Connecticut
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14.0KThe 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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16.6KWhen Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Honeymooned (and Partied) in Westport, Conn.
In 1920, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald honeymooned in Westport, Conn., so he could write, she could swim and they could both party...
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9.1KSeven Fun Facts About Taxes
There isn’t much that’s fun about taxes, but we thought we’d try to find something. So we found seven fun — well,...
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10.6K5The 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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8.3K2More Revolutionaries Died in Prison Than on the Battlefield. A Lot More.
Late in 1776, the British army released thousands of revolutionaries imprisoned in New York. Their condition – starving, diseased, near death –...
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16.3K4Black Husband, White Scientist: The Secret Double Life of Clarence King
In 1888, Clarence King started to lead two secret lives, one on each side of the Brooklyn Bridge. In Manhattan, he was...
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