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New England Society for Psychic Research: Connecticut Paranormal Investigators Leave Legacy of the Occult
Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter
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Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry
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Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”
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Banner Lodge: A Vacation Playground for an Excluded Population
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St. Patrick’s Day – Today in History: March 17
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Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics
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The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County
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Actress Gwen Reed Best Remembered for Dedication to Childhood Literacy
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William Gillette’s Last Performance – Today in History: February 27
The Open and Fortified Country of the Human Heart: A Victorian Lady’s View of Love
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Oldest College Daily – Today in History: January 28
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Connecticut’s Christmas Town
The Living Actually Haunted Many Connecticut Taverns – Who Knew?
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Governor Griswold’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Scandal in the Beecher Family
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Connecticut Residents Did Not Let Veterans Day “Go Commercial.”
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When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake
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Connecticut’s Sleepy Hollow
John Frederick Kensett Illuminates the 19th-Century Landscape
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Goodspeed Opera House Opens – Today in History: October 24
Get Out Your Paper Dress, Gal! – Who Knew?
Lobsters and Oysters and Clams: A Short History of Seafood in Connecticut
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P. T. Barnum’s Lottery
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Birthplace of the Gerber Baby – Who Knew?
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Trumbull’s Parlor Rock Park: A Premier Amusement Center of the Late 19th Century
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Lake Compounce: Bringing Amusements to the State’s Residents Since 1846
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Hartford’s Challenge to “The Birth of a Nation”
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The Connecticut Town Green
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Joseph Alsop: Cunning Political Columnist of Mid-Century America
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WDRC AM/FM – Connecticut’s Oldest Commercial Radio Station
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Oldest Cavalry Unit – Who Knew?
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Oldest Rose Garden – Who Knew?
Orange: Connecticut’s Candy Dispenser
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Orange
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The Story of Pineapple Cheese
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Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years
A Hip Road Trip
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Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas
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Louis’ Lunch and the Birth of the Hamburger
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Owen Rogers
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New Haven
“Take Five” with Dave Brubeck
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Humble Beginnings of the Dow Jones: How a Sterling Farmer Became the Toast of Wall Street
Mounds Candy Bar Involved in Espionage – Who Knew?
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The Slaters Go Round the World
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Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak
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Luna Park: A 20th-century Story of Amusement and Morality
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Selling Connecticut Products Abroad
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Hartford’s Charles Dillingham Discovered Broadway Stars
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Bridgeport’s WPKN: Going Strong After Half a Century
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Jim Flora Captures 20th-Century Pop Culture
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Mohawk Mountain Made Snow for Winter Sports Lovers – Who Knew?
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“Tom Thumb” Born – Today in History: January 4
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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1
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There’s No Place Like Home for the Designer of Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers – Who Knew?
Waterbury Clock Company Saved by Mickey Mouse – Who Knew?
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Jim Henson, the Muppets, and Greenwich
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Chick Austin Modernizes a Connecticut Institution
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Waterbury’s Holy Land
Cromwell’s Iron Men Made Toys for Boys and Girls
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Scrabble Copyrighted – Today in History: December 1
Give Thanks for American Cooking
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Past Hallowe’en Pranks Bemused Some and Frustrated Others
The Storied History behind Connecticut’s Nicknames
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New Haven Gives the Lollipop its Name – Today in History: October 13
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Art Young, Radical Cartoonist
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A Pie Tin’s Soaring Sales
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A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport
Drawn to Superheroes
Buffalo Bill Cody Visits the Monument of Uncas – Today in History: July 2
Stevan Dohanos Captures Connecticut Life
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Bridge Ornaments Help Tell the Legend of the Windham Frog Fight
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Wiffle Throws a Curve in American Leisure Time
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Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language
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Charles Dudley Warner: 19th Century Writer and Social Commentator
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Aunt Polly and Its Preservation
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Re-creating Our National Pastime
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Paradise on the Sound: The Summer Colony at Fenwick
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Katharine Hepburn Born – Today in History: May 12
First Woman to Receive US Patent – Today in History: May 5
Carl Sandburg, Poet from the Grassroots, Reaches Connecticut Audiences
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Battling Bat Battalino: One of Hartford’s Heroes
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The “Father of American Football” is Born – Today in History: April 7
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The Thimble Islands – Little Islands with a Big History
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Holmes at Home: The Life of William Gillette
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Remembering Fredi Washington: Actress, Activist, and Journalist
Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren Wed – Today in History: February 10
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Ernest Borgnine: Breaking the Hollywood Mold
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New Haven Coliseum Imploded – Today in History: January 20
Portland’s Guy Hedlund: Actor and Activist
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O Christmas Tree!
The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport
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Leroy Anderson Composed Iconic Music in Woodbury
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Jim Morrison Arrested – Today in History: December 9
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Beatrice Fox Auerbach: Retail Pioneer Led Iconic Family Department Store
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Amanda P. Roy
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Hartford
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The Aqua Velva State – Today in History: November 17
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Witchcraft in Connecticut
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American Actor Changes 19th-Century Theater – Who Knew?
The Danbury Fair, 1869-1981
Sylvester Poli, Negotiating Cultural Politics in an Age of Immigration
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And They’re Off!: Harness Racing at Charter Oak Park
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Savin Rock Park: “Connecticut’s Coney Island”
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Colt Park and the Magical Summer of 1976
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The Most Famous American in the World
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The Story of the Oakdale Makes Great Theater
Samuel L. Clemens Receives Scrap-book Patent – Who Knew?
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Harkness Memorial Park Offers a Glimpse into Early 20th Century Wealth
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The Hartford Insurance Investigator With the Action-Packed Expense Account
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Colonial Revival Movement Sought Stability during Time of Change
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Metal Homes for the Atomic Age
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Exploring Early Connecticut Mapmaking
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Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)
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Take Me to the Fair: Connecticut Exhibits at the International Expositions
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Connecticut: Home to the Boxcar Children Mysteries – Who Knew?
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Bridgeport’s Walt Kelly, Creator of Pogo
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Amateur Radio Comes of Age in Connecticut
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Michael Marinaro
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Newington
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A Candy Bar Empire in Naugatuck
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Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren Wed – Today in History: February 10
A 1947 Movie Details the Unsolved Murder of a Bridgeport Priest
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North Stonington Fairs Preserve Connecticut’s Agricultural Heritage
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The Hartford Circus Fire
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P. T. Barnum Dies – Today in History: April 7
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Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Inventor of the Erector Set – Today in History: February 15
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Waterford’s Need for Speed
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The Hartford Courant: The Oldest US Newspaper in Continuous Publication
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Hardcore Connecticut: Documenting the State’s Punk Rock Scene
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Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30
P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life
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Diamonds of the Past: Hartford’s Lost Ball Parks
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Just Pour Over Ice – Who Knew?
A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn
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Samuel Colt and Elizabeth Jarvis Marry – Today in History: June 5
A Tale of Shad, the State Fish
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Quassy: One of the Last of the Old-Time Trolley Parks
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The Answer Is Risom!
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Luna Park – Who Knew?
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West Hartford
Preserving an All-American Downtown in Torrington
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