Friday, June 27, 2025
Seymour to hold town-wide tag sale Saturday, Sunday
Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lots of homes are registered for the sale.
Visit Seymour Town Wide Tag Sale 2025 for more info.
Bring your bags for some great shopping!
From the 'Turnback Tuesday' archives: Derby Lumber Company
This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features The Derby Lumber Company. The company was once one of the largest lumber companies in the country.
It was first started by Willis and Lewis Hotchkiss in 1836 and was originally called The Derby Building and Lumber Company. The two brothers ran the company until 1840, when they partnered with Willis Sperry and Merritt Clarke and changed the name to Hotchkiss, Clarke, & Co.
The name was again changed in 1850 when the company consolidated with a firm in Ansonia and thus became the Derby Lumber Company.
In 1905 the company sold a significant portion of its land and buildings to allow for a double railroad track to be installed.
[First posted on this date in 2017.]
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
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