Science and Nature
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13.9KThe 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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16.2K4Black 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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20.2KThe Mysterious Moodus Noises of Connecticut
The mysterious Moodus noises in south central Connecticut for many years frightened the Puritan settlers. They weren’t alone. The Wangunk Indians had...
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13.7K2The Tariffville Disaster Inspires the First Emergency Phone Call
The Tariffville disaster, a train wreck near Hartford, prompted the first-ever emergency telephone call when a doctor summoned help from a local...
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13.8K1When John Winthrop Jr. Doctored the Connecticut Colony. For Free.
Though he wasn’t even a doctor, John Winthrop Jr. diagnosed and medicated hundreds of New Englanders in the latter part of the...
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23.2K6How the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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