All posts tagged "Wallingford"
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1.7KConnecticutThe Wallingford Tornado of 1878 Unleashes Terror on an Unsuspecting Town
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 ranks as one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Connecticut. It caused so much damage...
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5.3K4ConnecticutThe Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Borough
For over 200 years Connecticut has had a somewhat unique type of local government – a borough, of which nine currently survive....
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9.1K1New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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3.9KReligion and Social MovementsJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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6.0K10ConnecticutDivorce, Murder and Madness: The Puritan Tuttles of the New Haven Colony
William and Elizabeth Tuttle sailed to America in 1635 to become one of the founding families of the New Haven Colony. Arriving...
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9.9K1Business and LaborPolly Peabody, The Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Polly Peabody did in her life. Born Mary Phelps Jacob, she was called...
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5.5K7Arts and LeisureSix Churches (All Gorgeous) Designed by Ralph Adams Cram
Once the most famous architect of his day, Ralph Adams Cram designed many churches (mostly Episcopal), schools and libraries in New England....
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18.5K8ConnecticutWilliam Franklin, Ben’s Son, Spent the Revolutionary War in a Connecticut Jail
The American Revolution created rifts in many families with both patriots and loyalists among their members, none more disruptive than the divide...
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8.5K7ConnecticutThe Mystery of the Wallingford Shoebox Murder
The Wallingford shoebox murder was discovered on the Sunday morning of Aug. 8, 1886, by three young men rambling through farm country....
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7.5K13ConnecticutMoses Dunbar, The Other Connecticut Man Hanged in the Revolution
Moses Dunbar was hanged in Hartford, Conn., on March 19, 1777 – and his father, it is believed, offered the hemp for...
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