March - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

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

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

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“U.S. Troops in Viet Nam, but none in Selma” – Today in History: March 9

A Feeling of Solidarity: Labor Unions and Suffragists Team Up

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Charles Ritchel and the Dirigible

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

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Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?

Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout

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Steamboat Accident – Today in History: March 29

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Connecticut and the Comstock Law

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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”

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

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The 29th Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

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Paleontologist Othniel Marsh dies – Today in History: March 18

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

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The Blizzard of 1888 – Today in History: March 11

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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Elihu Burritt Dies – Today in History: March 6

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

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

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The Amistad

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Richard Lee’s Urban Renewal in New Haven

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Fuller Brush Tower Collapses – Today in History: March 31

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

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 Female Telephone Operator – Today in History: March 24

Spring Training Baseball Comes to Wallingford

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Leatherman Dies – Today in History: March 20

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

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Blizzard of ’88 Shuts Greenwich Off from Outside World

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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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The Lyman Allyn Opens – Today in History: March 2

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

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The Ku Klux Klan in Connecticut

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Knights of Columbus Chartered – Today in History: March 29

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

Civil Rights Demonstrations – Today in History: March 18

Video – When Disaster Struck: The Flood of 1936, Part I

Video – When Disaster Struck: The Flood of 1936, Part 2

Video – When Disaster Struck: King Blizzard

Blizzard of 1888 Devastates State

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Government Orders Horse Pistols – Today in History: March 9

29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Fought More than One War

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

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Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Selma, Not So Far Away

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

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

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Thread Your Needle – Today in History: March 2

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John Frederick Kensett Illuminates the 19th-Century Landscape

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