Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Conclusion
#Middlebury #Whittemore #Airmail
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
On July 1, 1926, Colonial Air Transport Inc. inaugurated airmail service from New York to Boston, stopping in Hartford’s ... Continue Reading →
Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Part III
#Middlebury #Whittemore
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
While American airmail had begun in 1918, official government contracts commenced in 1925. In February 1925, President Coolidge ... Continue Reading →
Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Part II
#Middlebury #Whittemore
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Harris Whittemore Jr. founded the Bee Line in March 1923. As New England’s first airline, it became a major catalyst for aviation ... Continue Reading →
Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Part I
#Middlebury #Whittemore
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Whittemore family has been a prodigious benefactor to Connecticut, especially throughout the Naugatuck Valley. John Howard Whittemore ... Continue Reading →
Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part III
#Middlebury #OxfordAirport
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Terryville section of the town of Plymouth (1960 population 9,000), rests among the metropolitan titans of Waterbury ... Continue Reading →
Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part I
#Middlebury #Waterbury-OxfordAirport
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Uniroyal Corporation’s story told in the last two issues is not complete without the history of the Waterbury-Oxford ... Continue Reading →
U.S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part II
#Middlebury #Chemtura
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The name of the Oxford Management & Research Center of Uniroyal, Inc. was changed to the Preston Hill Inn in 1971. The Preston Hill ... Continue Reading →
U.S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part I
#Middlebury #USRubber #Uniroyal
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
When chemist Lisa Quint began her career at Uniroyal Chemical Company in 1961, the company was flourishing. During her years ... Continue Reading →
Family donates sampler to MHS
#Middlebury
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Middlebury Historical Society (MHS), with great gratitude, recently accepted a sampler from Douglas Clark, his sister, Martha C. Clark, and ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury in the Civil War – Part II
#Middlebury #CivilWar
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
All officers of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment Infantry were white. African Americans and Native Americans had served in every ... Continue Reading →
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