October - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

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

The Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper – Today in History: October 29

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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Southbury Takes On the Nazis

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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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Goodspeed Opera House Opens – Today in History: October 24

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

Vietnam Protests in Connecticut

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Portland Improves the Steam Engine

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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans

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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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Gerald Chapman: America’s First “Public Enemy Number One”

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Hard Times: Governor Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression in Connecticut

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Get Out Your Paper Dress, Gal! – Who Knew?

Hartford’s Industrial Day – Today in History: October 7

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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