founded in 1868 – 1916

• 1868 founded by 5 people
  based in Norwich, Connecticut
• 1898 Hopkins & Allen went bankrupt
• 1900 lost factory and machinery in a fire
• 1901 factory was rebuilt
• 1902 acquired Forehand Arms Company
• 1905 warehouse robbed of all its inventory
• 1916 went bankrupt
• 1917 Marlin purchased the machinery, inventory and designs

Hopkins & Allen