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Category: History and Other Old Things

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Posted December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Sydney MorrisPosted in History and Other Old Things

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTER GIFT SHOP Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (and Twain’s next door neighbor), Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in this house for over […]

Zion Hill Cemetery

Posted October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Sydney MorrisPosted in Attractions, History and Other Old Things, The Great Outdoors

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Sigourney Square Park

Posted October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Sydney MorrisPosted in Attractions, History and Other Old Things, The Great Outdoors

SIGOURNEY SQUARE PARK Sigourney Square (1895) is a square block that was conceived with a simple “X” walk pattern connecting its four corners and was […]

A. Everett Austin House

Posted December 18, 2019January 2, 2020 Sydney MorrisPosted in Appreciate Some Art, Attractions, For The Kiddos, History and Other Old Things

a. everett austin house It isn’t fake. It’s real, and it’s spectacular. The largest object in the Wadsworth’s collection is the former West End home […]

Slipaway River Boat Tours

Posted December 18, 2019March 24, 2020 Sydney MorrisPosted in Attractions, For The Kiddos, History and Other Old Things

SLIPAWAY RIVER TOURS Get away from it all on this hour long cruise down the Connecticut River. You can see all the wildlife, bring your […]

Bushnell Park Carousel

Posted December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Sydney MorrisPosted in For The Kiddos, History and Other Old Things

BUSHNELL PARK CAROUSEL It’s not every city that has a fully restored wooden carousel circa 1914 with 36 hand carved jumper horses, 12 stationary horses, […]

Connecticut History Illustrated

Posted December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Sydney MorrisPosted in History and Other Old Things

CONNECTICUT HISTORY ILLUSTRATED Connecticut History Illustrated provides access to over 50,000 Connecticut related photographs, drawings, and prints. Get ready to lose yourself for hours on […]

Connecticut Historical Society

Posted December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Sydney MorrisPosted in For The Kiddos, History and Other Old Things

CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHS houses a genealogy research center, a library, and a museum where you can walk a really interesting timeline of Connecticut history. […]

Connecticut Old State House

Posted December 9, 2019December 11, 2019 Sydney MorrisPosted in History and Other Old Things, Specialty

CONNECTICUT’S OLD STATE HOUSE It was the site of the Amistad Trials, sits on the site of the first witch-hanging in America (55 years before […]

Mark Twain House

Posted December 9, 2019April 20, 2021 Sydney MorrisPosted in History and Other Old Things

mark twain house & museum Mark Twain lived here for almost twenty years and some of his best-known works, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, […]

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