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“A Noble and Precious Life”: Edgar M. Woodford, Civil Engineer, Abolitionist, and Soldier
This Avon-born man not only put his talents on the map, literally, he also went west to secure Kansas as a free state.
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Early Turnpikes Provided Solution to Lack of Reliable Roads
Although few of the privately managed toll-roads of the 1800s proved profitable for investors, state commerce benefited in the long run.
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The Bull Moose Party in Connecticut
Connecticut expressed a brief interest in Theodore Roosevelt’s third-party, the “Bull Moose Party,” but the loss of the 1912 election proved career-ending for many candidates.
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Talcott Mountain: A View of Early New England
The Talcott Mountain range lies in the northeastern section of…
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The Steady Evolution of a Connecticut Family Business
The product that helped build America’s railroads, mine her natural resources, expand the Panama Canal, and even blow up tree stumps in local farm fields harkens to a time when Simsbury and Avon were “fuse-making-mad.”
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Joseph Alsop: Cunning Political Columnist of Mid-Century America
Joseph Wright Alsop was one of the country’s most well-known political journalists of the 20th century and was drawn into some of the most influential power circles in the world.
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Oldest Cavalry Unit – Who Knew?
….that the First Company Governor’s Horse Guards is the oldest,…
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Yung Wing, the Chinese Educational Mission, and Transnational Connecticut
In their respective tragic but inspiring final American acts, Yung and the Mission reflect the worst and best of the Chinese Exclusion Act era.
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Avon’s Educational and Cultural Pioneer
Yung Wing was the first Chinese student to graduate from…
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Avon Industry: From Underground to Outerspace
The Climax Fuse Company manufactured safety fuse, a type of…
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Over Time: Avon’s Historical Population
Census data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.
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