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.
ReadWilliam N. Pinney’s life was one of public service. A…
ReadDuring Prohibition, many Connecticut residents found it easy to obtain alcohol illegally, though violations of Prohibition led to an increase in violent crime.
ReadDuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries panoramic or…
ReadThe state’s first African American regiment of the Civil War distinguished itself by battling Confederate forces and 19th-century prejudices.
Read…that in 1856 businessman Gail Borden Jr. opened the first…
ReadHere’s a game for the truly competitive: Flex your mental…
ReadThe CPTV Original, When Disaster Struck Connecticut, provides an in-depth look at the four major natural disasters that befell Connecticut between 1888 and 1955. This clip of archival sources and eyewitness accounts paints a vivid picture of how Connecticut residents coped with the 1938 Hurricane.
ReadThe Forlorn Soldier, a statue by James G. Batterson, survived years of neglect, punishing weather, and movements to tear it down, and yet still serves an important purpose in Civil War commemoration.
ReadIn September of 2013, officials arranged for the statue of the Forlorn Soldier to be placed in its new permanent home at the Connecticut State Capitol.
ReadThe Middletown Press – by Scott Whipple There may be…
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ReadA crowd of some 25,000 to 30,000 people turned out to see John R. Gentry compete for a $6,000 purse.
ReadTwo monuments mark this area’s reputation as one of the finest fly fishing locales in the Northeast.
ReadA well-known American inventor in his day, this Manchester native obtained 42 patents during his lifetime and created the first successful breech-loading repeating rifle.
ReadPublic sculpture has punctuated the state for three centuries, reflecting the values of our communities, their times, and their funders.
ReadOn the corner of Maple and Whiting Streets in Plainville,…
ReadA map of some of the Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution researched and published by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
ReadOn May 18, 1808, the Navy Agent Joseph Hull of New London negotiated a contract with Nathan Starr of Middletown for 2,000 cutlasses.
ReadConnecticut’s Cultural Treasures is a series of 50 five-minute film vignettes that profiles a variety of the state’s most notable cultural resources.
ReadConnecticut’s Cultural Treasures is a series of 50 five-minute film vignettes that profiles a variety of the state’s most notable cultural resources.
ReadThe lower perspective of this 1882 example is somewhat atypical of most of the bird’s-eye views of the era, but its emphasis on industrial accomplishment is a hallmark of the genre.
ReadThis landmark case not only drew attention to inequalities in area school systems, it focused efforts on reform.
ReadThe Yale Peabody Museum is home to one of the world’s largest murals, which illustrates changes in the earth’s flora and fauna between the Devonian and Cretaceous periods.
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ReadThe development of resources both in and around the Coginchaug River in Middletown were representative of prevailing attitudes about industrial expansion and environmental protection.
ReadThe Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame pays tribute to Enfield native Martha Parsons, the first female business executive in Connecticut to earn her position based on merit.
ReadDuring World War I, the Town of Washington instituted a number of programs to increase food production and preservation to feed Allied armies and the European people,
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Read“No persons of any race except the white race shall use or occupy any building on any lot… .” Language such as this still appears in Hartford-area housing covenants today.
ReadYale medical student William Sewell Jr. built the first artificial heart (partly out of Erector Set pieces), and conducted successful bypass experiments in 1949.
ReadThe changing nature of Foss Hill (on the campus of Wesleyan University) tells the story of evolving cultural influences that altered the landscapes of universities across the country.
ReadThe Laurel Brook and Mount Higby Reservoirs helped provide reliable sources of water that drove the growth of Middletown.
ReadPanoramic prints of growing cities and towns became popular in the late 1800s as Connecticut transformed from an agricultural to an industrial state.
ReadOn December 15, 1814, delegates to the Hartford Convention met…
Read“If you win freedom and citizenship, we shall share your freedom and citizenship.” With these words, abolitionist Frederick Douglass reminded African American soldiers from Connecticut that they fought for the hopes of many.
ReadYour Town’s History in Video: Harriet Beecher Stowe House
ReadThe Hartford Courant is a source for news and history…
ReadThis excerpt from the Connecticut Experience series provides a glimpse into the people, places, and events that have shaped our state’s history.
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