Timeline of U.S. and Ludlow History
By: Danielle K., Kirstin S., and Brianna H.
| U.S. History | Ludlow History |
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| 1620 – Pilgrims landed at Plymouth | |
| 1630 – Puritans settled in Boston area | |
| 1636– Springfield was settled (Ludlow was a part of Springfield) | |
| 1774 – District of Ludlow was created (broke off of Springfield) | |
| 1776– Americans declared independence during the American Revolution |
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| 1784 – Meeting House was built at Ludlow Center |
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| 1789 – Washington became first president | |
| 1793 – Samuel Slater came to the U.S. to build first mills |
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| 1812 – War of 1812 began with Great Britain | |
| 1814 – Benjamin Jencks started the Springfield Manufacturing Company next to the Chicopee River in Ludlow |
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| 1841 – First Church built at Ludlow Center | |
| 1848 – Springfield Manufacturing Company went bankrupt |
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| 1861 – Civil War began | |
| 1868 – Ludlow Mills purchased by Charles Hubbard, who started the Ludlow Manufacturing Company |
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| 1876 – The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell |
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| 1880 – Over 5 million immigrants came to the United States between 1880 and 1890 |
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| 1891 – The Bureau of Immigration was created | |
| 1892 – Ellis Island opened | 1892 – Polish people arrived to work in the Ludlow mills |
| 1910 – First Portuguese arrived to work in the Ludlow mills |
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| 1914 – WWI began | |
| 1929 – Stock Market crashed; Great Depression followed |
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| 1930’s-1940’s – Mills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 all torn down because of financial trouble |