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William Douglas: A Colonial Hero’s Sacrifice
William Douglas was a successful merchant and military leader who…
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Connecticut Turnpike Opens – Today in History: January 2
On January 2, 1958, Governor Abraham Ribicoff officially opened the Connecticut Turnpike—today the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike—to traffic.
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William Douglas was a successful merchant and military leader who…
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Laboring in the Shade
Thousands of black Southern students, including a young Martin Luther King Jr., came north to work in Connecticut’s tobacco fields.
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A Bird’s-eye View of Moosup
This depiction of a Quinebaug Valley town and its satellite communities—Uniondale and Almyville—records an idealized view of the 19th-century textile boom.
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Plainfield Academy: Grooming Connecticut Scholars in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Founded in the late 18th century, the Plainfield Academy went…
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Aldrich Free Public Library: Dedicated to the Dissemination of Knowledge
Over 100 years ago, residents of the Moosup section of…
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Over Time: Plainfield’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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