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Derby Day on the Housatonic

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Banner Lodge: A Vacation Playground for an Excluded Population

  • Writer:
    Nancy Finlay

  • Town(s):
    East Haddam

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The Story of Connecticut’s Largest State Forest

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Trumbull’s Parlor Rock Park: A Premier Amusement Center of the Late 19th Century

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Peter’s Rock: North Haven History with a View

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Lake Compounce: Bringing Amusements to the State’s Residents Since 1846

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Preserving Connecticut’s Natural Beauty: Connecticut’s First State Parks

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Boat Shoes Have Ties to Connecticut – Who Knew?

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Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years

The Park Movement in Hartford

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Muzzy Field: A Historic Ball Park Survives in a Post-Industrial City

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Luna Park: A 20th-century Story of Amusement and Morality

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Andrus Field 1831–1911: Athletics and the Environment

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Mohawk Mountain Made Snow for Winter Sports Lovers – Who Knew?

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Skating Through Winter

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NFL Great, Andy Robustelli of Stamford

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Foot Ball Match: Harvard vs. Yale – Today in History: November 13

The Great Danbury State Fair & Early 20th-Century Outdoor Advertising

When the NFL Played in Connecticut: The Hartford Blues

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Walt Dropo Stars Throughout New England

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A Pie Tin’s Soaring Sales

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Lake Pocotopaug Shapes the Growth of East Hampton

A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport

Reading, Writing, and the Great Outdoors: Frederick Gunn’s School Transforms Victorian-era Education

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Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck

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Jimmy Piersall’s Public Struggle with Mental Illness

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Summer Crowds Flocked to New Canaan and Stayed

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Wiffle Throws a Curve in American Leisure Time

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Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden: June is Busting Out All Over

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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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Danbury Baseball History Covers All the Bases

The Hartford Whalers: Connecticut’s Last Major League Sports Franchise

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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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Swinging for the Fences: Connecticut’s Black Baseball Greats

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The Thimble Islands – Little Islands with a Big History

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Mr. & Mrs. Rockwell’s Park

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The Danbury Fair, 1869-1981

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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Pope Park – Yesterday and Today

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Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents

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“The Basque Game in Town”: The Heyday of Jai Alai in Connecticut

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The Story of the Oakdale Makes Great Theater

Harkness Memorial Park Offers a Glimpse into Early 20th Century Wealth

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A Real Connecticut Yankee’s Baseball Career Cut Short

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The Coaster Brake – Today in History: April 9

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Spring Training Baseball Comes to Wallingford

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Andover Lake: A Lesson in Social Change

A Good Spot and a Healthy Place: A Short History of Charles Island

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Almost a Tragedy: The Collapse of the Hartford Civic Center

Waterford’s Need for Speed

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Goshen Fairs Well with Agricultural Enthusiasts

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Diamonds of the Past: Hartford’s Lost Ball Parks

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A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn

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Abundant Wildlife Drives the History of Rocky Neck State Park

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Semi-Pro Baseball in Sharon – Who Knew?

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Park Street Festival, Hartford 1978

Quassy: One of the Last of the Old-Time Trolley Parks

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The League of American Wheelmen and Hartford’s Albert Pope Champion the Good Roads Movement

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The Rise of the “Second Home” Community in Sharon – Who Knew?

  • Writer:
    Sharon Historical Society

  • Town(s):
    Sharon

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