Download or read book History of Stamford Connecticut written by Elijah Baldwin Huntington and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stamford 76 written by JoeAnn Hart and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1976, a twenty-four-year-old white woman, Margo Olson, was found in a shallow grave in Stamford, Connecticut, with an arrow piercing through her heart. A few weeks later, Howie Carter, her black boyfriend, was killed by the police. Howie and Margo’s interracial relationship held a distorted mirror to the author’s own, with Howie’s best friend, Joe. Joe’s theory was that the police didn’t have any evidence to arrest Howie; operating on the assumption that the black man is always guilty, they killed him instead. Margo’s murder was never solved. Looking back at what might have happened in 1976, the author discovers a Bicentennial year steeped in recession, racism, and unrelenting violence. It was also a time of flourishing second-wave feminism, when young women were encouraged to do anything, if only they knew how. Stamford was in the midst of urban renewal, destroying historically black neighborhoods to create space for corporations escaping a bankrupt and dangerous New York City, just forty miles away. Organized crime followed the money, infiltrating Stamford at all levels. The author reveals how racism, misogyny, the economy, and corruption affected the young people’s daily lives, and helped lead Margo and Howie to their deaths.
Download or read book Stamford written by Bonnie K. Bull and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1641, Stamford is one of the oldest towns in New England. Although once a stopping place on the stagecoach route between New York and Boston, Stamford remained largely agrarian until the coming of the railroad in 1848. The resulting influx of immigrants and industrial expansion that followed transformed Stamford from a rural community into a bustling city. The images in this book date from the Civil War through the end of World War I, from the earliest available photographs to the established use of the automobile. It is a time that saw the gristmills become factories and old frame trading posts be replaced by imposing brick structures. During these years the people of Stamford supported the Union Cause and voted for Grover Cleveland; they built new homes, churches, schools, and parks; they established a hospital and a library; they joined the YMCA, went yachting, and always turned out for a parade.
Download or read book The History of Stamford in the County of Lincoln written by John Drakard and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chronology of Stamford written by George Burton (of Stamford.) and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stamford Sports written by Stamford Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the 20th century, Stamford was fast becoming an industrial powerhouse, quickly earning its nickname of "The City That Works." As manufacturing boomed and drew thousands of immigrants to the city, sports clubs formed at an equally rapid pace. Stamford's large and thriving industrial league provided a means for those working six-day weeks to let off steam productively and enjoyably. Stamford Sports covers the history of sports in Stamford from its earliest baseball and basketball teams in the 1890s through the burgeoning of sports of all types for everyone, brought on by the passage of Title IX in the 1970s.
Download or read book School Desegregation in Stamford Connecticut written by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Connecticut Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Z of Stamford written by Christopher Davies and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating history of Stamford in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the town's people and places.
Download or read book Stamford Station Construction Northeast Corridor Improvement Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Post Office General Mail Facility and Vehicle Maintenance Facility Stamford written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stamford Harbor Connecticut written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jewish Communities of Greater Stamford written by Linda Baulsir and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jewish Communities of Greater Stamford presents a broad historical view of the Jewish people of Stamford, Darien, Greenwich, and New Canaan, Connecticut, and Pound Ridge, New York. The book goes back to the era just prior to the American Revolution, when lone Jewish families settled among the Connecticut Yankees to engage in trade, manufacturing, and commerce. The earliest settlers-such as Nehemiah Marks, who was living and doing business in Stamford as early as 1720-opened stores and other commercial enterprises. By the mid-1800s, city dwellers began coming to the region for summer vacations. After 1880, settlers arrived via the peddlers' routes and, after accumulating a little capital, stayed to open shops and establish themselves socially and politically. The greatest influx came in the 1890s and early 1900s, when many Jews arrived from the Pale of Settlements, eastern and central Europe, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Romania, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Download or read book A Maritime History of the Stamford Waterfront written by Karen Jewell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailors, soldiers, rum chasers, sub chasers and yachters have tied up in Stamford Harbor since the 1640s. The history of this Connecticut waterfront is as diverse as the people who have walked its docks, and columnist and former dockmaster Karen Jewell takes readers through its maritime history, landmarks and unforgettable characters. Jewell explores the history of such institutions as the Stamford Yacht Club and Yacht Haven, now Brewer's Marina, which have anchored premier yachters like William F. Buckley Jr., Harry Connick Jr. and the Forbes family to Stamford. Come aboard for a journey through time and sea, and learn how the Stamford waterfront transformed from a Native American settlement to the bustling port and destination it is today.
Download or read book Stamford in 50 Buildings written by Christopher Davies and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rich and fascinating history of Stamford through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Download or read book Extracts taken from Harod s History of Stamford relating to the navigation of the river Welland from Stamford to the sea with observations c by S Edwards written by William Harrod and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hand Book of the Stamford Historical Society Incorporated written by Stamford Historical Society (Stamford, Conn.) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay of the Ancient and Present State of Stamford written by Francis Howgrave and published by . This book was released on 1726 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
