I often find myself asking the "Why"? Why did Sears choose the sleepy town of Meriden with a population of only about 28,000?



Robert and I have been over this ground before. It takes several things. As I took another look at Meriden, it has those things in spades.

Certainly water and rail.


Parker Brothers was located there. But there were even better reasons, a state armory was located there.



In addition, a huge work force. Meriden was a silver center. It was home to Britannia Silver. One of the largest manufacturors of silverware in the country. It was this factory that was drawing the Polish immigrants we find in the census records.



Pete