All posts tagged "Wallingford"
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10.9KConnecticutWhy Glenn Miller Has a Memorial Stone in a New Haven Cemetery
Swing bandleader Glenn Miller was born in Iowa, grew up in the Midwest, got famous in New York City, lived in New...
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15.2KConnecticutThe 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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11.5K5ConnecticutThe 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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17.6K4New 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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12.4K1Religion 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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20.1K14ConnecticutDivorce, 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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