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The Simsbury Years c. 1664 -1786
From the settling of Simsbury to the separation of
Granby
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1633
1645
1664
1670
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1676
1705
1707
1725
1735
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Windsor founded thirteen years after landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Tar works established on the Farmington River in present North
Bloomfield by John Griffin and
Michael Humphrey.
John Griffin and family settled west of the Mountain on land within the
present East Granby.
Simsbury incorporated.
King Philip's War.
Copper discovered at Copper Hill.
First settlement east of the Mountain in Turkey Hills.
First steel made in the English colonies produced by Samuel Higley.
First copper coins made in the English colonies produced by Samuel Higley.
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1736
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Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical society established.
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1738
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First Congregational meetinghouse erected.
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1773
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Newgate Prison established.
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1775 -
1783
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Revolutionary War.
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The Granby Years 1786 - 1858
From the incorporation of Granby to the separation of
East Granby
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1786
1794
1800
1800
1816
1820
1822
1827
1830
1830
1839
1843
1850
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Granby Incorporated
Reverend Whitfield Cowles ordained Congregational minister at Turkey
Hills.
First cigars made in Connecticut.
Granby Turnpike chartered.
Copper Hill Methodist - Episcopal Church established.
East Granby Post Office established.
Farmington Canal chartered.
Newgate Prison closed.
Phoenix Mining Company chartered.
Present Congregational meetinghouse erected.
Present Methodist - Episcopal meetinghouse erected.
German silver flatware silver-plated at Spoonville.
Canal Railroad opened to Granby.
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The East Granby Years 1858 -
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1858
1861 -
1865
1882
1899
1900
1900
1902
1904
1908
1910
1914 -
1918
1922
1929
1930
1939 -
1945
1951
1968
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East Granby incorporated.
Civil War.
East Granby Creamery opened.
Hydroelectric plant on the Farmington River began operation.
First shade grown tobacco raised.
Roads first paved.
Branch of Central New England Railway opened through East Granby Center.
First telephones installed.
First automobile purchased by East Granby resident.
First electric lights installed.
World War I.
East Granby Library Association organized.
Stock market crash presages Great Depression.
East Granby Volunteer Fire Department founded.
World War II.
Housing boom in East Granby started.
Newgate Prison returned to state control.
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For a definitive study on the history
of East
Granby, please refer to the book
"East Granby the evolution of a Connecticut Town",
by Mary Jane Springman and Betty Finnell Guinan.
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