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SUMMER 2008
VOLUME 6 / NUMBER 3
IN THIS ISSUE:  On and Off the Beaten Path

Connecticut’s Most Beautiful Vistas

Rediscovering the Hog River

High on a Hill: Waterbury’s Peace Cross

Where You Can Still Take the Trolley

Miss Ferriday’s Garden

On the cover: Bull’s Bridge, a classic New England covered bridge, crosses the Housatonic River in Kent.

Contents

Features

pg 16
Classic Vistas
A photo essay capturing Connecticut’s timeless scenery.
Photos by Robert Benson
Text by Jennifer Huget

Pg 22
Taking a Ride Down the Hog River
The colorful history of HRJ’s namesake waterway.
By Elizabeth J. Normen

Pg 28 
A Pilgrimage to Waterbury
Where a lighted cross stood sentinel over a miniature Holy Land.
By Wayne Gannaway

Pg 34
The Quarry that Built Boston and New York City
Portland’s brownstone was once the building material of choice.
By Doe Boyle

Pg 40
Connecticut’s Historic Trails
The tramping movement put three scenic trails on the map.
By Christine Woodside

Departments
pg 11 From the Publisher 
pg 12 Contributors to This Issue
pg 14 Letters, etc.
pg 46 Destination:
Weir Farm National Historic Site. By Christopher Gezon
The Shoreline Trolley Museum. By Michael Schreiber
Bartlett’s Tower. By Brenda J. Miller
The Lyman Viaduct. By Janice Mathews
The Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden. By Kristin P. Havill

pg 52 Shoebox Archives: Reflections on a Connecticut Landscape
By Odell Shepard, with introduction by Rick Sowash

pg 53 Soapbox: No Child Left Inside
By Gina McCarthy

pg 54 Afterword: Wrapping up the 5th anniversary celebration and events not to be missed this summer.

 

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Sample articles from past issues:

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SPRING /2008

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WINTER 2007/2008

The Legend of The Charter Oak

Nutmeg Adds Spice. But is it Nice?

Weston Meteorite

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FALL 2007

The Fuller Brush Company

Everyman's Time: The Rise and Fall of Connecticut's Clockmaking

The Bright Lights of Willimantic

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SUMMER 2007

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SPRING 2007

Ninety Days that Sickened Connecticut

Doctoring on the Field of Battle

James Pharmacy

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WINTER 2006/2007

Federal Art Project in New Haven

Norwich's Renaissance Man

Impressions of the Impressionists

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FALL 2006

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London

The Kent Iron Furnace

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SUMMER 2006

Escape from New-Gate Prison

Written in Stone

Hammonasset Beach State Park summers

 

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SPRING 2006

Hebrew Tillers of the Soil

The first American cookbook

What We Loved to Eat

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WINTER 2005/2006

A Valley Flooded

Making a Success of Coltsville

In a Neighborhood, A Boy's World

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FALL 2005

The "Conference" State

Glimpses of Lincoln's Brilliance

Stamping Out the Reds

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SUMMER 2005

Making Their Presence Known

What's a Puritan?

Enfield's Shaker Legacy

Faith Congregational Church

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SPRING 2005

The Horseless Era Arrives

Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?

The Sky's the Limit

A Century of Connecticut Inventions

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2004 NOV/DEC/JAN 2005

Daniel Wadsworth and the Hudson River School

The Enigma of Wallace Stevens

Lunch with Monet

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AUG/SEP/OCT 2004

The Education of Ella Grasso

Ancient Burying Ground

Politics of Change: Mayor vs. Manager

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MAY/JUN/JUL 2004

Miracle on Capital Avenue

Hartford Labor Militants Fight the Spanish Civil War

A piece of silk tells of the richly textured fabric of mill town life.

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FEB/MAR/APR 2004

Hospital Rock

A well-stocked saddlebag for the doctor on horseback.

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2003 NOV/DEC/JAN 2004

A War Contested

"If You Don't Need It, DON'T BUY IT."

Manufacturing for the War Effort

Fighting for Freedom

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SUMMER 2003

An Art School Forged in the Gilded Age

Audacious Alliances

Sophia Woodhouse's Grass Bonnets

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SPRING 2003

Hartford's Motion Picture Palaces

A Connecticut Yankee Doodle Dandy

The Hartford Dark Blues

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WINTER 2003

A Tale of Two Cities: The Rise and Fall of Public Housing

The Last 18th-Century House on Main Street

Francis Goodwin II's reflections on the wild and wooly three-day opening of the Bulkeley Bridge.

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FALL 2002

A River Runs Under It: A Hog River History

Tobacco Valley: Puerto Rican Farm Workers in Connecticut

A "Tomitude"

 

 

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