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Detail from a map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, with Long Island Sound, 1776

Boston Post Road Carved out Three Travel Routes through State

November 25, 2021 • Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763, Bolton, Tolland, Transportation, Woodstock

The forerunners of Connecticut’s three interstate highways began as rugged postal routes in the 1600s.

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Senator William Wallace Eaton

William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent

September 21, 2021 • Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, Civil War, Politics and Government, Tolland

This 19th century Connecticut politician took a controversial stand against a war that would divide the Union and decrease states’ rights.

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Illustration of Hebron by John Warner Barber

Changing Sentiments on Slavery in Colonial Hebron

February 9, 2020 • Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s, Colchester, Coventry, Hebron, Revolutionary War, Slavery and Abolition, Tolland

Residents of Hebron rescued local enslaved people Lowis and Cesar Peters, and their children, from South Carolina slave traders.

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Over Time: Tolland’s Historical Population

March 28, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Tolland

Census data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.

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