Bethel brings to life the people, places, industries, and institutions of this independent town from the 1860s through the 1950s through vintage photographs. Separated from Danbury in 1855, Bethel was settled as early as 1700. Studies of the town's unique and colorful past have been somewhat neglected until recently, however, as many assumed that existing histories of Danbury were all that was needed to document the area's beginnings...