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The 29th First to Enter Confederate Capital When It Surrenders – Today in History: April 3

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Fuller Brush Tower Collapses – Today in History: March 31

Benjamin Spock: Raising the World’s Children

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Bursting of the Staffordville Reservoir – Today in History: March 27

Lydia Sherman: The Derby Poisoner

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A New Source of Farm Labor Crops Up in Wartime

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St. Patrick’s Day – Today in History: March 17

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A Revolution in Horse Power: The Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Goes Electric

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Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics

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The Trailblazing Bessye Bennett

America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981

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Turnpikes and Transportation in Sharon

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Food Needed to Win the War Comes from Washington

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The Lyman Allyn Opens – Today in History: March 2

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Actress Gwen Reed Best Remembered for Dedication to Childhood Literacy

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William Gillette’s Last Performance – Today in History: February 27

Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds

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The Socially Dynamic Drumlin of Foss Hill

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Bethany: Small-town Perseverance in the Face of Growing Industrialization

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James Lindsey Smith Takes the Underground Railroad to Connecticut

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The Open and Fortified Country of the Human Heart: A Victorian Lady’s View of Love

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Two Cornwall Firms Part of Famed Salisbury Iron District

Joel T. Case and the Victorianization of Bristol’s Federal Hill

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Charles Ethan Porter, Portrait of a 19th-Century African American Painter

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Dr. Mary B. Moody Challenges Victorian Mores About Women in Medicine

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Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Black History Resources

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Apostle of Peace: Elihu Burritt’s Quest for Universal Brotherhood

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Bradley Airport’s Military Origins

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The Phoenix Building, Hartford

The Debate Over Who Could Occupy World War II Public Housing in West Hartford

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A Total Eclipse of the Sun – Today in History: January 24

Music Vale Seminary in Salem Credited as Being First in US

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The Van Vleck Observatory: A Reflection of Environmental Conditions

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From the State Historian: Discovering the Explorer Hiram Bingham III

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Boot Blacks and the Struggle to Survive in Hartford

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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“Appalling Calamity”: Loss of the Steamboat Lexington – Today in History: January 13, 1840

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The Derby Silver Company

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Connecticut Ratifies US Constitution – Today in History: January 9

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A Beautiful and Goodly Tree: The Rise and Fall of the American Elm

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Samuel Huntington, the first President of the United States, dies – Today in History: January 5

Ebenezer Tracy Made Some of the Finest 18th-Century Furniture

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Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?

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A Turn-of-the-Century New Year’s Eve

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Early Church Bell Founders

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Birth of the Brass Valley

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William Pinney Does It All for Ellington

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Middletown’s Reservoirs Drive Growth Throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries

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Connecticut’s Christmas Town

The Living Actually Haunted Many Connecticut Taverns – Who Knew?

Sending Season’s Greetings: Christmas Cards in Connecticut

Little Nutmeggers: Four Centuries of Children’s Clothes and Games

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Hartford’s “Façade House”: The Unique Home of Chick Austin

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The Hartford Convention – Today in History: December 15

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From the State Historian: The Map That Wasn’t a Map

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This Won’t Hurt a Bit! A Brief History of Anesthesia

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Waste Not, Want Not: The Colonial Era Midden

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Benjamin Silliman and the Collection That Inspired the Yale Peabody Museum

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Transit of Venus: German Scientists Visit Hartford

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Little Sorrel, Connecticut’s Confederate War Horse

The Day Four Trains Collided in East Thompson

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East Haven was Home to Connecticut’s First Iron Works

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The Story of Connecticut’s Largest State Forest

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Somers School of the Prophets

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Goshen’s Animal Pound

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Governor Griswold’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Nathaniel Palmer discovers Antarctica – Today in History: November 18

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New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I – Who Knew?

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The Connecticut Poll Tax

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Jack Brutus, Connecticut War Dog – Who Knew?

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Scandal in the Beecher Family

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Connecticut Residents Did Not Let Veterans Day “Go Commercial.”

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When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake

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Why Was New Haven Divided into Nine Squares?

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The Kennedys in Connecticut – Today in History: November 6

Evaporated Milk’s Connecticut Connection – Who Knew?

Firefighters Answer the Call in Greenwich

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The Art of Burying the Dead: Exploring Connecticut’s Historic Cemeteries

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The Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper – Today in History: October 29

Connecticut’s Sleepy Hollow

John Frederick Kensett Illuminates the 19th-Century Landscape

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Goodspeed Opera House Opens – Today in History: October 24

Building a Nation Brick by Brick

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The “Perfect Handle” Hatchet – Who Knew?

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“A Noble and Precious Life”: Edgar M. Woodford, Civil Engineer, Abolitionist, and Soldier

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Yankee Ingenuity: Curtis Veeder, a Mechanical Genius and Shrewd Businessman

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David Bushnell and his Revolutionary Submarine

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    Old Saybrook, Westbrook

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Vietnam Protests in Connecticut

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Gerald Chapman: America’s First “Public Enemy Number One”

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General Joseph R. Hawley Helps Commemorate Connecticut’s Civil War Soldiers

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Mohegan Federal Recognition

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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans

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Establishing Roots in Oxford

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Hartford’s Industrial Day – Today in History: October 7

A Different “Type” of Connecticut Industry

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Get Out Your Paper Dress, Gal! – Who Knew?

The Windsor Economy: A River Ran Through It

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Monument to Hero of the Greenwich Police Department – Who Knew?

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Connecticut Yankee Brings Power to the People

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A Willington Visionary Preserves the Nation’s Colonial Past

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Education/Instrucción Combats Housing Discrimination

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Lobsters and Oysters and Clams: A Short History of Seafood in Connecticut

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Boone Guyton Tested the Limits of World-Famous Aircraft

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Connecticut Pin Makers

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Saddles Fit For a Shah

The Hurricane of 1938 Rocks Connecticut

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P. T. Barnum’s Lottery

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Elastic Web Expands Textile Manufacturing in West Haven

Map – Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution

Hurricane Gloria: “Storm of the Century”

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Literacy Tests and the Right To Vote

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Financing a Free Puerto Rico: The Great Wells Fargo Heist of 1983

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The Ebenezer Avery House – Who Knew?

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Bradley Field Enters the Jet Age

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Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London

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Morton Biskind Warned the World About DDT

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Early Turnpikes Provided Solution to Lack of Reliable Roads

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Peter’s Rock: North Haven History with a View

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Grounds for Divorce – Who Knew?

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Murder on the Map: The Mysterious Death of Captain George M. Colvocoresses

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Discovered Dinosaur Tracks Re-Route Highway and Lead to State Park

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Elisha Root Changes Industry – Who Knew?

Briggs Manufacturing Drives Voluntown’s 19th-Century Cotton Economy

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A Busy Airfield in Bethany

19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut

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Enfield’s Shaker Legacy

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Putting History on the Map

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A Metal Giant in Wilton

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The Life of Chauncey Jerome: An Insider’s Look at What Made Early Bristol Tick

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The Bull Moose Party in Connecticut

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Florence Griswold’s Home: A Story of Perseverance and Community

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Fame and Infamy for the Hulls of Derby

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Ashford’s Glass from the Past

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Alain and May White Memorial Boulder

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Guilford’s One-Man Fire Department

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Lake Compounce: Bringing Amusements to the State’s Residents Since 1846

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Hartford’s Challenge to “The Birth of a Nation”

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Anson Dickinson: Milton’s Painter of Portrait Miniatures

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Talcott Mountain: A View of Early New England

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Cash Crop: L.B. Haas & Co. and the History of Tobacco in Connecticut

The Steady Evolution of a Connecticut Family Business

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America’s First Planetarium – Who knew?

The Susquehanna Settlers

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The Long, Ambiguous History of Connecticut’s Blue Laws

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Roger Sherman Dies – Today in History: July 23

A Photographer with a Painter’s Eye: The Story of Nelson Augustus Moore

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The Connecticut Town Green

Killingworth’s Automated Attraction – Who Knew?

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Up from the Ashes: Fire at the Meriden Britannia Company – Today in History: July 16

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Preserving Connecticut’s Natural Beauty: Connecticut’s First State Parks

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Indian Hill Cemetery and the Landscaping of Burial Grounds in the Mid-19th Century

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Weaving the Cultural Fabric of Beacon Falls

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The Charter of 1662

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Boat Shoes Have Ties to Connecticut – Who Knew?

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Hartford Circus Fire: “The Tent’s on Fire!” – Who Knew?

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Saving Sessions Woods

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Wallingford Native Son Signed the Declaration of Independence

The Rise and Fall of Sealing in Early New London Industry

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Constance Baker Motley: A Warrior for Justice

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    Andy Piascik

  • Town(s):
    Chester, New Haven

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The Amistad

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Maria Colón Sánchez, State Representative and Community Advocate

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Connecticut’s Youngest City – Who Knew?

The Ku Klux Klan in Connecticut

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    Andy Piascik

  • Town(s):
    Meriden, Windham

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Harwinton’s Sign has a Long History – Who Knew?

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Daring World War II Escape of a Bethany Soldier

Ferry Boats a Way of Life in Early Connecticut

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Oldest Cavalry Unit – Who Knew?

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Oldest Rose Garden – Who Knew?

Collections: Battle Flags

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Andover to Woodstock: How Connecticut Ended Up with 169 Towns

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    Diana Ross McCain

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A Remarkable Signature – Who Knew?

Orange: Connecticut’s Candy Dispenser

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Prospect’s David Miles Hotchkiss and the Free Soil Party

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Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7

The Story of Pineapple Cheese

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Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years

A Hip Road Trip

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Hartford’s Commemoration of World War I Servicemen and Women

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The Black Panther Party in Connecticut: Community Survival Programs

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Albert Augustus Pope, Transportation Pioneer

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Breaking the Mold: Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Elbert Weinberg

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Restoring a Unique Piece of Bloomfield History

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Past Perfect: Wallace Nutting Invents an Ideal Olde New England

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The Old Leatherman Alive in Our Memories

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Benjamin Dutton Beecher had a Penchant for Invention

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The Bryan-Andrew House: Still Standing After All These Years

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Surveying Connecticut’s Borders

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Farmington’s Hospital Rock Dates Back to 18th-Century Smallpox Inoculation

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Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas

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Washington Didn’t Only Sleep Here: George Washington at Wethersfield’s Webb House

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Papier-Mache Clocks – Who Knew?

“Gentleman’s Farming” Comes to Waterford

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Frank Duryea Drives the First Automobile in Connecticut

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Portland Puts Its Stamp on an Architectural Era

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John Howard Hale: Glastonbury’s Peach King

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Hervey Brooks’s 19th-Century Pottery Barn

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John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism

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The “Fancy Chair” Craze of the 1800s: Lambert Hitchcock and the Story of the Hitchcock Chair

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Edwin Land Inventor of the Polaroid Born – Today in History: May 7

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Louis’ Lunch and the Birth of the Hamburger

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    Owen Rogers

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Barn Design in Connecticut

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Tradition and Transformation Define Hartford’s Jewish Community

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Yung Wing, the Chinese Educational Mission, and Transnational Connecticut

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“Take Five” with Dave Brubeck

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World-renowned Maker of Axes: The Collins Company of Canton

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Jared Eliot Calls on Colonists to Change their Agricultural Practices

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The Pike Family Lived a Life of Dyeing

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A History of Libraries Speaks Volumes About Southington

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UConn and the Evolution of a Public University

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Connecticut and American Impressionism

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Shakers Revolutionize Garden Seed Business – Who Knew?

Vivien Kellems Takes On the IRS

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Marian Anderson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement

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Aldrich Free Public Library: Dedicated to the Dissemination of Knowledge

Soldier, Patriot, and Politician: The Life of Oliver Wolcott

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Road Signs of the Air

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Humble Beginnings of the Dow Jones: How a Sterling Farmer Became the Toast of Wall Street

Abraham Ribicoff: Kennedy Confidant and Connecticut’s First Jewish Governor

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The Park Movement in Hartford

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Mad about Shad: Connecticut’s Love Affair with an Oily Fish

Mounds Candy Bar Involved in Espionage – Who Knew?

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Muzzy Field: A Historic Ball Park Survives in a Post-Industrial City

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Samuel Waldo Born – Today in History: April 6

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Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War

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The Slaters Go Round the World

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The Lebanon Grange Followed a Different Tune than National Movement

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Benjamin Silliman and Soda Water – Who Knew?

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Women of the Prison Brigade

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A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroad—and Lost

Emily Holcombe Pioneered to Preserve Connecticut’s Colonial Past

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Aetna Helps Make Hartford “The Insurance Capital of the World”

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The Unsteady Meaning of “The Land of Steady Habits”

The Story Trail of Voices

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Hartford’s Sex Trade: Prostitutes and Politics

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Helen F. Boyd Leads the Charge for Better Public Health

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A Voice for Veterans: A Civil War era ‘Whistle-Blower’ – Who Knew?

The Industrial Might of Connecticut Pegmatite

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Faith Trumbull: The Artist Was a Young Girl

Early 20th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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Benedict Arnold: America’s Most Famous Traitor

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The Pie Man from Georgetown and the Connecticut ~ Copperthite Pie Company

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Playing with Time: The Introduction of Daylight Saving Time in Connecticut

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The Sole of New Canaan’s Shoe Industry

Ezra Stiles Captured 18th-Century Life on Paper

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Miss James, First Woman Pharmacist in CT Right in Old Saybrook

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Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Mohegan Cultural Renewal

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A Feeling of Solidarity: Labor Unions and Suffragists Team Up

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Connecticut Pocketknife Firms

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America’s First Ordained Woman Minister: Olympia Brown and Bridgeport’s Universalist Church

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Providing Bundles for Britain and News for America

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Hannah Bunce Watson: One of America’s First Female Publishers

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Nellie McKnight Promotes History and Literacy throughout Ellington

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Katharine Houghton Hepburn, A Woman Before Her Time

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Marking Time: Early Connecticut Innovations Transform Clock Making

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Charles Ritchel and the Dirigible

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The Corbin Cabinet Lock Company and Patent Law: A Lesson in Novelty from a CT Perspective

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James Mars’ Words Illuminate the Cruelty of Slavery in New England

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Emma Hart Willard: Leader in Women’s Education

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Luna Park: A 20th-century Story of Amusement and Morality

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A Different Look at the Amistad Trial: The Teenager Who Helped Save the Mende Captives

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Samuel Colt: From Yankee Peddler to American Tycoon

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Marietta Canty House

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Roger Griswold Starts a Brawl in Congress – Today in History: February 15

Edward Alexander Bouchet: The First African American to Earn a PhD from an American University

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A Valley Flooded to Slake the Capital Region’s Thirst

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“Free Bobby, Free Ericka”: The New Haven Black Panther Trials

The Cheney Brothers’ Rise in the Silk Industry

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Four Saints in Three Acts Debuts – Today in History: February 7

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Breaking the Myth of the Unmanaged Landscape

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New Britain Plays Part in the Underground Railroad

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Henry Bacon Helps Beautify Naugatuck

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Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey

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Uriah Tracy Authors the Rules for Impeachment

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Frozen Reservoir Destroys Danbury – Today in History: January 31

G. Fox and the Golden Age of Department Stores

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Town Patents the Lattice Truss Bridge – Today in History: January 28

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William Douglas: A Colonial Hero’s Sacrifice

Family Ties Bring Together North Branford Industry

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Henry Barnard Advances State and National Education Initiatives

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Selling Connecticut Products Abroad

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From Kiln to Collection: Norwich Pottery and Its Makers

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Franklin’s Ashbel Woodward was a Battlefield Surgeon and Historian

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The Surprising Prevalence of Earthquake Activity in Connecticut

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New Britain’s Yankee Peddlers Boost 18th-century Economy

Hidden Nearby: Henry Obookiah’s Cornwall Grave

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Andrus Field 1831–1911: Athletics and the Environment

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Colonel Augustus G. Hazard, Gunpowder Manufacturer – Who Knew?

Jim Flora Captures 20th-Century Pop Culture

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Powder Hollow in Hazardville – Who Knew?

Norwich’s “Volcanic” Past

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Ethan Allen Born – Today in History: January 10

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Mohawk Mountain Made Snow for Winter Sports Lovers – Who Knew?

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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil

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From the State Historian: Connecticut’s Slow Steps Toward Emancipation

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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The Complicated Realities of Connecticut and the Civil War

  • Writer:
    Matthew Warshauer

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William Hawkins Abbott Finds the Energy to Power the Northeast

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There’s No Place Like Home for the Designer of Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers – Who Knew?

A Godmother to Ravensbrück Survivors

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The Early Years of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company

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Waterbury Clock Company Saved by Mickey Mouse – Who Knew?

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First New-Gate Prisoner – Today in History: December 22

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Jim Henson, the Muppets, and Greenwich

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Waterbury’s Holy Land

Farmington Canal Designed to Give Connecticut Commerce a Competitive Edge

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Thomas J. Dodd and the Gun Control Act of 1968

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Eighty-Five Hundred Souls: the 1918-1919 Flu Epidemic in Connecticut

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Thomas W. Nason, the Poet Engraver of New England

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Horace Wells Discovers Pain-free Dentistry

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An Inconvenient Season: Charlotte Cowles’s Letters from December 1839

Elihu Burritt Born – Today in History: December 8

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Reporting News of Pearl Harbor – Today in History: December 7

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Cromwell’s Iron Men Made Toys for Boys and Girls

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NFL Great, Andy Robustelli of Stamford

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The Slow Demise of Prohibition in Wilton

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The Pest House Completed – Today in History: December 4

The American Brass Company: Leading the Way in the “Brass Valley”

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The Revolution of 1817

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Scrabble Copyrighted – Today in History: December 1

Hidden Nearby: The Morris Academy

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The White Pine Acts – Who Knew?

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Danbury Hangings: The Executions of Anthony and Amos

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Setting the Table in Historic Style: Connecticut Views on Staffordshire China

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Boston Post Road Carved out Three Travel Routes through State

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Emile Gauvreau and the Era of Tabloid Journalism

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Give Thanks for American Cooking

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Daniel Curtiss: The Life of a 19th-Century Self-Made Man

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Connecticut’s Oldest Fire Department

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New London’s Indian Mariners

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The Land of Nod Farm, East Canaan, Connecticut

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Seymour was Chusetown – Who Knew?

Enforcing Law and Order in Greenwich

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Foot Ball Match: Harvard vs. Yale – Today in History: November 13

A True Dog of War: Sergeant Stubby

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Alfred Howe Terry Born in Hartford – Today in History: November 10

Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Nancy Finlay

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Samuel Foot: A Trader Turned Governor

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The Articles of Confederation: America’s First Constitution

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The “Red Scare” in Connecticut

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Drawing (on) the Connecticut Landscape: Benjamin Hutchins Coe Teaches Americans the Democratic Art

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How the Wobblies Won Free Speech

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Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut – Today in History: November 1

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Past Hallowe’en Pranks Bemused Some and Frustrated Others

The White Plague: Progressive-Era Tuberculosis Treatments in Connecticut

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Yung Wing’s Dream: The Chinese Educational Mission, 1872-1881

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Yale University Art Gallery – Today in History: October 25

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A Memorial to General Hawley at the State Capitol

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Old Saybrook Faces Down Threats to Its Water Supply

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Notorious New-Gate Prison

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A Celebrated Artist and a Meaningful Space – Today in History: October 20

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A Revolutionary Book Designer: Bruce Rogers of New Fairfield

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Canterbury

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Late 19th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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Goshen’s Asaph Hall Becomes an Astronomical Success

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Byram River Flood – Today in History: October 15

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New Haven Gives the Lollipop its Name – Today in History: October 13

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Reckoning with the Dutch: the Treaty of Hartford, 1650

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Timothy Dwight Provides Religious, Military, and Educational Services for a Young Country

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Calder’s Stegosaurus Dedicated – Today in History: October 10

The Great Danbury State Fair & Early 20th-Century Outdoor Advertising

Rising Tide: Steamboat Workers on the Connecticut River

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Typing History

Mighty, Mighty Hartford

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Connecticut Origins Shape New Light Luminary Jonathan Edwards

  • Writer:
    Kenneth Minkema

  • Town(s):
    Bolton, South Windsor

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Unveiling of the Grant Memorial Tablet – Today in History: October 4

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The Whitney Armory Helps Progress in Hamden

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American Architect Ithiel Town Born – Today in History: October 3

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BF Clyde and the Steam-powered Cider Mill – Who Knew?

Site Lines: Monuments to Connecticut’s Lost County Government

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Winning the Great War without Some Books

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Mariann Wolcott and Ralph Earl – Opposites Come Together and Make History

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Site Lines: Connecticut’s Freedom Trail

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Evelyn Beatrice Longman Commemorates the Working Class

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When the NFL Played in Connecticut: The Hartford Blues

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A Monument Memorializes the Fallen

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1938 Hurricane Fuels Charcoal Business – Who Knew?

Nathan Hale Hanged in New York – Today in History: September 22

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William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent

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Thomas Hooker: Connecticut’s Founding Father

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Art Young, Radical Cartoonist

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The Rise of the Black Panther Party in Connecticut

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Remembering Civil War Prisoners of War

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch – Today in History: September 17

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Prudence Punderson, Ordinary Woman, Extraordinary Artist: Needlework in Connecticut

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Sixty Degrees Below Zero: Connecticut Man Explores Antarctica

World’s First Helicopter – Today in History: September 14

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Putting Cleveland on the Map: Lorenzo Carter on the Ohio Frontier

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Parachutist Snagged in Midair – Today in History: September 13

From Aprons to Lab Coats: The Art and Science of Home Economics

The Deplorable History of Hartford’s Seyms Street Jail

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A Diversified Mind: Hiram Percy Maxim

  • Writer:
    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Hartford, Newington

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Wheeler & Wilson: A Stitchy Situation in Watertown

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The Importance of Being Puritan: Church and State in Colonial Connecticut

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Serving Up Justice: Hartford’s Black Workers Organize

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Connecticut Revolutionized Geography – Who Knew?

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The Child’s Picture Defining and Reading Book by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

David Humphreys, Soldier, Statesman, and Agricultural Innovator

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Rails and Paper Trails

Dinosaur Tracks Found – Today in History: August 23

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Roosevelt Rides in an Electric Car – Today in History: August 22

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The Charter Oak Fell – Today in History: August 21

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A Pie Tin’s Soaring Sales

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Connecticut Servicemen in the “Bloody Bucket” Division

Governor Jonathan Trumbull Dies – Today in History: August 17

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“’No Taxation without Representation’: Black Voting in Connecticut

Connecticut Draws the Curtain on Public Executions

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Senator Brandegee Stonewalls Women’s Suffrage

Andover’s Award-Winning Creamery

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Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812

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The Great Wallingford Tornado – Today in History: August 9

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Wallingford

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Home Missionary Society’s First Missionary – Today in History: August 7

Orange Seeds Yield Corn, Alfafa, Soy, and More

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Washington’s Sister Susie Society

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The Danbury Hatters

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Hall of Flags: Memorial to Connecticut’s Civil War Colors

  • Writer:
    Tara M. Cantore

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Lake Pocotopaug Shapes the Growth of East Hampton

Death and Mourning in the Civil War Era

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Ralph Earl: Portrait of an Early American Artist

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An Old Saybrook Borough has a Stately History

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Connecticut Valley Railroad’s First Train – Today in History: July 29

A Baltic Mill Helps Found a New Town

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Hartford Wide-Awakes – Today in History: July 26

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Connecticut Valley Style: Eliphalet Chapin Inspires a Tradition of Craft

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Herbert Abrams Immortalizes the Nation’s Leaders

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The Adventure of a Lifetime: John Ledyard and Captain Cook’s Last Voyage

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A World in Motion: Artist and Sculptor Alexander Calder

  • Writer:
    Theresa Erskine Roth

  • Town(s):
    Roxbury

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Aristocratic Dental Cream Gets Squeezed

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A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport

Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War

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Reading, Writing, and the Great Outdoors: Frederick Gunn’s School Transforms Victorian-era Education

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Hiram Bingham IV: A Humanitarian Honored for Saving Lives during WWII

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The White Mountain Express Derails in Greenwich

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Creating Candlewood Lake – Today in History: July 15

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Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?

Gallows Lane and the Execution of Barnett Davenport

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The Path to Ashford’s Progress

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The World’s Record for the Largest Muster – Who Knew?

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Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12

Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck

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Drawn to Superheroes

Continuity and Change along the Eightmile River

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Erector Set Patented – Today in History: July 8

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British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7

The Hartford Circus Fire – Today in History: July 6

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Pepperidge Farm Opens Bakery – Today in History: July 4

Bigelow Tea–A Connecticut Tea Party

Mohegan Sacred Sites: Moshup’s Rock

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Buffalo Bill Cody Visits the Monument of Uncas – Today in History: July 2

An Artist’s Life in Hartford: The Early Career of Dwight Tryon

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Merritt Parkway Creates Scenic Gateway to New England

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Greenwich Emergency Responders: On the Move Overtime

Stevan Dohanos Captures Connecticut Life

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Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy

  • Writer:
    Peter Vermilyea

  • Town(s):
    Litchfield

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Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout

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The Rose King of America Transformed Cromwell’s Landscape

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Private vs. Public Property – Today in History: June 23

John Howe Makes a Better Pin – Today in History: June 22

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J. P. Morgan’s Connecticut Roots

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North Haven: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s

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Summer Crowds Flocked to New Canaan and Stayed

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The Blake Rock Crusher – Today in History: June 15

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East Haddam Swing Bridge – Today in History: June 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe Born – Today in History: June 14

Stamford’s Three-Gun Armada

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The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

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The Hardware City Could’ve Been the Motor City – Who Knew?

Hooker’s Journey to Hartford

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USS George Washington Launched – Today in History: June 9

Bridge Ornaments Help Tell the Legend of the Windham Frog Fight

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Nathan Hale: The Man and the Legend

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Thomas Hall’s Electric Block Railroad Signal – Today in History: June 7

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Collis P. Huntington: The Boy from Poverty Hollow

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Wiffle Throws a Curve in American Leisure Time

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The State Cantata – Today in History: June 3

Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden: June is Busting Out All Over

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Helen Keller in Connecticut: The Last Years of a Legendary Crusader

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Memorial Day 1920 Brings a Changing of the Guard

Rediscovering Albert Afraid-of-Hawk

Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language

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Providing Rest for the Weary in Barkhamsted

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Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft – Today in History: May 26

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Timeline: Settlement of the Colony of Connecticut

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Built on Innovation, Saved by Nostalgia: Hitchcock Chair Company

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The Inventive Minds of Connecticut Women: Patents in the 19th Century

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W. J. Squire’s Gill Net Manufactory in East Haddam

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Modernism in Connecticut through Photographs

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Connecticut’s Loyal Subjects: Toryism and the American Revolution

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

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Aunt Polly and Its Preservation

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Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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Re-creating Our National Pastime

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Paradise on the Sound: The Summer Colony at Fenwick

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Katharine Hepburn Born – Today in History: May 12

Steaming Across the Atlantic

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First Woman Elected as US State Governor Born – Today in History: May 10

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John Brown Born – Today in History: May 9

The Beckley Blast Furnace, East Canaan

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Learning about the Lusitania: How Hartford Heard the News

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Amos Bronson Alcott Changes the Way Connecticut Children Learn

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First Woman to Receive US Patent – Today in History: May 5

Artist Frederic Church Born – Today in History: May 4

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Stagecoach Sustained Commerce and Communication in 1800s

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Crisis Management during the American Civil War: The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Society

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A Connecticut Painter Finds His Voice through Colonial Folk Art

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Jeremiah Wadsworth, “foremost in every enterprise”

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Last State Highway Toll Paid – Today in History: April 28

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The Burning of Danbury

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Gallaudet’s Vision Advances Deaf Education

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Landscape Architecture Helps in Healing – Who Knew?

The Collapse of the L’Ambiance Plaza

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

  • Town(s):
    Bridgeport

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Gifford Pinchot: Bridging Two Eras of National Conservation

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Ironclad Commissioned – Today in History: April 21

Danbury Baseball History Covers All the Bases

Vietnam Veterans Against the War – Today in History: April 19

Child Labor in Connecticut

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Carl Sandburg, Poet from the Grassroots, Reaches Connecticut Audiences

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Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution

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Bridgeport Women Answer the Call – Today in History: April 15

Witamy to Little Poland! – A Thriving Neighborhood in New Britain

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Colt’s Submarine Battery – Today in History: April 13

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Battling Bat Battalino: One of Hartford’s Heroes

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Litchfield’s Revolutionary War Soldiers’ Tree

Celebrating Civil War Men and Women – Today in History: April 9

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New Canaan’s Pioneering Female Physician

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The “Father of American Football” is Born – Today in History: April 7

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Swinging for the Fences: Connecticut’s Black Baseball Greats

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The Thimble Islands – Little Islands with a Big History

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Bradley International Airport Transforms Windsor Locks into Regional Gateway

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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women

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Steamboat Accident – Today in History: March 29

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Connecticut and the Comstock Law

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Much Good Might be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy

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I-95 Reaches New London

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson at Touro Hall – Today in History: March 24

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Joseph Taborsky and the “Mad Dog Killings”

  • Town(s):
    Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford

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An Artist and Her Books: Amelia Watson, 1856–1934

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J. Frederick Kelly: Constructing Connecticut’s Architectural History

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Paleontologist Othniel Marsh dies – Today in History: March 18

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Fighting Sons of Erin: Connecticut’s Irish Regiment in the Civil War

The Wearing of the Green: 19th-century Prints of Irish Subjects by Hartford’s Kellogg Brothers

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Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister

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The Smith Sisters, Their Cows, and Women’s Rights in Glastonbury

  • Writer:
    Molly May

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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Hilda Crosby Standish, Early Proponent of Women’s Reproductive Health

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Charles Goodyear’s Machine for Making Rubber Fabrics

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The Telescoping Fishing Rod – Today in History: March 8

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Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy and Lincoln’s “Neptune”

  • Writer:
    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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Elihu Burritt Dies – Today in History: March 6

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Looking Back: Tempest Tossed, the Story of Isabella Beecher Hooker

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Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Rally – Today in History: March 5

Sarah Kemble Knight’s Journey through Colonial Connecticut

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A Pioneering Woman in Business: Martha Parsons of Enfield

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Holmes at Home: The Life of William Gillette

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Connecticut’s Black Governors

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The Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Legacy in Portland

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Jackson v. Bulloch and the End of Slavery in Connecticut

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Remembering Fredi Washington: Actress, Activist, and Journalist

Malcolm X in Hartford: “Our Mission is Not Violence but Freedom”

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Hartford’s Great Migration through Charles S. Johnson’s Eyes

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Site Lines: Fortresses of Faith, Agents of Change

The Fugitive and the Hero

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Mystic-built USS Galena Part of Plan to Strengthen Union Navy

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The Language of the Unheard: Racial Unrest in 20th-Century Hartford

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Augustus Washington (1820 – 1875): African American Daguerreotypist

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Rockwell Hardness Tester – Today in History: February 11

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Laboring in the Shade

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The Successes and Struggles of New Haven Entrepreneur William Lanson

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Reverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses

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“An Admirable Portrait” of Frederick Douglass

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Waterbury Burns – Today in History: February 2

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One-Legged Stools – Who Knew?

Andover Looks Good on Paper

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Ernest Borgnine: Breaking the Hollywood Mold

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Connecticut Transforms Aaron Draper Shattuck

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New Haven Coliseum Imploded – Today in History: January 20

Anna Louise James Makes History with Medicine

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The Joshua Hempsted Diary: A Window into Colonial Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Patricia M. Schaefer

  • Town(s):
    New London

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Connecticut and the Embargo Act of 1807

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The Education of Ella Grasso

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Connecticut and the West Indies: Sugar Spurs Trans-Atlantic Trade

  • Writer:
    Brenda Milkofsky

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The Ghost Ship of New Haven Sets Sail Shrouded in Mystery

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Ellis Ruley: Art that Celebrated Life

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The Great Remedy: Picturing the Emancipation Proclamation

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Portland’s Guy Hedlund: Actor and Activist

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O Christmas Tree!

Pratt & Whitney Debuts Wasp Engine – Today in History: December 24

The Rogerenes Leave Their Mark on Connecticut Society

  • Writer:
    Patricia M. Schaefer

  • Town(s):
    Ledyard, Waterford

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Barkhamsted Reservoir Construction Washes Away a Community

The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport

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Monumental Bronze Company

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New London’s Ferries: A Transportation Tradition

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The Hartford Convention or Leap no Leap

First Recorded Fall of Meteorites in the United States – Today in History: December 14

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Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers’ Rights and Corporate Responsibility

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Leroy Anderson Composed Iconic Music in Woodbury

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The Beadle Family Murders – Today in History: December 11

Bevin Brothers Helps Transform East Hampton into Belltown, USA

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Jim Morrison Arrested – Today in History: December 9

The Atheneum Joins War Effort – Who Knew?

Hamden’s Literary Legend

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Father of Architects Born – Today in History: December 4

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Mr. & Mrs. Rockwell’s Park

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Women and Defense: World War II on the Connecticut Home Front

Oliver Wolcott Dies – Today in History: December 1

A Life Lived in a Rapidly Changing World: Samuel L. Clemens

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Slavery and the Pequot War

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Amelia Simmons Adds a Uniquely American Flavor to Cooking

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Beatrice Fox Auerbach: Retail Pioneer Led Iconic Family Department Store

  • Writer:
    Amanda P. Roy

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Lion Gardiner Helps to Fortify Early Old Saybrook

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What’s a Puritan, and Why Didn’t They Stay in Massachusetts?

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The Father of Gastric Physiology Born – Today in History: November 21

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Pierre Lallement and the Modern-Day Pedal Bicycle – Today in History: November 20

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Hiram Bingham III: Machu Picchu Explorer and Politician

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A Connecticut Nazi Spy Has a Change of Heart

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The Aqua Velva State – Today in History: November 17

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The Battle for Cockenoe Island

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Seth Pease Surveys New Lands

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Helicopters, Guitars, and Guide Dogs: The Revolutionary Mind of Charles Kaman

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Any Month with an “R” in It: Eating Oysters in Connecticut

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Calder in Connecticut: World-Famous Artist Called Roxbury Home

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An Experiment in Evangelization: Cornwall’s Foreign Mission School

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Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg

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First US Detachable Electric Plug – Today in History: November 8

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Connecticut’s “Yankee Watch” Squadron Protects the Skies Here and Abroad

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A Separate Place: The New Haven Colony, 1638-1665

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Hiding the Charter: Images of Joseph Wadsworth’s Legendary Action

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Witchcraft in Connecticut

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Seth Thomas Works Around the Clock in Wolcott

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The Temperance Movement in Connecticut – Today in History: October 27

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American Actor Changes 19th-Century Theater – Who Knew?

Igor Sikorsky Dies – Today in History: October 26

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Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority

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Hartford and New Haven: A Tale of Two Capitals

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Oxford: From Paths to Pikes

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Avon’s Educational and Cultural Pioneer

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Broadway Comes to Westport

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Sloop-of-War Ship’s Figurehead Lands at State Capitol

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Benjamin Wright: The Father of American Civil Engineering

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The Flood That We Forget: October 15 and 16, 1955

New Haven: What Was Everyday Life Like During the Civil War?

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Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company Puts Best Foot Forward

Portland Improves the Steam Engine

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The US Constitutional Convention: America Forms a Bicameral Legislature

  • Writer:
    John Morrison

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Roger Sherman, Revolutionary and Dedicated Public Servant

  • Writer:
    Gregg Mangan

  • Town(s):
    New Haven, New Milford

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The Steamboat New England: “The shock was dreadful” – Today in History: October 8

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When Old Saybrook Was a College Town

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Hartford’s “Little Italy”

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Elizabeth Jarvis Colt Born – Today in History: October 5

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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet

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Accidental Shooting Leads to Witchcraft Conviction – Today in History: October 3

  • Town(s):
    Windsor

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Capital Punishment in Connecticut: Changing Views

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The Rise and Fall of Silas Deane, American Patriot

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The Danbury Fair, 1869-1981

Indian Hill Cemetery and the Vernacular of the Times

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The 42-Day Income Tax

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The Great Hurricane of 1938 – Today in History: September 21

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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918

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Connecticut’s Chickamauga Tree: An Investigation

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Avon Industry: From Underground to Outerspace

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A Day of Celebration – Today in History: September 17

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Thomas Knowlton: A Small Town’s National Hero

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The Great Atlantic Hurricane Hits Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

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Bucket Brigade to the Rescue – Today in History: September 12

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The Colvocoresses Oak

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A Patriotic Legacy in Print

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Painter, Muralist, Sculptor Sol LeWitt born – Today in History: September 9

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Wethersfield Prison Blues

Fort Griswold Attacked – Today in History: September 6

Sylvester Poli, Negotiating Cultural Politics in an Age of Immigration

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Connecticut’s Mulberry Craze

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And They’re Off!: Harness Racing at Charter Oak Park

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Oystering in Connecticut, from Colonial Times to the 21st Century

  • Writer:
    Doe Boyle

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Caleb Brewster and the Culper Spy Ring

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The Great River: Connecticut’s Main Stream

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Trinity College – Scholarship and Community Engagement

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The Longest Highway Drawbridge – Who Knew?

Savin Rock Park: “Connecticut’s Coney Island”

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Airborne Pioneers: Connecticut Takes Flight

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Torrington Recovers after the Flood of ‘55

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Eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death: 1816, The Year Without a Summer

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The Sand Hogs Set the Foundation for the Bulkeley Bridge

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Mastodon Bones Unearthed – Today in History: August 13

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Intertwining Family Businesses

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The Stonington Battle Flag

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Pope Park – Yesterday and Today

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The Shoe Box Murder Mystery

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Improving Sea Transportation: Guilford Goes About it the Light Way

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Steam Railroads Transform Connecticut Travel and Commerce

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Branford’s History Is Set in Stone

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The Many Layers to Onion Farming in Westport

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USS Nautilus Passes Under North Pole – Today in History: August 3

Poet Wallace Stevens Dies – Today in History: August 2

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East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works

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Fire Ravages Cos Cob School – Today in History: July 29

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Roger Tory Peterson Dies – Today in History: July 28

North Branford Vied for the Title of “Shredded Coconut Capital of the World” – Who Knew?

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An American Heritage River – Today in History: July 27

Hope for the West: The Life and Mission of Lyman Beecher

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Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25

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The Hartford Wits

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Weir Farm the Result of a Trade – Who Knew?

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Levi Pease, Stage Route and Transportation Innovator

The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them

Cleopatra’s Needle and Groton’s Captain Davis – Who Knew?

Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship

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Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents

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The Greenwich Avenue Fires of 1908 and 1936 Sparked Upgrades to Town’s Emergency Services

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The Connecticut Compromise – Today in History: July 16

New England’s Grand Ambition: The Farmington Canal

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A Revolution On Two Wheels: Columbia Bicycles

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Colt Park and the Magical Summer of 1976

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Sheff v. O’Neill – Today in History: July 9

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“The Basque Game in Town”: The Heyday of Jai Alai in Connecticut

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Jonathan Edwards’ Famous Sermon – Today in History: July 8

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New Connecticut on Lake Erie: Connecticut’s Western Reserve

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The Origins and Enduring Legacy of New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre

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Horseshoe Nail Capital of the World – Who Knew?

Hidden Nearby: Goshen’s Liberty Pole

The Most Famous American in the World

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Furniture Caster Patented – Today in History: June 30

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Deadly Fire at Gulliver’s – Today in History: June 30

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Educator Sarah Pierce Born – Today in History: June 26

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Henry Ward Beecher Born – Today in History: June 24

Instruction by Mail: The Famous Artists School

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The Story of the Oakdale Makes Great Theater

Samuel L. Clemens Receives Scrap-book Patent – Who Knew?

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Harkness Memorial Park Offers a Glimpse into Early 20th Century Wealth

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Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13

Flying High with Early Dirigible

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Christopher Leffingwell Born – Today in History: June 11

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A Connecticut Home That Dates Back to the 1600s!

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Academy Graduates First African American Student – Today in History: June 8

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“Something to Show for Our Work”: Building Brainard Airport

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Parking Authority Created in New Haven – Today in History: June 2

Helen Keller Dies – Today in History: June 1

The Free Consent of the People: Thomas Hooker and the Fundamental Orders

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Colonial Revival Movement Sought Stability during Time of Change

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Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney

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Hometown Hero: Wallingford Remembers Stanley Budleski

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Cornerstone Set – Today in History: May 25

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Connecticut’s Capitol Building – Inside and Out

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Stealth Attack from Guilford Launched – Today in History: May 23

Setting Speed Limits – Today in History: May 21

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Metal Homes for the Atomic Age

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Dark Day – Today in History: May 19

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New-Gate Prison Breakout – Today in History: May 18

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The Comstock Bridge Brings East Hampton Residents Together

Largest Earthquake in Connecticut – Today in History: May 16

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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Hartford

  • Writer:
    Amanda P. Roy

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Albert Pope Pioneered Bicycles for Women

Jacob Schick Invents the Electric Razor – Today in History: May 13

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Exploring Early Connecticut Mapmaking

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Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)

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A Russian Village Retreat in Southbury

Sloan Wilson, the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, is Born – Today in History: May 8

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West Cornwall Covered Bridge: An Icon of New England Craftsmanship

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Misread Signal Leads to Deadly South Norwalk Train Wreck – Who Knew?

The Prospect Green as a Historical Narrative

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The Newsies Strike Back

Take Me to the Fair: Connecticut Exhibits at the International Expositions

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Borough of Stonington

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Connecticut Declares War Against the Pequot – Today in History: May 1

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First American Medicine Patent – Today in History: April 30

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The Connecticut River

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USS Tullibee – Today in History: April 27

An Orderly and Decent Government

The Hartford Wheel Club: Disparity in the Gilded Age

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John Rogers was a 19th-Century Sculptor for the Common Man

  • Town(s):
    New Canaan

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Hamilton Wrecks Aeroplane – Today in History: April 22

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News From Lexington: Contemporary Views of the Opening Battles of the American Revolution

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A Real Connecticut Yankee’s Baseball Career Cut Short

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Connecticut: Home to the Boxcar Children Mysteries – Who Knew?

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The American School for the Deaf – Today in History: April 15

Horace Bushnell Born – Today in History: April 14

The Northern Student Movement

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Speaking under the Open Sky: Frederick Douglass in Connecticut

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Bridgeport’s Walt Kelly, Creator of Pogo

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The Gettysburg Address and Heroic Fathers Bronze Tablets at the State Capitol

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The Coaster Brake – Today in History: April 9

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The Innumerable Accolades Afforded Dr. William H. Welch

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War and the Fear of Enemy Aliens – Who Knew?

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Let There Be Light: An Early History of the Hartford Electric Light Company

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World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery

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Freighter Worcester Launched – Today in History: April 5

Amateur Radio Comes of Age in Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Newington

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Forgotten Founder: John Davenport of New Haven

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Hartford’s Fuller Brush Company Goes Door-to-Door Across US

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Theodate Pope Riddle: Connecticut’s Pioneering Woman Architect

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A Candy Bar Empire in Naugatuck

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William Redfield Born – Today in History: March 26

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy

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Connecticut’s First Municipal Electric Utility

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Spring Training Baseball Comes to Wallingford

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Leatherman Dies – Today in History: March 20

Early 19th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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A Woman Ahead of Her Time: Mabel Osgood Wright

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The Public Library Movement: Caroline Hewins Makes Room for Young Readers

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Blizzard of ’88 Shuts Greenwich Off from Outside World

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The First Hospice – Who Knew?

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A Day for Women – Today in History: March 8

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Gideon Welles Appointed Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy – Today in History: March 7

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A Civil War Soldier Engineers an Iconic Career

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John H. Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Flying Governor”

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Today in History – Fales & Gray Explosion Underscores Need for a Hartford Hospital

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Olin Library and The Debate About Open Space at Wesleyan University

  • Writer:
    Colin O'Keefe

  • Town(s):
    Middletown

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Rex Brasher Dies – Today in History: February 29

Andover Lake: A Lesson in Social Change

The Revolving Gun – Today in History: February 25

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Fire and Ice: A Very Bad Week in 1914

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A Good Spot and a Healthy Place: A Short History of Charles Island

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Park Central Hotel Boiler Explosion – Today in History: February 18

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A Successful Lawyer and Politician Who Never Went to College

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Josiah Willard Gibbs’s Impact on Modern Science

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Meriden Town Hall Burns Down – Today in History: February 14

Constitution Plaza Then and Now

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The Interstate Highway System Comes to Hartford

Arthur Miller dies – Today in History: February 10

Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren Wed – Today in History: February 10

Changing Sentiments on Slavery in Colonial Hebron

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North and South: The Legacy of Eli Whitney

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Colt Armory Burns – Today in History: February 4

A 1947 Movie Details the Unsolved Murder of a Bridgeport Priest

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How Real Estate Practices Influenced the Hartford Region’s Demographic Makeup

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Six Cities Respond to 1902 Waterbury Fire – Who Knew?

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First General Copyright Law – Today in History: January 29

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First Commercial Telephone Exchange – Today in History: January 28

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John Ledyard, Connecticut’s Most Famous Traveler

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The Astronomical Event of the Century

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John Fitch Born – Today in History: January 21

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Nancy Toney’s Lifetime in Slavery

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Almost a Tragedy: The Collapse of the Hartford Civic Center

The Tariffville Disaster – Today in History: January 15

The Industrial Revolution Comes to Jewett City

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An Uncommonly Ingenious Mechanic: Abel Buell of Connecticut

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Connecticut Arms the Union

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Hartford Publishes the First Literary Work by an African American – Who Knew?

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The Reverend Joseph Bellamy Makes Bethlehem a Holy Place

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A Volcanic Giant Sleeps in Hamden

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Connecticut Poor Law Aimed to Care for the Needy

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Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews

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A Woman Who Developed Tolerance: Leila T. Alexander

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Iron and Water: The Norwich & Worcester Railroad Story

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“Negroes Who Stand Up and Fight Back” – Paul Robeson in Hartford

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Meriden’s Silver Lining

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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Disaster at Cold Harbor: Connecticut’s Second Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Clarence Dickinson Carries Printing Innovation into the 20th Century

Hurricane of 1938: Connecticut’s Worst Disaster

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The Connecticut Ratification Convention

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Igor Sikorsky and his Flying Machines

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Windsor Tobacco: Made in the Shade

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Women Win the Right to Vote

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North Stonington Fairs Preserve Connecticut’s Agricultural Heritage

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Kensington Soldiers Monument Dedicated – Today in History: July 28

Senator Oliver Ellsworth’s Judiciary Act

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The Hartford Circus Fire

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Born – Today in History: July 3

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Noble Jerome’s Clock Patent Model

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One of the Honored Dead: General J. K. F. Mansfield

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Where Mr. Twain and Mrs. Stowe Built Their Dream Houses

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Sarah Bernhardt Performs in Hartford – Today in History: June 8

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Gothic Connecticut

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The House That Hoadley Built

Phineas Pratt’s Machine for Making Combs – Today in History: April 12

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Union Brew

Hard Times: Governor Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression in Connecticut

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The British Raid on Essex

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P. T. Barnum Dies – Today in History: April 7

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Knights of Columbus Chartered – Today in History: March 29

Fire at Wesleyan’s North College – Today in History: March 1

Pepperidge Farm: Healthful Bread Builds a Business

Mianus River Bridge Collapses – Today in History: June 28

  • Writer:
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  • Town(s):
    Greenwich

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Benedict Arnold died in London, England – Today in History: June 14

The Bazooka Changes War – Today in History: June 14

Hamilton Breaks Air Records – Today in History: June 13

Governor Chester Bowles Dies – Today in History: May 25

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Waterbury Tornado – Today in History: May 24

An Orderly & Decent Government: A New State, A New Constitution, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Business and Government, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Society in Ferment, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Establishing Self Government, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Clash of Cultures, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Co-Equal Branch of Government, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Crisis and Recovery, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: The Rise of the Factory, 1866-1887

The Portable Typewriting Machine – Today in History: April 12

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Civil Rights Demonstrations – Today in History: March 18

Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Inventor of the Erector Set – Today in History: February 15

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Reel Lawn Mower Patent – Today in History: January 28

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Yale University from Colonial Times to the Present

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The Colt Memorial, Cedar Hill Cemetery

Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10

The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Archives: How to Use Them

Waterford’s Need for Speed

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The Civil War Commences: Connecticut’s Involvement in the Civil War

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[Archived] Patents – Bloomfield’s Inventive Minds

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Blizzard of 1888 Devastates State

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Richard Lee’s Urban Renewal in New Haven

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Government Orders Horse Pistols – Today in History: March 9

29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment

  • Writer:
    Todd Jones

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Hidden Nearby: Two Monuments to Sportsmen at Housatonic Meadows State Park

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An Overview of Connecticut’s Outdoor Sculpture

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The Park City – Who Knew?

A Special Place to Honor Military Veterans in Plainville

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Middletown’s Nathan Starr Supplied Cutlasses for the War of 1812

  • Town(s):
    Middletown

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Sheff v. O’Neill Settlements Target Educational Segregation In Hartford

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Understanding the Environmental Effects of Industry by Examining the Starr Mill

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Heart Pump out of an Erector Set – Who Knew?

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The Hartford Courant: The Oldest US Newspaper in Continuous Publication

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Catharine Beecher, Champion of Women’s Education

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Goshen Fairs Well with Agricultural Enthusiasts

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Martha Graham, Connecticut College, and the American Dance Festival

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Miss Huntley’s School Opens – Today in History: August 1

Rock and Roll vs. Racism

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The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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Hardcore Connecticut: Documenting the State’s Punk Rock Scene

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Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30

P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life

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Silas Brooks, Balloonist

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Farmington Canal’s Ground-Breaking – Today in History: July 4

President Grant Celebrates Independence Day in Woodstock – Today in History: July 4

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New London’s Sound Defense

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The War Connecticut Hated

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Connecticut’s War Governor, William A. Buckingham

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Ivory Cutting: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Industry

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Ivoryton Playhouse Opens – Today in History: June 17

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Looking Back: the First “Aero Planes”

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Wesleyan Hills Helps Redefine Suburbia

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Designed to Heal: The Connecticut General Hospital for the Insane

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The Frost House Once Offered Travelers a Warm Welcome

A Better Home and Garden in Bethlehem

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The Darlings Make Preservation a Family Affair

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Diamonds of the Past: Hartford’s Lost Ball Parks

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A First Amendment Lesson: Weaver High Students Teach Their Elders

  • Writer:
    Steve Thornton

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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George Washington Slept Here (Just Perhaps Not Well)

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Echoes of the Old World: The Architectural Legacy of Ithiel Town

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100 Years of Workers’ Compensation

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A Bird’s-eye View of New Britain

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The Decorative Arts of Connecticut

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Selma, Not So Far Away

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Connecticut 29th Mustered into Service – Today in History: March 8

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut

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Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber

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Connecticut in the French and Indian War

  • Writer:
    David Drury

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Textile Mills in Oxford Dominated Early Industry

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Combined Rail-and-Water System Makes Norwich a Key Travel Hub in Mid-1800s

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Free Speech for Some – Who Knew?

Rochambeau Returns Over and Over to Andover

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Civil War Monuments and Memorials in and Around the State Capitol

The Turtle Submarine – Today in History: September 6

Overland Travel in Connecticut, from Footpaths to Interstates

  • Writer:
    Richard

  • Town(s):
    DeLuca

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Venture Smith, from Slavery to Freedom

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Child Labor vs. Schooling in 19th-century Naugatuck

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Raise a Glass to Winemaking in Connecticut

  • Writer:
    Amy Gagnon

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Just Pour Over Ice – Who Knew?

Hidden Nearby: The Bantam Lake Ice House

Theodate Pope Riddle Dies – Today in History: August 30

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A Bird’s-eye View of Moosup

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Halladay’s Revolutionary Windmill – Today in History: August 29

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Lisbon Tunnel Completed – Today in History: August 28

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Charles Grandison Finney Spreads Revivalism and Education throughout the Mississippi Valley

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The Peace Movement in Litchfield

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A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn

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Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment

  • Writer:
    Elaina Rollins

  • Town(s):
    Bloomfield, Hartford

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The Forlorn Soldier Statue

  • Writer:
    Anthony Roy

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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The Colt Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company

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Living Rituals: Mohegan Wigwam Festival

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Horror on the Housatonic: The Railroad Disaster of August 1865

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Waterbury’s Radium Girls

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America’s Most Devastating Conflict: King Philip’s War

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Hurricanes Connie & Diane Deliver Double Hit – Who Knew?

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William O’Neill: Climbing Up the Political Ladder

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Danbury Prison Protest – Today in History: August 11

Hubbell’s Pull-Chain Electrical Light Socket – Today in History: August 11

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Health Department Fights Unseen Enemies During World War I

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Commemorating the USS Hartford at the Connecticut State Capitol

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Pomp and Circumstance: Civil War Commemoration

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Hartford Retreat for the Insane Advanced Improved Standards of Care

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Hidden Nearby: John Brown’s Torrington Birthplace

  • Writer:
    Peter Vermilyea

  • Town(s):
    Torrington

A Bird’s-eye View of Broad Brook

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A Public Responsibility: Conservation and Development in the 20th Century

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Pan-Harmonicum Strikes a New Note for Puritan Worship in Lebanon

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Dynamic Tensions: Conservation and Development up to the 1920s

  • Writer:
    Leah S. Glaser

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Christopher Miner Spencer, 19th-century Arms Manufacturer

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Abundant Wildlife Drives the History of Rocky Neck State Park

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D-Day – Today in History: June 6

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First Human Test of a Nylon Parachute – Today in History: June 6

Hartford’s Nook Farm

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Samuel Colt and Elizabeth Jarvis Marry – Today in History: June 5

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Begins Serialization – Today in History: June 5

A Tale of Shad, the State Fish

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The Lemon Law – Today in History: June 4

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Tavern Signs Mark Changes in Travel, Innkeeping, and Artistic Practice

  • Writer:
    Susan P. Schoelwer

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Norfolk—Alive With The Sound of Summer Music

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From Frontier Town to Capital City: Collection Traces Hartford’s Transformation

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What’s in a Number? Connecticut’s Thirteenth Regiment Goes Off to War

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Philip Johnson in His Own Words

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Osborn Correctional Institution

Gradual Emancipation Reflected the Struggle of Some to Envision Black Freedom

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Battle at Ridgefield – Today in History: April 27

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A Shipping and Railroad Magnate Remembers His Connecticut Roots

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Frederick Law Olmsted Born – Today in History: April 26

Southbury Takes On the Nazis

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The British Attack Danbury – Today in History: April 25

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Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past

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Windsor’s “Murder Factory”

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Plainfield Academy: Preparing Connecticut Scholars in the 18th and 19th Centuries

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One Powerful Family in Bozrah

Benedict Arnold Demands the Key – Today in History: April 22

William Edgar Simonds: A Schoolteacher Turned Civil War Hero

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Stanley Works for New Britain

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Connecticut Daredevil Andrew Mamedoff Joins Royal Air Force

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When Milk Powered Watertown’s Industry

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Hidden Nearby: Camp Columbia State Park in Morris

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Elias Perkins: One of Lisbon’s Most Accomplished Public Servants

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Semi-Pro Baseball in Sharon – Who Knew?

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When Bozrah Provided Comfort to the Nation

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The 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

  • Writer:
    Cornel Garfman

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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The Effects of “Redlining” on the Hartford Metropolitan Region

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Hartford Protests in Support of Selma – Today in History: March 9

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

Hidden Nearby: Harwinton’s Catlin Trough

Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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Thread Your Needle – Today in History: March 2

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When the World Ran on Connecticut Time

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Hidden Nearby: Jedediah Strong’s Milestone

Yankee Peddlers

The Legend of the Charter Oak

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Connecticut State Capitol

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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The Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold

  • Town(s):
    Groton

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The Last Wolf in Connecticut

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Wethersfield Academy

  • Town(s):
    Wethersfield

Park Street Festival, Hartford 1978

The USS Nautilus: The World’s First Nuclear Submarine

  • Town(s):
    Groton, New London

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The Scoville Memorial Library

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Quassy: One of the Last of the Old-Time Trolley Parks

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Samson Occom and the Brotherton Indians

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Zebulon Brockway: A Controversial Figure in Prison Reform

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Hidden Nearby: Bethlehem’s Joseph Bellamy Monument

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James G. Batterson, Stone Contractor

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The Constitution Oak

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Three Young Engineers: Charting New Haven

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The Plainville Town Hall Catches Fire

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“Outcasts” Build Their Own Village in 18th-Century Barkhamsted

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The 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Flag and Display

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Bird’s-eye Views of Connecticut Offer Idealized Portraits of Progress

  • Writer:
    Kate Steinway

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Armstrong Finds a Niche in the Tire Market

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Philip Corbin: Manufacturing A Legacy for New Britain

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Naugatuck’s Early Chemical Industry

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Warren Congregational Church, a Longstanding Community Center

The League of American Wheelmen and Hartford’s Albert Pope Champion the Good Roads Movement

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Southington Industry: From Nuts to Bolts

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Norwich in Perspective

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The Answer Is Risom!

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Rock-Solid Industry in 19th-Century Bolton

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Stepping Back in Time: North Stonington Village Historic District

Bird’s-eye Views of Rockville Chart Textile Industry’s Growth

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A Sign of the Times Blends Masonic and Patriotic Imagery

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Connecticut Takes the Wheel on Education Reform: Project Concern

  • Writer:
    Amanda Gurren

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Looking Back: How the Vote Was Won

  • Writer:
    Tedd Levy

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

The Blizzard of 1888 – Today in History: March 11

The Rise of the “Second Home” Community in Sharon – Who Knew?

  • Writer:
    Sharon Historical Society

  • Town(s):
    Sharon

Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Danbury

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Danbury

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at East Hartford

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    East Hartford

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    D2NBDBET

Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Voluntown

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Voluntown

  • Zotero ID:
    D2NBDBET

Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Farmington

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Farmington

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    D2NBDBET

Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Windham

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Windham

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Bird’s-eye Views of Winsted

  • Writer:
    Kate Steinway

  • Town(s):
    Winchester

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    9KX3S3W3

North Stonington’s Randall House, Nothing Ordinary about It

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    North Stonington

North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    North Stonington

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Time in Connecticut

  • Town(s):
    Simsbury

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A Bird’s-eye View of East Haddam

  • Writer:
    Kate Steinway

  • Town(s):
    East Haddam

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    9KX3S3W3

Site Lines: Silas Deane

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Causes of the Pequot War

  • Writer:
    Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

  • Town(s):
    Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston, Stonington

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