When was bridgeport ct founded

Orcutt, Rev. Edited by Dick Jones and Charles W. Del Bianco, Sue. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, Pehanick, Andrew. Bridgeport, Palmquist, David.

Bridgeport: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, VA: Donning, Lehman, Eric D. Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City. Bridgeport Board of Trade. Glimpses of Bridgeport, Conn. History of Black Rock, Hurd, D. Barnum called Bridgeport home. He was mayor in and worked hard for improvements to the city.

His influence is credited with getting Bridgeport Hospital established in The Barnum Museum preserves his memory. Gustave Whitehead was a German immigrant who settled in Bridgeport in According to a number of witnesses, Whitehead achieved sustained and controlled flight in , 28 months ahead of The Wright Brothers. Unfortunately for Whitehead, he kept no photographic records to prove his claim.

One of his flights may have taken place near the site of Captain's Cove Seaport. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

Are you from Bridgeport? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story! Read on! Read MORE It will carry sixty passengers. Picturesque America It unroofed several Barnum and James A. Patterson Bridgeport, Conn. Armstrong, Bridgeport, Conn. Barnum, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business, and announced that he had turned his Engine No.