read MORE...
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - M. E. Church, E. Thompson, Conn.)
M. E. Church, E. Thompson, Conn.
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Main Street, North Grosvenordale)
Main Street, North Grosvenordale
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Public Library, 1906)
Public Library, 1906
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Grosvenordale, Connecticut, Hutchinson's Store, 1906
The Grosvenor Dale store is carried on by Mr. Thomas Hutchinson.
History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889)
Grosvenordale, Connecticut, Hutchinson's Store, 1906
The Grosvenor Dale store is carried on by Mr. Thomas Hutchinson.
History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Mill and Pond, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Mill and Pond, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Reedville Dam, West Thompson, Conn.
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Reedville Dam, West Thompson, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Tourtellotte Memorial High School
Jacob Tourtellotte and his wife Harriet funded the design and construction of the high school and presented it to the Town of Thompson in 1909... tmhsaa.org)
Tourtellotte Memorial High School
Jacob Tourtellotte and his wife Harriet funded the design and construction of the high school and presented it to the Town of Thompson in 1909... tmhsaa.org
Read more about Jacob Francis TOURTELLOTTE
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Grosvenordale Mills, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.)
Grosvenordale Mills, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Howe Marot Jr. College
Mary Louise Marot was the daughter of Benjamin Marot and Helen Sowers. Marot graduated from the University of Chicago in 1894 and worked with the University Settlement while there. After graduation, she taught at Miss Porter's School for Girls in Farmington, CT. Marot opened her own school for girls in Dayton, Ohio with Malvina Howe, which operated from 1905-1913. They then moved to Connecticut to open the Howe-Marot Junior College and Preparatory School in Thompson, CT. She likely died in 1942. digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu)
Howe Marot Jr. College
Mary Louise Marot was the daughter of Benjamin Marot and Helen Sowers. Marot graduated from the University of Chicago in 1894 and worked with the University Settlement while there. After graduation, she taught at Miss... Read MORE...
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Elliott and Lewis Residences, 1910)
Elliott and Lewis Residences, 1910
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Fabyan Woolen Co. Mill, Fayan, Conn.
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Fabyan Woolen Co. Mill, Fayan, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Views of Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Views of Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Central Square. No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Central Square. No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Flora Ave. No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Flora Ave. No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - The Grosvenor Dale Co., North Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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The Grosvenor Dale Co., North Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Three Rows, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Three Rows, No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Main Street and "Town Pump", Thompson, Conn., 1910)
Main Street and "Town Pump", Thompson, Conn., 1910
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Post Office, Thompson, Conn., 1910)
Post Office, Thompson, Conn., 1910
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Rear of Kimball Mill, E. Thompson, Conn.
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Rear of Kimball Mill, E. Thompson, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Swede Village, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Swede Village, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Buckley Hill, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.)
Buckley Hill, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn.
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Lower Village
French River Textile Co.
Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Lower Village
French River Textile Co.
Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - French River Textile Company's Plant, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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French River Textile Company's Plant, Mechanicsville, Conn.
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Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Residence of Mr. Charles A. Russell, Thompson, Conn., 1922)
Residence of Mr. Charles A. Russell, Thompson, Conn., 1922
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - The Russian Bear Tea House)
The Russian Bear Tea House
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Residence of E.S. Backus, Thompson, Conn.)
Residence of E.S. Backus, Thompson, Conn.
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - Scene From Main Road, East of Community House, North Grosvenordale, Conn.)
Scene From Main Road, East of Community House, North Grosvenordale, Conn.
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 (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) - St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, North Grosvenordale, Conn.)
St. Joseph's Church and Rectory, North Grosvenordale, Conn.
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Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Although Thompson is one of the largest geographical areas in northeastern Connecticut (some 45 square miles) it ... Read MORE...
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1819 - Thompson
Thompson, a post township, is situated in the northeast corner of the county and State, 47 miles northeast from Hartford, and 26 northwest from... Read MORE...
1830 - 100th Birthday
The celebration of the hundreth birthday of a venerable citizen named Melatiah Mason, of Thompson, Connecticut, took place on the 30th ultimo. A... Read MORE...
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1839 - Thompson
Thompson, Connecticut
Windham county. This town lies 47 miles E.N.E. from Hartford, 14 N. from Brooklyn, 27 W.N.W. from Providence, R.I., and 53... Read MORE...
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1841 - THE LAST SOLDIER GONE!
Departed this life at Thompson, Connecticut, on the 12th ult., Mr. Ezekiel Blackmarr, in the 99th year of his age. He was the son of James Blackmarr, ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Thompson
Thompson, a post-township of Windham county, Connecticut, intersected by the Norwich and Worcester railroad, and drained by the Quinebaug and French... Read MORE...
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1860 - Throwing Brickbats in Sleep
A young man residing in West Thompson, Connecticut, rose in his sleep, Sunday night crawled through the attic scuttle to the roof of the house,... Read MORE...
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1865 - Counterfeit Notes
BOSTON, July 26. - Well executed counterfeit $10 bills on the Thompson Bank, of Thompson, Connecticut, are in circulation here. National Republican
Washington, District of Columbia
July 27, 1865
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1868 - Isaac Sherman, of East Thompson, Conn., is building two paper houses, small sized, for tenements.
They are framed like other houses, and instead of being boarded or clap-boarded, the frame is covered with a firm manilla paper, as is also the roof. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
July 11, 1868
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1874 - A Curious Clock
A Thompson, Connecticut, clock company has shipped a curious clock to San Francisco, to be placed in the tower of the greatest hotel on the... Read MORE...
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1875 - Shooting
A tragedy which grew out of a drunken row, occurred in Thompson, Conn., the 25th, when Edward Ryan shot John Keating in the breast with a revolver.... Read MORE...
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1877 - Cure for Opium Habit
A resident of Thompson, Connecticut, publishes a cure for the "opium habit" that seems very simple. It is done by tapering off - diminishing the dose ... Read MORE...
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1891 - FOUR TRAINS SMASHED UP - DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW-ENGLAND ROAD.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED, THEN TWO PASSENGER TRAINS RAN INTO THE WRECK - THREE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4. - The ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Wage Increase
The Grosvenordale Company, North Grosvenordale, Conn., has posted notices in all of its mills that they will increase wages in all departments after... Read MORE...
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1896 - Cannon Exploded
PUTNAM, Conn., July 4. - Norton R. Williams was killed at North Grosvenordale this morning. A cannon which he as loading was hot and the charge... Read MORE...
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1896 - Fire
Fire in North Grosvenordale, Conn., totally destroyed the two largest business blocks in the town, together with two barns and adjoining sheds. Loss, ... Read MORE...
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1899 - FIRE AT EAST THOMPSON. Railroad Station, Engine House and Signal Tower Burned Down.
New London, Nov. 7. - The railroad station at East Thompson, Conn., on the main line, Midland division, of the Consolidated Road, together with the... Read MORE...
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1903 - GIVES UP $15,000 SALARY. Because He Belongs to a Church With Strict Laws.
WEBSTER, Mass., April 1. - Agent Messenger, of the Grosvenordale cotton mills at North Grosvenordale, Conn., will today give up his place on account... Read MORE...
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1903 - LIGHTNING KILLS A BANKER. James Elliott, President of Thompson Bank, North Grosvenordale, Conn., Struck While Walking - Daughter Escapes.
NORTH GROSVENORDALE, Conn., July 14. - James Elliott, fifty-five years old, President of the Thompson Bank in this town, was struck by lightning and... Read MORE...
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1906
North Grosvenor Dale, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 40 miles N. by E. of Norwich. It has... Read MORE...
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Thompson, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Thompson township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 38 miles N. by E. of... Read MORE...
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1909 - Wage Increase for Thousand Workers
By Associated Press.
North Grosvenordale, Conn., August 3. - The operatives in the cotton mills here, numbering a thousand, are to receive an... Read MORE...
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1916 - Thompson
Thompson, a post-village of Windham co., Conn., in Thompson township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 38 miles N. by E. of... Read MORE...
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1919 - Seeks to Settle Textile Strike
Washington - With more than 500 textile workers on strike in North Grosvenordale, Conn., the Department of Labor has assigned Commissioner of... Read MORE...
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1923 - SUES FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH FROM LIQUOR
New London, Conn., July 31 - Mrs. Domicelle Anton, widow of Joseph Anton, of North Grosvenordale, this state, is bringing suit for $15,000 charging... Read MORE...
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1927 - LIGHTS FIRECRACKER BY CIGARETTE, BLINDED
PUTNAM, July 4. - (By Associated Press) The Fourth of July celebration of Paul Aucoin of North Grosvenordale ended disastrously today, when a... Read MORE...
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1927 - Auditors Find Deficit in North Grosvenordale Books
NORTH GROSVENORDALE, Dec. 9. - (By Associated Press.) An official report of the auditors, which has been awaited by townspeople for the past six... Read MORE...
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1930 - SKIDDING MACHINE RESULTS IN DEATH OF FATHER LANDRY.
St. Thomas Aquinas’s Church Pastor Instantly Killed at Grosevenor Dale, Ct.
WOMAN IN HOSPITAL TWO CHILDREN UNHURT
Car Crashes Fence and Turns... Read MORE...
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1940 - Railroad Abandoned
April 11 - The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. abandons its rail line from Webster to East Thompson, Conn.
New Haven Railroad... Read MORE...
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St. Joseph's Cemetery, North GrosvenordaleGenealogy Resources for Thompson
1947 North Grosvenordale Directory, North Grosvenordale, CTMarriages of St. Joseph Catholic Church, No. Grosvenor Dale, CT, 1872-1990, Pawtucket, RI : American French Genealogical Society, c1992
Charpentier, Robert., Baptisms of St. Joseph Catholic Church, North Grosvenordale, CT, 1872-1990. Pawtucket, RI : American French Genealogical Society, 1995.
Burials of St. Joseph Catholic Church, North Grosvenordale, CT, 1872-1990. Pawtucket, RI : American French Genealogical Society, 1994, c1995
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