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"Hartford, a city, seat of justice of Hart ford county, and semi-capital of Connecticut, is situated on the right bank of the Connecticut river, at the head of sloop navigation, 60 miles from Long Island sound, 30 miles by railroad N. N. E. from New Haven, 124 miles W. S. W. from Boston, and 112 miles N. E. from New York. Lat. 41° 45' 59" N. ; lon. 72° 40 45" W. It is connected with East Hartford, on the opposite side of the river, by a covered bridge 1000 feet long. The chartered limits of the city extend along the W. bank of the river upwards of a mile, and three-quarters of a mile back, including an area of about 700 acres. The site is considerably elevated, and the surface some what broken. There are upwards of 70 streets and alleys, some of which run parallel with the river, and are intersected at right angles by those passing from E. to W.; while others are very irregular. Main street reaches from the northern to the southern extremity of the city, dividing it into two nearly equal parts. On this street, which is broad, and more than a mile in length, are many of the public buildings and churches, and also a large number of the retail stores. State street extends from Maine street to the river ; on it is done most of the wholesale business : near its junction with Main street it divides into two parts, enclosing the state house and public square. Asylum street passes westward to the principal railroad station, and is the seat of an important business, consisting chiefly of cotton and woollen goods of home manufacture. The city is, for the most part, compactly built, principally of brick and freestone, and exhibits much taste and elegance. Among the public buildings the state house, erected in 1792, may be mentioned as the most remarkable. It is a fine structure of the Doric order, 114 feet by 76, with walls 54 feet high. Be sides the legislative halls, it contains apartments for the several courts of the state and county, and numerous public offices. The edifice is adorned with two porticos and a dome, the top of which affords a magnificent view of the city, the river, and the surrounding country. The legislature meets alternately here and at New Haven — the odd years at Hartford. The city hall, fronting on market square, is a handsome building of Grecian architecture, containing the police court room, a large hall for public purposes, and the city market. There are also 2 extensive railroad depots. In 1852 the city contained 21 churches of the various denominations, many of them large and elegant edifices..."
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ...
Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.)
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1854
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ...
Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.)
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1854
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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- 1614 - Dutch trader, Adriaen Block, sailed up Connecticut River, landed near Hartford
- 1633 - The Dutch erect a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, on the future site of Hartford.
The Dutch buy a parcel of land from the Indians, on what is the present site of Hartford, and build a fort/ trading post known as The House of Good Hop...Read MORE... - 1635 - The English establish a permanent settlement at Hartford under the direction of John Steel.
Early Settlers of Connecticut www.ctstatelibrary.org/ subjectguides/ early-settlers-connecticut - 1636 - Thomas Hooker and company journey from Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts to found Hartford.
Other "Founders" of Hartford arrive, including the Rev. Thomas Hooker, Rev. Samuel Stone, and most of the congregation of the First Church of Christ o...Read MORE... - 1639 - January 14 - 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow
historyorb.com - 1647 - May 26 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford,
historyorb.com - 1662 - Connecticut Colony is established in Hartford by royal charter of Charles II, taking its name from the Indian name of the Connecticut River: Quonektacat, meaning long river.
www.bethany-ct.com/ historicalSociety/ bhs-facts.htm - 1687 – King James II sends armed men to Hartford to seize the 1662 Charter of Connecticut, which is hidden in the Charter Oak; government under the old charter is restored two years later.
www.bethany-ct.com/ historicalSociety/ bhs-facts.htm - 1764 - Connecticut Courant
Connecticut Courant, the oldest American newspaper in continuous existence to the present, launched at Hartford by Thomas Green.
Timeline of Connecticut History - January 29, 1780 - The temperature dipped to 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT.
The Weather Channel - 1784 - Incorporated
Earliest Connecticut cities incorporated - Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London and Norwich.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1788 - Federal Constitution Approved
Convention at Hartford approves Federal Constitution by 128-40 vote.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1792 - Hartford Bank Established
In 1792, Hartford Bank was established with capital of $930,000.
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 3
Author Sir David Brewster
Publisher J. & E...Read MORE... - 1793-96 - State House erected
Old State House, Hartford, erected; designed by Charles Bulfinch.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1796 - First cookbook written by an American was published in Hartford. The book was American Cookery by Amelia Simmons.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ connecticut.html - 1810 - Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company incorporated.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1815 - Voyage up the Connecticut River
First steamboat voyage up the Connecticut River to Hartford.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1817 - School for the Deaf
Thomas Gallaudet found school for the deaf in Hartford.
Hartford Times founded by Frederick D. Bolles and John M. Niles.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1818 - Constitution Adopted
New Constitution adopted by convention in Hartford and approved by voters; ends system of established church.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1819 - Hartford
Hartford, the seat of justice for the county and semi-capital of the State, is located on the west side of Connecticut river, fifty miles northwesterl...Read MORE... - 1823 - College founded
Washington College (now Trinity) founded in Hartford.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1831 - Mutual Insurance Company
Mutual Insurance Company of Hartford founded.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1839 - December 28 - The third storm in two weeks hit the northeastern U.S. It brought two more feet of snow to Hartford, CT, and Worcester, MA. Whole gales swept the coast causing many wrecks.
WeatherForYou.com - 1839 - Railroad completed between New Haven and Hartford.
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad, New Haven's first railroad was opened in New Haven to North Haven in November, 1838. An old newspaper gives an ac...Read MORE... - 1842 - Art Museum
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, first public art museum, established.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1844 - anesthesia
Dr. Horace Wells uses anesthesia at Hartford.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1853 - Aetna Life Insurance Company
Aetna Life Insurance Company started in Hartford.
Timeline of Connecticut History 
Residence of Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe- 1875 - Capital
Hartford made sole capital city.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1879 - Capitol building
New Capitol building in Hartford completed; Richard Upjohn, architect.
Timeline of Connecticut History 
Residence of Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain)
1882 - HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL BURNED. ONLY THE WALLS LEFT STANDING - A LOSS OF $200,000.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. - The public High School was destroyed by fire early this morning, the walls only being left standing. The fire started, it ...Read MORE...- 1884 - A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE Felt Over a Large Region – A Vibratory Motion from Washington to Maine
...Probably Hartford, Conn., was the most shaken of any point heard from. At twenty-one minutes to three o’clock p. m., three long and convulsive shoc...Read MORE... 
1888 Colt's Lightning Magazine Rifles
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
Riverside Park- 1892 - FACTORY EXPLOSION.
Hartford, Conn., May 23. - At 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon the factory of the AEtna Pyrotechnic company, in Mechanic street, blew up with a tremend...Read MORE... - 1894 - CHILDREN ASPHYXIATED. IMPRISONED IN A FREIGHT CABOOSE BY A SPRING LOCK AT HARTFORD, CONN.
Hartford, Conn., July 30. - RAYMOND, aged 9; LEROY, aged 7; and FREDDIE, aged 4, the children of James W. Ganlon, a locomotive engineer on the New Yor...Read MORE... - 1896 - "UNCLE TOM" - Its Famous Author Dies At Hartford, Conn.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Career.
Was a Sister of Henry Ward Beecher.
Wrote Much - Her First Book Was Famous.
Almost exactly at high noon, We...Read MORE... - 1897 - Pope Manufacturing Company
Manufacture of automobiles begun by Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1898 - FIRE STOPS MASQUERADE BALL. Eight Persons Severely Burned at Germania Hall, Hartford, Conn.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 8. - At a fire in Germania Hall, corner of Main and Morgan Streets, last night, while the tableux were being prepared to open t...Read MORE... - 1898 - Hartford - The Birthplace of Democracy by Mary K. Talcott
Among the historic cities of New England, Hartford claims a foremost place. Not only was its settlement of great consequence at the time, but for hist...Read MORE... 
Wm. H. Wiley & Son, Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
5% Nickel Steel Tubing is found only in Columbia Bicycles
Pope Mfg. Co, Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898- 1899 - EXPLOSION AT STATE CAPITOL. Watchmen Were Investigating Gas Leak with Lighted Lantern - One Man Injured.
Hartford, Aug. 14. - Escaping gas at the state capitol caused Night Watchman James Keefe of this city and Assistant Night Watchman George H. Cooper of...Read MORE... 
Looking across Connecticut River towards Travelers Building, Hartford, Conn.
Main Street, looking North from Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn.
Hotel Bond, Hartford, Conn.
"Hotel Bond is a historic hotel, built in two stages in 1913 and 1921, in downtown Hartford, Connecticut by hotelier Harry S. Bond. It is located near Bushnell Park, and was considered the grandest hotel in Hartford... Read MORE...
View of Main Street from City Hall
The Old State House- 1902 - August 22 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
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August 22, 1902 
City Hall
The Cathedral, 1909
Keney Tower, 1909
Main Street, Looking South, 1909
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, 1911
Hartford, Conn. Hartford Hospital, Main Entrance- 1914 - FLAMES WRECK NEW HAVEN DEPOT AT HARTFORD, CONN.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21. - The Union Station of the New Haven Railroad here was wrecked by fire this afternoon and all train service interrupted. A l...Read MORE... - 1916
Hartford, a city, port of entry, and the capital of Connecticut and seat of justice of Hartford co., is situated upon the W. bank of the Connecticut R...Read MORE... 
New Palace Theatre, 1917
Asylum Street, Looking West from Trumbull Street
Horace Bushnell Memorial
Hartford Golf Club
The Morgan Memorial
Municipal Building
Trinity College- 1927 - Flood
...At Hartford, Conn., 12 families were marooned on the second floors of their homes..
The Oelwein Daily Register
Iowa
November 4, 1927 - 1929 - April 7 - Record heat prevailed across New England. Hartford CT reported an afternoon high of 90 degrees.
WeatherForYou.com 
Hotel Hartford
Main Street, Looking South
March 1936 Flood
March 1936 Flood- 1938 - The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
CAT 3 - September 21, 1938
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike Southern New En...Read MORE... - 1939 - First FM radio station, WDRC-FM began broadcasting in Hartford
www.ereferencedesk.com /resources/ state-facts/ connecticut.html - 1944 - July 6 - Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford took 168 lives.
1944 - July 6 - World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)
Timeline of Connecticut History
July 6, 1944 - 1949 - Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - Bad Place to Sleep
...A Hartford youth, pronounced by police to be under the influence of liquor after he left a tavern at closing time, sprawled out in the middle of th...Read MORE... - 1950 - November 25-26 - Wind gusts to 100 mph recorded at Hartford CT
The Weather Channel - 1957 - University of Hartford founded.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1960 - Front Street redevelopment
Ground broken for first building in Hartford's Front Street redevelopment area; now known as Constitution plaza.
Timeline of Connecticut History - 1978 - January 18 - Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
historyorb.com
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Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Residence of Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Residence of Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain)
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1888 Colt's Lightning Magazine Rifles
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Connecticut
Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Riverside Park
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Wm. H. Wiley & Son, Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
March 1898
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
5% Nickel Steel Tubing is found only in Columbia Bicycles
Pope Mfg. Co, Hartford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Looking across Connecticut River towards Travelers Building, Hartford, Conn.
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Main Street, looking North from Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn.
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Hotel Bond, Hartford, Conn.
"Hotel Bond is a historic hotel, built in two stages in 1913 and 1921, in downtown Hartford, Connecticut by hotelier Harry S. Bond. It is located near Bushnell Park, and was considered the grandest hotel in Hartford... Read MORE...
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
View of Main Street from City Hall
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
The Old State House
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
City Hall
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
The Cathedral, 1909
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Keney Tower, 1909
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Main Street, Looking South, 1909
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, 1911
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Hartford, Conn. Hartford Hospital, Main Entrance
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
New Palace Theatre, 1917
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Asylum Street, Looking West from Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Horace Bushnell Memorial
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Hartford Golf Club
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
The Morgan Memorial
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Municipal Building
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Hotel Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Main Street, Looking South
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
March 1936 Flood
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
March 1936 Flood
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1614 - Dutch trader, Adriaen Block, sailed up Connecticut River, landed near Hartford
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1633 - The Dutch erect a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, on the future site of Hartford.
The Dutch buy a parcel of land from the Indians, on what is the present site of Hartford, and build a fort/ trading post known as The House of Good Hop... Read MORE...
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1635 - The English establish a permanent settlement at Hartford under the direction of John Steel.
Early Settlers of Connecticut www.ctstatelibrary.org/ subjectguides/ early-settlers-connecticut
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1636 - Thomas Hooker and company journey from Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts to found Hartford.
Other "Founders" of Hartford arrive, including the Rev. Thomas Hooker, Rev. Samuel Stone, and most of the congregation of the First Church of Christ o... Read MORE...
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1639 - January 14 - 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow
historyorb.com
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1647 - May 26 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford,
historyorb.com
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1662 - Connecticut Colony is established in Hartford by royal charter of Charles II, taking its name from the Indian name of the Connecticut River: Quonektacat, meaning long river.
www.bethany-ct.com/ historicalSociety/ bhs-facts.htm
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1687 – King James II sends armed men to Hartford to seize the 1662 Charter of Connecticut, which is hidden in the Charter Oak; government under the old charter is restored two years later.
www.bethany-ct.com/ historicalSociety/ bhs-facts.htm
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History of Hartford, Connecticut
History of Hartford, Connecticut (www.youtube.com)
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1764 - Connecticut Courant
Connecticut Courant, the oldest American newspaper in continuous existence to the present, launched at Hartford by Thomas Green. Timeline of Connecticut History
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January 29, 1780 - The temperature dipped to 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT.
The Weather Channel
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1784 - Incorporated
Earliest Connecticut cities incorporated - Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London and Norwich. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1788 - Federal Constitution Approved
Convention at Hartford approves Federal Constitution by 128-40 vote. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1792 - Hartford Bank Established
In 1792, Hartford Bank was established with capital of $930,000.
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 3
Author Sir David Brewster
Publisher J. & E... Read MORE...
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1793-96 - State House erected
Old State House, Hartford, erected; designed by Charles Bulfinch. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1796 - First cookbook written by an American was published in Hartford. The book was American Cookery by Amelia Simmons.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ connecticut.html
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1810 - Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company incorporated. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1815 - Voyage up the Connecticut River
First steamboat voyage up the Connecticut River to Hartford. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1817 - School for the Deaf
Thomas Gallaudet found school for the deaf in Hartford.
Hartford Times founded by Frederick D. Bolles and John M. Niles. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1818 - Constitution Adopted
New Constitution adopted by convention in Hartford and approved by voters; ends system of established church. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1819 - Hartford
Hartford, the seat of justice for the county and semi-capital of the State, is located on the west side of Connecticut river, fifty miles northwesterl... Read MORE...
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1823 - College founded
Washington College (now Trinity) founded in Hartford. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1831 - Mutual Insurance Company
Mutual Insurance Company of Hartford founded. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1839 - Railroad completed between New Haven and Hartford.
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad, New Haven's first railroad was opened in New Haven to North Haven in November, 1838. An old newspaper gives an ac... Read MORE...
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1839 - December 28 - The third storm in two weeks hit the northeastern U.S. It brought two more feet of snow to Hartford, CT, and Worcester, MA. Whole gales swept the coast causing many wrecks.
WeatherForYou.com
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1842 - Art Museum
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, first public art museum, established. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1844 - anesthesia
Dr. Horace Wells uses anesthesia at Hartford. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1853 - Aetna Life Insurance Company
Aetna Life Insurance Company started in Hartford. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1875 - Capital
Hartford made sole capital city. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1879 - Capitol building
New Capitol building in Hartford completed; Richard Upjohn, architect. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1882 - HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL BURNED. ONLY THE WALLS LEFT STANDING - A LOSS OF $200,000.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. - The public High School was destroyed by fire early this morning, the walls only being left standing. The fire started, it ... Read MORE...
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1884 - A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE Felt Over a Large Region – A Vibratory Motion from Washington to Maine
...Probably Hartford, Conn., was the most shaken of any point heard from. At twenty-one minutes to three o’clock p. m., three long and convulsive shoc... Read MORE...
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1892 - FACTORY EXPLOSION.
Hartford, Conn., May 23. - At 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon the factory of the AEtna Pyrotechnic company, in Mechanic street, blew up with a tremend... Read MORE...
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1894 - CHILDREN ASPHYXIATED. IMPRISONED IN A FREIGHT CABOOSE BY A SPRING LOCK AT HARTFORD, CONN.
Hartford, Conn., July 30. - RAYMOND, aged 9; LEROY, aged 7; and FREDDIE, aged 4, the children of James W. Ganlon, a locomotive engineer on the New Yor... Read MORE...
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1896 - "UNCLE TOM" - Its Famous Author Dies At Hartford, Conn.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Career.
Was a Sister of Henry Ward Beecher.
Wrote Much - Her First Book Was Famous.
Almost exactly at high noon, We... Read MORE...
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1897 - Pope Manufacturing Company
Manufacture of automobiles begun by Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1898 - Hartford - The Birthplace of Democracy by Mary K. Talcott
Among the historic cities of New England, Hartford claims a foremost place. Not only was its settlement of great consequence at the time, but for hist... Read MORE...
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1898 - FIRE STOPS MASQUERADE BALL. Eight Persons Severely Burned at Germania Hall, Hartford, Conn.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 8. - At a fire in Germania Hall, corner of Main and Morgan Streets, last night, while the tableux were being prepared to open t... Read MORE...
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1899 - EXPLOSION AT STATE CAPITOL. Watchmen Were Investigating Gas Leak with Lighted Lantern - One Man Injured.
Hartford, Aug. 14. - Escaping gas at the state capitol caused Night Watchman James Keefe of this city and Assistant Night Watchman George H. Cooper of... Read MORE...
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1902 - August 22 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
www.wikipedia.org
August 22, 1902
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1914 - FLAMES WRECK NEW HAVEN DEPOT AT HARTFORD, CONN.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21. - The Union Station of the New Haven Railroad here was wrecked by fire this afternoon and all train service interrupted. A l... Read MORE...
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1916
Hartford, a city, port of entry, and the capital of Connecticut and seat of justice of Hartford co., is situated upon the W. bank of the Connecticut R... Read MORE...
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1927 - Flood
...At Hartford, Conn., 12 families were marooned on the second floors of their homes.. The Oelwein Daily Register
Iowa
November 4, 1927
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1929 - April 7 - Record heat prevailed across New England. Hartford CT reported an afternoon high of 90 degrees.
WeatherForYou.com
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1938 - The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
CAT 3 - September 21, 1938
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike Southern New En... Read MORE...
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1939 - First FM radio station, WDRC-FM began broadcasting in Hartford
www.ereferencedesk.com /resources/ state-facts/ connecticut.html
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1944 - July 6 - Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford took 168 lives.
1944 - July 6 - World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) Timeline of Connecticut History
July 6, 1944
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1949 - Highway Safety Commission Lists 1948 Freak Accidents - Bad Place to Sleep
...A Hartford youth, pronounced by police to be under the influence of liquor after he left a tavern at closing time, sprawled out in the middle of th... Read MORE...
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1950 - November 25-26 - Wind gusts to 100 mph recorded at Hartford CT
The Weather Channel
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1957 - University of Hartford founded.
Timeline of Connecticut History
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1960 - Front Street redevelopment
Ground broken for first building in Hartford's Front Street redevelopment area; now known as Constitution plaza. Timeline of Connecticut History
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1978 - January 18 - Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
historyorb.com
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