Avon Industry: From Underground to Outerspace
September 18, 2018
The Climax Fuse Company manufactured safety fuse, a type of fuse consisting of a tube of gunpowder surrounded by a... Read more » …[more]
Simsbury
Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12
July 12, 2018
On July 12, 1918, Connecticut suffragists—men, women, and children—rallied in Hartford and Simsbury to appeal to President Woodrow Wilson for... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Simsbury, Social Movements, Women
Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers
May 15, 2018
The First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers took part in numerous battles during the Civil War. A wheel damaged in battle now resides at the Connecticut State Capitol to commemorate the service of this unit. …[more]
Categories: Civil War, Civil War Monuments at the Capitol, Guilford, New Haven, Norwich, Simsbury, War and Defense
19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut
August 18, 2017
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees all women who are US citizens the right to vote. The bill became... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Law, New London, Simsbury, Social Movements, Women
Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10
July 10, 2017
On July 10, 1864, Civil War soldier Curtis Bacon of Simsbury died of gangrene from injuries he suffered in combat... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Civil War, Guilford, Hartford, Health and Medicine, Simsbury, War and Defense
John Fitch Born – Today in History: January 21
January 21, 2017
On January 21, 1743, John Fitch, an inventor and pioneer in steamboat construction, was born in Windsor–a settlement in the... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Revolution and the New Nation, Simsbury, Transportation, Windsor
The Tariffville Disaster – Today in History: January 14
January 14, 2017
On January 14, 1878, at about 10:00 in the evening, a span of the Tariffville Bridge gave way, plunging a Connecticut Western Railroad train into the Farmington River 20 feet below. …[more]
Categories: Disaster, Simsbury, The Industrial United States, Transportation
The Land of Nod Farm, East Canaan, Connecticut
November 16, 2016
The Land of Nod farm was an important agricultural and residential resource for both the people of Canaan and the workers at the Beckley furnace. …[more]
Categories: Agriculture, Business and Industry, Canaan, North Canaan, Salisbury, Simsbury
Notorious New-Gate Prison
October 22, 2016
A failed Simsbury copper mine is now a national historic landmark in East Granby. …[more]
Categories: Crime and Punishment, East Granby, Law, Politics and Government, Simsbury
Gifford Pinchot: Bridging Two Eras of National Conservation
April 22, 2016
"The conservation of natural resources is the basis, and the only permanent basis, of national success," wrote this Connecticut-born forester who oversaw the rapid expansion of national forest land holdings in the early 1900s. …[more]
