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Drawing (on) the Connecticut Landscape: Benjamin Hutchins Coe Teaches Americans the Democratic Art
Benjamin Hutchins Coe, born in Hartford, helped teach Americans how to draw through the publication of numerous art manuals, many of which focused on Connecticut-inspired landscapes.
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Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30
On July 30, 1970, Louis Zemel, the owner of Powder…
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An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1888-1905
Stimulated by immigration and industrialization, Connecticut cities expanded rapidly
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Middletown’s Reservoirs Drive Growth Throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries
The Laurel Brook and Mount Higby Reservoirs helped provide reliable sources of water that drove the growth of Middletown.
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Over Time: Middlefield’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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