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Willimantic Linen Company president William Barrows creates the Willimantic Fairgrounds to host an annual agricultural fair and horse track.

Barrows becomes president of the Willimantic Linen Company. His eccentric, progressive policies lead to overspending and later dissent within the company. One such incident is his announcement that all Willimantic Linen workers who are not literate…

Black and white photograph of Windham High School Basketball Team 1911-1912

Black-and-white photograph of Thomas Edison, leaning on table, with light bulb

Watson and the Tingley brothers start the Windham Manufacturing Company, also called the Windham Company, West of Bridge Street. They build 62 tenement houses, known as the 'Yellow Row.'

Black and white photograph of Ward C in St. Joseph's Hospital. Photo taken on February 9th, 1908.

Windham’s distaste for the British due to their attacks on commerce and business helps send many recruits and supplies to the front lines. Joshua Smith’s cloth business in South Windham supplies the US Army.

In 1873, Walter and Arthur Morrison establish the W. and A.R. Morrison silk machine repair company on the corner of North and Valley Street

Black and white photograph of a decorated wagon belonging to Alert Hose Company No. 1 for a parade. Date unknown

Due to heavy debt after the panic of 1893, the company throws out more than 100 skilled workers.