Own an old house in Easton and want to know its history? Well, you’re certainly not alone. Easton has a couple of hundred old homes
Author: Bruce Nelson
Twin Oaks – Home on the Tarbell Farm
Author Ida Tarbell wasn’t born in Easton, but in 1906 she chose it as her primary home, living here until her death from pneumonia in
From Foot Baths to Spittoons
In 1880 the largest single revenue producer in Easton was undoubtedly the Jennings Brothers’ mill just south of the intersection of Staples Road and Valley Road. The gross sales that year exceeded $10,000. The product – papier mâché vessels that were seamless as well as watertight. Mallett Seeley and his son Bennett lived on a…
The Dark Years
“By early 1949, Connecticut had enacted several new laws that gave the State’s Attorney General the power to regulate, and even ban, games of chance.”
Putting Your Best Foot Forward
“Easton’s participation in the shoemaking industry was a natural offshoot of the agricultural businesses that supported almost everyone else in the town.”
Evolution
How many of you recognize the name “Tammany Corners”? I’d bet not very many, and probably because the area of Easton that bore that name