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Nuclear power plant, Haddam Neck
Connecticut Yankee Brings Power to the People
September 29, 2022
A Fair to Forget – Who Knew?
September 28, 2022
Jared Sparks
A Willington Visionary Preserves the Nation’s Colonial Past
September 27, 2022
Education/Instrucción Combats Housing Discrimination
September 26, 2022
The Clam Box, postcard by Cliff Scofield, ca. 1950s
Lobsters and Oysters and Clams: A Short History of Seafood in Connecticut
September 25, 2022
Guyton flying the V-173, November 23, 1942
Boone Guyton Tested the Limits of World-Famous Aircraft
September 24, 2022
Connecticut Pin Makers
September 23, 2022
The Smith-Worthington Saddle Company
Saddles Fit For a Shah
September 22, 2022
Piling sandbags, Colt dike
The Hurricane of 1938 Rocks Connecticut
September 21, 2022
Early letter penned by P.T. Barnum referencing his lottery
P. T. Barnum’s Lottery
September 19, 2022
American Mills Web Shop, West Haven
Elastic Web Expands Textile Manufacturing in West Haven
September 18, 2022
Map – Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution
September 17, 2022
Computer generation of a hurricane over the northeast United States
Hurricane Gloria: “Storm of the Century”
September 16, 2022
Picking Tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley
Literacy Tests and the Right To Vote
September 15, 2022
Newspaper coupon with a decorative border and a drawing of a baby in the middle
Birthplace of the Gerber Baby – Who Knew?
September 14, 2022
Black and white photograph of a large ship next to a dock full of hundreds of people. There are people standing on the ship and streamers coming off the boat
Helen James Chisholm: A Hartford Teacher in Hawaii
September 13, 2022
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive poster of Victor Manuel Gerena
Financing a Free Puerto Rico: The Great Wells Fargo Heist of 1983
September 12, 2022
Historic photo of the Ebenezer Avery House, Groton
The Ebenezer Avery House – Who Knew?
September 10, 2022
Blue background with a seal in the middle. Banner under the seal with Latin words.
Connecticut’s Official State Flag – Who Knew?
September 9, 2022
Murphy Terminal, 1952
Bradley Field Enters the Jet Age
September 8, 2022
Two women sliding on a toboggan down a ramp. There is the remnants of snow on the ground.
Trumbull’s Parlor Rock Park: A Premier Amusement Center of the Late 19th Century
September 7, 2022
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London
September 6, 2022
Greased pole, Labor Day picnic, Colt Park, Hartford
Labor Day at the Turn of the 20th Century
September 5, 2022
Morton Biskind Warned the World About DDT
September 4, 2022
Map showing a newly laid road in relationship to the Talcott Mountain Turnpike
Early Turnpikes Provided Solution to Lack of Reliable Roads
September 3, 2022
Newspaper clipping from 1898
At the Sign of the Yellow Dragon: Hartford’s First Chinese Restaurants
September 2, 2022
John Warner Barber, South view of the Hempstead house, New London, 1836
Joshua Hempsted Born – Today in History: September 1
September 1, 2022
The Hermitage, Peter's Rock
Peter’s Rock: North Haven History with a View
August 31, 2022
Two Days After Marriage
Grounds for Divorce – Who Knew?
August 30, 2022
Two women sitting on the steps of a building
Rewriting the Norm: How Two East Haddam Women Revolutionized Nonsexist Language
August 29, 2022
Fitch’s Home for Soldiers, ca. 1864
Fitch Soldiers’ Home Closes – Today in History: August 28
August 28, 2022
Billings & Spencer Company
Christopher Miner Spencer, 19th-century Arms Manufacturer
August 27, 2022
Map shows the neighborhood where the murder took place
Murder on the Map: The Mysterious Death of Captain George M. Colvocoresses
August 26, 2022
State Representative William A. O'Neill and State Senator David M. Barry
William O’Neill: Climbing Up the Political Ladder
August 25, 2022
Front facade of a multi-story building with three arches over doorways.
Connecticut’s First Mutual Savings Bank Opens in Hartford
August 24, 2022
Postcard of Dinosaur State Park, ca. 1960s
Discovered Dinosaur Tracks Re-Route Highway and Lead to State Park
August 23, 2022
A small building on the back of a trailer. Two men are walking beside the building
The Connecticut Houses that Ended Up in Massachusetts
August 22, 2022
Elisha K Root, President of Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
Elisha Root Changes Industry – Who Knew?
August 21, 2022
Envelope of the Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs Manufacturing Drives Voluntown’s 19th-Century Cotton Economy
August 20, 2022
Detail of the Bethany Airport Hanger from the Aerial survey of Connecticut 1934
A Busy Airfield in Bethany
August 19, 2022
Suffragette Helena Hill Weed of Norwalk, serving a 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for picketing July 4, 1917
19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut
August 18, 2022
Shaker advertisement to board horses, 1884
Enfield’s Shaker Legacy
August 17, 2022
Drawing of a town common with a church on the right side, a building in the center and a couple buildings on the left. There are a few trees and a few people
Lee’s Academy: An Icon of Education for 200 Years
August 16, 2022
Putting History on the Map
August 15, 2022
A Metal Giant in Wilton
August 14, 2022
Shelf clock by Eli Terry
The Life of Chauncey Jerome: An Insider’s Look at What Made Early Bristol Tick
August 13, 2022
Grey plaque dedicated to Moses Wheeler with the names of the Connecticut governor and state highway commissioner in 1962
Moses Wheeler: Legendary Housatonic Ferryman
August 12, 2022
Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Danbury Prison Protest – Today in History: August 11
August 11, 2022
Blue and yellow logo for National History Day 2023
Connecticut History Day 2023: Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas
August 10, 2022
Blue button with a tan colored moose profile with the word "progressive" over the moose
The Bull Moose Party in Connecticut
August 9, 2022

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