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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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Abundant Wildlife Drives the History of Rocky Neck State Park

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Jimmy Piersall’s Public Struggle with Mental Illness

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

Goshen Fairs Well with Agricultural Enthusiasts

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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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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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Video – Free-for-all Race at Charter Oak Park

Diamonds of the Past: Hartford’s Lost Ball Parks

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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?

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