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October - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
Southbury Takes On the Nazis
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The Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper – Today in History: October 29
Goodspeed Opera House Opens – Today in History: October 24
Vietnam Protests in Connecticut
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Gerald Chapman: America’s First “Public Enemy Number One”
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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans
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Hartford’s Industrial Day – Today in History: October 7
Get Out Your Paper Dress, Gal! – Who Knew?
John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism
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The Slaters Go Round the World
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Connecticut’s Oldest Fire Department
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How the Wobblies Won Free Speech
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Past Hallowe’en Pranks Bemused Some and Frustrated Others
Yale University Art Gallery – Today in History: October 25
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A Memorial to General Hawley at the State Capitol
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A Celebrated Artist and a Meaningful Space – Today in History: October 20
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Goshen’s Asaph Hall Becomes an Astronomical Success
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Byram River Flood – Today in History: October 15
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Video – The Hindenburg Flies Over Hartford
New Haven Gives the Lollipop its Name – Today in History: October 13
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Reckoning with the Dutch: the Treaty of Hartford, 1650
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Calder’s Stegosaurus Dedicated – Today in History: October 10
The Great Danbury State Fair & Early 20th-Century Outdoor Advertising
Mighty, Mighty Hartford
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Connecticut Origins Shape New Light Luminary Jonathan Edwards
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Unveiling of the Grant Memorial Tablet – Today in History: October 4
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American Architect Ithiel Town Born – Today in History: October 3
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Site Lines: Monuments to Connecticut’s Lost County Government
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William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent
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Connecticut Revolutionized Geography – Who Knew?
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Collis P. Huntington: The Boy from Poverty Hollow
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Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language
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Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister
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The Fugitive and the Hero
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Connecticut and the West Indies: Sugar Spurs Trans-Atlantic Trade
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A Connecticut Nazi Spy Has a Change of Heart
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Connecticut’s “Yankee Watch” Squadron Protects the Skies Here and Abroad
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Hiding the Charter: Images of Joseph Wadsworth’s Legendary Action
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The Temperance Movement in Connecticut – Today in History: October 27
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Igor Sikorsky Dies – Today in History: October 26
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Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority
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Hartford and New Haven: A Tale of Two Capitals
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Sloop-of-War Ship’s Figurehead Lands at State Capitol
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Benjamin Wright: The Father of American Civil Engineering
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The Flood That We Forget: October 15 and 16, 1955
Portland Improves the Steam Engine
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The Steamboat New England: “The shock was dreadful” – Today in History: October 8
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Hartford’s “Little Italy”
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Elizabeth Jarvis Colt Born – Today in History: October 5
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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet
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Accidental Shooting Leads to Witchcraft Conviction – Today in History: October 3
The Danbury Fair, 1869-1981
The Origins and Enduring Legacy of New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre
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Hidden Nearby: John Brown’s Torrington Birthplace
The Northern Student Movement
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Hartford Publishes the First Literary Work by an African American – Who Knew?
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Hard Times: Governor Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression in Connecticut
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Video – Haunted History: Harriet Beecher Stowe House
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The Frost House Once Offered Travelers a Warm Welcome
Philip Corbin: Manufacturing A Legacy for New Britain
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