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Travelers' Founder: Hartford's 19th-Century Renaissance Man
The Hartford CourantIn 1845, a young man from the marble district of the Litchfield Hills arrived in Hartford just as the city's new rail line helped trigger an industrial boom that, by 1870, made it one of the richest small cities in America. At age 22, James G....Tags: New Preston, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Abraham Lincoln, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Best Park
1) Elizabeth Park Hartford has acres of history. We got your Mark Twain, your Harriet Beecher Stowe, your Wallace Stevens, your Samuel Colt, your Thomas Hooker. Major-league cultural shapers all. A somewhat lesser-known light is Frederick Law Olmsted,...
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Sam Colt's Dress Blues, A New Find, Sheds Light On Brief Chapter In Civil War
The Hartford CourantIn May 1861, Samuel Colt was Hartford's richest, most famous citizen. A charismatic, driven entrepreneur, Colt possessed inventive genius, boundless imagination and unsurpassed marketing prowess. He had built an internationally renowned business centered...Tags: Homes, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Firearms
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver. 1919: Oregon became the first state to tax gasoline, at one cent per gallon. 1950: "Your Show of Shows," starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris, debuted on NBC-TV. 1964:...Tags: Miami Beach, Muhammad Ali, Human Interest, Oregon, Imogene Coca
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Friday's Highlights: 'Smallville' on KTLA
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of April 17 - 23 in PDF format TV listings for the week of April 17 - 23 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Prepare for the Porn Star Invasion
BoystownEach Memorial Day weekend, dozens of porn stars descend upon Chicago for the gay porn awards show, the Grabbys. It truly is one of my favorite times of year–like Christmas, if Santa had a video camera and his elves were hot guys who liked to have... -
"Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" by S. C. Gwynne
Special to the Tribune"Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" By S. C. Gwynne Towards the end of S.C Gwynne’s mesmerizing "Empire of the Summer Moon," Quanah Parker explains to...Tags: Firearms, Illinois, Natalie Wood, Chicago Tribune, History
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The Case For A Coltsville National Park
As our nation discovers that the corporate headquarters of some of the nation's largest companies have become a den of thieves, it seems clear that our business schools - and other parts of the educational system - have been remiss in teaching future...Tags: Connecticut River, Firearms, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations, California
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Chapter Four: The Lash and the Loom
Past the heavy glass doors of the world's most famous jewelry store, two glimmering rings sit waiting to be selected for the proper marriage. One is a diamond-inlaid platinum band selling for $11,700, the other a matching engagement ring priced at $37,...Tags: Henry Ward Beecher, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Eastern Connecticut State University, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Congress
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Chapter Seven: The Last Slaves
In a field behind Deep River's historical society stands a small glass building shaped like a triangle. It looks like a greenhouse, but there is a U.S. patent for it filed by a local man named Ulysses Pratt. This "bleach house," as it was called, was...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Luxury Goods Industry, Photography, Politics, Italy
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Cedar Hill Serenity
Courant Staff WriterFor most people, Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford won't jump to mind when thoughts turn to an afternoon outdoors. Unless you travel Fairfield Avenue regularly, you might not even know it exists. And should you know it is there, you probably don't know...Tags: Death, Firearms, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, New York
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`My Latest Work on Moral Reform'
By the late 1850s, Samuel Colt had already become a millionaire by selling his famous revolvers to armies around the world. He had just opened his Coltsville Armory in Hartford's South Meadows, where his workers churned out 150 guns a day using the latest...Tags: John Brown, Slavery, Death, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Laws
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