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Discovery of mastodon bones on the farm of Ms. Theodate Riddle
Mastodon Bones Unearthed – Today in History: August 13
August 13, 2020
Flood damage to railroad tracks, Derby, 1955
Hurricanes Connie & Diane Deliver Double Hit – Who Knew?
August 12, 2020
Intertwining Family Businesses
August 11, 2020
Contagious Ward, Greenwich General Hospital, 1916
Health Department Fights Unseen Enemies During World War I
August 10, 2020
The Stonington Battle Flag
The Stonington Battle Flag
August 10, 2020
The Entrance to Pope Park
Pope Park – Yesterday and Today
August 9, 2020
Detail from a New York Times article August 11, 1886
The Shoe Box Murder Mystery
August 8, 2020
Faulkner’s Island
Improving Sea Transportation: Guilford Goes About it the Light Way
August 7, 2020
Engine number 36 in a Hartford station
Steam Railroads Transform Connecticut Travel and Commerce
August 6, 2020
Workmen in quarry with stone for Bulkeley Bridge, Branford
Branford’s History Is Set in Stone
August 5, 2020
Globe Onion
The Many Layers to Onion Farming in Westport
August 4, 2020
Launching of the Nautilus
Launching of the USS Nautilus 1954
August 3, 2020
USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus Passes Under North Pole – Today in History: August 3
August 3, 2020
Wallace Stevens
Poet Wallace Stevens Dies – Today in History: August 2
August 2, 2020
Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney
Miss Huntley’s School Opens – Today in History: August 1
August 1, 2020
Hope on the Wall: Connecticut’s New Deal Post Office Murals
July 31, 2020
Wadsworth Atheneum, Morgan Memorial, and Municipal Building, Main Street, Hartford
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
July 31, 2020
Rosamond Danielson: Windham County Suffragist and Community Leader
July 30, 2020
Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30
July 30, 2020
Fire at Cos Cob School, Roberta Lindstrom, photographer
Fire Ravages Cos Cob School – Today in History: July 29
July 29, 2020
Detail from the map Colony of Connecticut in North-America by Moses Park
East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works
July 29, 2020
Roger Tory Peterson
Roger Tory Peterson Dies – Today in History: July 28
July 28, 2020
Mayor Lee (center) of New Haven, looking at Knights of Columbus building model
Richard Lee’s Urban Renewal in New Haven
July 28, 2020
Machine for Paring Cocoa Nut Meats
North Branford Vied for the Title of “Shredded Coconut Capital of the World” – Who Knew?
July 27, 2020
Highway bridge spanning Connecticut River
An American Heritage River – Today in History: July 27
July 27, 2020
Sign for the Temperance Hotel, ca. 1826-1842
Hope for the West: The Life and Mission of Lyman Beecher
July 26, 2020
Third Annual Report of the Managers of the Colonization Society of the State of Connecticut
Liberian Independence Day
July 26, 2020
Civil War Sanitary Commission
Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25
July 25, 2020
Joel Barlow
The Hartford Wits
July 24, 2020
Julian Alden Weir, The Farm, etching
Weir Farm the Result of a Trade – Who Knew?
July 24, 2020
Detail of Connecticut and Parts Adjacent, 1780
Levi Pease, Stage Route and Transportation Innovator
July 23, 2020
Dr. Eli Todd
Medical Pioneer Eli Todd born – Today in History: July 22
July 22, 2020
A Muster Ceremony, New Haven Green
The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them
July 21, 2020
Henry Davis
Cleopatra’s Needle and Groton’s Captain Davis – Who Knew?
July 20, 2020
Mystic River Bridge
Mystic River Bridge Opens – Today in History: July 19
July 19, 2020
Plan of USS monitor, 1862
Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship
July 18, 2020
Hammonasset Beach State Park
Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents
July 18, 2020
Height of the fire on Greenwich Avenue February 22, 1936
The Greenwich Avenue Fires of 1908 and 1936 Sparked Upgrades to Town’s Emergency Services
July 17, 2020
Roger Sherman
The Connecticut Compromise – Today in History: July 16
July 16, 2020
Trolley Campaigners Storm Small Towns and Votes for Women is the Battle Cry
July 15, 2020
The Farmington Canal near Mount Carmel in Hamden
New England’s Grand Ambition: The Farmington Canal
July 14, 2020
A Revolution On Two Wheels: Columbia Bicycles
July 13, 2020
Connecticut Votes for Women
Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12
July 12, 2020
Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck
July 11, 2020
Colt Park and the Magical Summer of 1976
July 10, 2020
Joseph Hopkins Twichell: Asylum Hill’s Religious Leader and Mark Twain’s Closest Friend
July 10, 2020
Sheff v. O’Neill – Today in History: July 9
July 9, 2020
Hartford Jai Alai players, 1976
“The Basque Game in Town”: The Heyday of Jai Alai in Connecticut
July 9, 2020
Jonathan Edwards’ Famous Sermon – Today in History: July 8
July 8, 2020
Detail from A Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve, from actual Survey, surveyed by Seth Pease
New Connecticut on Lake Erie: Connecticut’s Western Reserve
July 7, 2020

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