print email comment close Conn. Town Preserves a History Built on Ivory URL: http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/connecticut/articles/2005/04/17/conn_town_preserves_a_history_built_on_ivory/ Description: Travel article about the town of Essex, Connecticut. "starting in 1850, 90 percent of all the ivory imported to the United States from Africa was shipped to a village of Essex that came to be known as Ivoryton or to nearby Deep River." Describes the local company that had transformed elephant tusks into "piano keys... combs, billiard balls, knitting needles, and toothpicks." From Explore New England, a joint project of The Boston Globe and boston.com. Publisher: The New York Times Company Extra Keywords Comstock Cheney Library of Congress Subject Headings: Connecticut -- History Essex (Conn.) -- Description and travel Ivory industry LII Database Information: Record 21592 created by Maria Brandt on 05/18/2006 Last modification on 12/09/2007 Published: 05/25/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21592