Connecticut
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3.5KJacques Pepin, French From Connecticut
Jacques Pepin and Julia Child were serving up mashed sweet potatoes during a televised cooking show just before Thanksgiving in 2000. Julia...
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2.1KThe Wide Awakes Help Elect Lincoln With Shiny Capes and Torchlight Parades
In 1858, young men from Hartford, Conn., organized bodyguards for Republican candidates campaigning through the streets of the Democratic city. They called...
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3.5KJohn C. Colt, Samuel Colt’s “Bad” Brother, Commits a Macabre Murder
Too bad John Colt didn’t use one of his brother Sam’s revolvers to kill Samuel Adams in 1841. If he had, Samuel...
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2.4KA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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4.4KNew England Witchcraft Trials: It Wasn’t Just Salem
Plenty of people in early New England were persecuted for witchcraft, and not just in Salem, Mass. Witches had troubled the European...
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3.9KThe Mark Twain Fantasy Menu
Mark Twain liked a good meal, a good cigar and a good cocktail. During a trip to Europe in the 1880s, he...
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2.9KThe Legend of Deep River’s XYZ Bank Robber
The letters XYZ are chiseled into a small grave marker in a corner of a cemetery in Deep River, Conn. Underneath lies...
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4.9K1Six Places an Iconic Food Was Born
New England has given birth to many an iconic food. The exact birthplace, however, of such beloved treats as the fluffernutter sandwish,...
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3.2KBridgeport Elects a Socialist Mayor Again and Again and Again
Bridgeport, Conn., elected for 24 years a socialist mayor named Jasper McLevy, beloved in the city despite his friendship with a notorious...
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