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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Coltsville Historic District
Original designated solely to encompass Armsmear, the home of arms maker Samuel Colt, this historic district was expanded in 1988 to include the Colt Armory, as well as worker housing and Colt Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Ida Tarbell House
Home of the muckraking journalist and author Ida Tarbell.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: James Dwight Dana House
Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: L. A. Dunton
Classic fishing schooner and one of the last sail-powered fishing vessels built.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Silas Deane House
Home of Silas Deane, member of the Continental Congress and America's first diplomat.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Litchfield Historic District
Well-preserved late 18th-early 19th century New England town that was the state's first historic district.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: William Williams House
Home of William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Henry Barnard House
Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Joseph Webb House
Site of the 1781 American Revolutionary War conference between General George Washington and French General Rochambeau.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Portland Brownstone Quarries
These quarries, active since 1690, were the source of vast quantities of brownstone for New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, other urban areas' buildings.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Yale Bowl
Bowl stadium, model for Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Nautilus (Uss)
The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Kimberly Mansion
Home of Abby and Julia Smith, suffragists who successfully fought the town of Glastonbury on the issue of taxation without representation.
Hartford Web Publishing
Hartford Black History Project: Citizens of Color: Black Society After Civil War
Discusses the history of the African American community in Hartford, Connecticut, in terms of the migration of former slaves to the city right after the end of the Civil War. Also discusses a second wave of migration as African Americans...
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: New England Articles of Confederation 1643
View the complete text of the New England Articles of Confederation 1643, an alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.
The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford: A Colonial Family and Community
Students are asked to be historical detectives. Using primary documents, they uncover information about the life and community of the Daggetts of northeastern Connecticut in the 1700s.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Robert D. Ballard, ph.d.
Biography of Robert Ballard, a trained marine geologist who is famous for discovering the Titanic as well as his work in oceanic research. Today, he is resident of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut; Scientist Emeritus...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times
A comprehensive look at Mark Twain and many of his novels. "Innocents Abroad", "Tom Sawyer", "Huck Finn", "Connecticut Yankee", and "Pudd'nhead Wilson" are covered. Links are available to the full texts, illustrations, advertising and...
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People of Connecticut: Charles Goodyear
At this site you can read about Charles Goodyear. This man invented the vulcanization of rubber in 1844.
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People of Connecticut: Samuel Colt
A biography about the maker of the pistol with a revolving cylinder.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Vicinity of New Haven and Hartford, 1858
A map from 1858 of the vicinity of Hartford on the Connecticut River. The map covers central Connecticut from Hartford south to New Haven, Litchfield to Bolton, and the Long Island Sound coastline from Fairfield to Saybrook.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Norwich, 1919
A road map of the vicinity of Norwich Connecticut from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Thames and Shetucket rivers, bridges, major roads, railroads and stations, parks, and major landmarks of the area.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Haven, 1872
A map from 1872 of the city and harbor of New Haven, Connecticut on Long Island Sound, about seventy-five miles northeast from New York City, and thirty-four southwest from Hartford.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Haven, 1919
A road map of southern Connecticut in the vicinity of New Haven from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), keyed to show the best auto routes, other auto routes, unreported roads, railroads, and canals.
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