The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - Unravel Travel TV
The Mark Twain House & Museum, is a National Historic Landmark in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The property was the home of America's greatest author, Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It is also where Twain lived when he wrote his most important works, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A stunning example of Picturesque Gothic architecture, the 25-room home features a dramatic grand hall, a lush glass conservatory, a grand library and the handsome billiard room where Twain wrote his famous books. National Geographic named it one of the ten best historic homes in the world, and TIME magazine dubbed it Downton Abbey's American Cousin.
Throughout the year, The Mark Twain House & Museum presents special events and educational programs that illuminate Twain's literary legacy for fans of all ages. In addition, we offer LIVING HISTORY TOURS, a behind-the-scenes look at The Mark Twain House with a costumed interpreter, nighttime Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours and murder-mystery CLUE Tours on select days and times.
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1. Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutch. They established a small, short-lived settlement in present-day Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut rivers called Huys de Goede Hoop. Connecticut was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Although Connecticut is technically part of New England, it is often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-state area.
2. Notice how quickly you pass through Connecticut while taking a road trip? That’s because it’s the nation’s third-smallest state. However, that doesn’t deter people from moving there. Connecticut is the fourth most densely populated state, and it also has the 29th largest population.
3. In 1901, CT passed the first ever automobile law. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour. Hold on to your hats, although if you were carousing down a country road, you could get away with 15.
4. Groton, CT, also known as the Submarine Capital of the World, is home of the official submarine museum of the United States Navy. The world’s first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, is docked at the Submarine Force Museum.
5. The first ever helicopter was built in Connecticut in 1939. On September 14, 1939, the VS-300, the world’s first practical helicopter, took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation, the helicopter was this first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design.
6. Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. The city was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. Following the American Civil War, Hartford was the richest city in the United States for several decades. Today, Hartford is one of the poorest cities in the nation, with 3 out of every 10 families living below the poverty line. In sharp contrast, the Hartford metropolitan area is ranked 32nd of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production and 7th out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income. Highlighting the socio-economic disparity between Hartford and its suburbs, 83% of Hartford's jobs are filled by commuters from neighboring towns who earn over $80,000, while 75% of Hartford residents who commute to work in other towns earn just $40,000.
7. Yale University is also in New Haven. Founded in 1701, it boasts the distinction of being the nation’s third-oldest university.
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Hartford is the capital of Connecticut and the historic seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775,[1] making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau estimates since then have indicated Hartford's subsequent fall to fourth place statewide as a result of sustained population growth in the coastal city of Stamford.
Nicknamed the Insurance Capital of the World, Hartford houses many insurance company headquarters, and insurance remains the region's major industry.[2] Founded in 1637, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. Hartford is home to the nation's oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum; the oldest publicly funded park, Bushnell Park; the oldest continuously published newspaper, The Hartford Courant; the second-oldest secondary school, Hartford Public; Trinity College, an elite, private liberal arts college, and the Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant attractions. In 1868, resident Mark Twain wrote, Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief.[3]
Following the American Civil War, Hartford was the richest city in the United States for several decades.[4] Today, Hartford is one of the poorest cities in the nation with 3 out of every 10 families living below the poverty line.[5] In sharp contrast, the Hartford metropolitan area is ranked 32nd of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production[6] and 7th out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income. Highlighting the socio-economic disparity between Hartford and its suburbs, 83% of Hartford's jobs are filled by commuters from neighboring towns who earn over $80,000, while 75% of Hartford residents who commute to work in other towns earn just $40,000.
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Hartford is the historic international center of the insurance industry, with companies such as Aetna, Conning & Company, The Hartford, The Phoenix Companies, UnitedHealthcare and Hartford Steam Boiler based in the city, and companies such as Travelers and Lincoln National Corporation having major operations in the city. The city is also home to the corporate headquarters of U.S. Fire Arms and United Technologies.
From the 19th century until the mid-20th century, Hartford was a major manufacturing city. During the Industrial Revolution into the mid-20th century, the Connecticut River Valley cities produced many major precision manufacturing innovations. Among these was Hartford's pioneer bicycle (and later) automobile maker Pope.[64] As in nearly all former Northern manufacturing cities, many factories have been closed, relocated, or reduced operations.
Aetna and the Hartford Financial Services Group, both Fortune 100 companies, are headquartered in Hartford. Travelers Insurance has its largest national employment center and historical headquarters in the city. CIGNA insurance is headquartered in the region with a presence in Hartford and its suburb Bloomfield. United Health Insurance has a significant presence in the city.[65]
Hartford is a center for medical care, research, and education. Within Hartford itself the city includes Hartford Hospital, The Institute of Living, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center (which merged in 1990 with Mount Sinai Hospital).
History of Waterbury, Connecticut / History of towns in United States
Country: United States
State: Connecticut
County: New Haven
City: Waterbury
Population (2010):
• Total 110,366
• Total 109,307 (US: 240th) (2014)
• Density 3,872.5/sq mi (1,495.2/km2)
Waterbury, the seat of New Haven County, is situated on the Naugatuck River, 21 miles from New Haven. It has been called the Brass Center of the World.
Waterbury was purchased from the Indians by residents of Farmington in 1674. They started a new community in 1677 which they named Mattatuck, changed to Waterbury when the town was incorporated in 1686. It was chartered as a city in 1853; in 1901, city and town were consolidated.
Waterbury became famous in the 19th century for the manufacture of brass items. Its brass industry can be traced to 1802. The Waterbury Mint, owned by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, produced planchets (blanks for coins), which the U.S. Mint used to produce coins for an assortment of foreign countries.
In 1878, the Waterbury Watch Company was organized for the explicit purpose of producing cheap watches. These watches gained a reputation for shoddy workmanship, so the company abandoned the brand and renamed itself the New England Watch Company. It was later incorporated into the company that became Timex. A visit to Timexpo provides a look into a century and a half of watch making in Waterbury.
Waterbury's two hospitals are Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital. Waterbury hospital opened in 1890 in a Victorian mansion overlooking the city. The cornerstone of St. Mary's was laid in 1907 and the hospital was dedicated two years later. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Mary's of Chambery.
Post College, a regional business college, was founded in 1890. In 1990, it affiliated itself with the worldwide Teikyo Group and is now known as Teikyo Post University. The University of Connecticut has operated a campus in Waterbury for about half a century.
The Railroad Museum of New England operates the Naugatuck Railroad between Thomaston and Waterbury. The Golden Age of Trucking Museum displays exhibits from the history of trucking, with an emphasis on the 1950's. The Mattatuck Museum, located on the Green in central Waterbury, provides highlights from Waterbury's three centuries of history.
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HARTFORD STAGE // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
Hartford Stage is one of the leading resident theatres in the United States, known internationally for entertaining and enlightening audiences with a wide range of the best of world drama, from classics to provocative new plays and musicals and neglected works from the past.
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures is a new series of 50 five-minute vignettes that profiles a variety of the state's most notable cultural resources.
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connecticut tourism, Top 35 Tourist Attractions in Connecticut of the northeastern United States
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England district of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut highlights the most astounding per-capita salary, Human Development Index (0.962), and middle family wage in the United States. Connecticut is flanked by Rhode Island toward the east, Massachusetts toward the north, New York toward the west, and Long Island Sound toward the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most crowded city is Bridgeport. In spite of the fact that Connecticut is actually part of New England, it is regularly assembled alongside New York and New Jersey as the Tri-state range. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a noteworthy U.S. stream that roughly cuts up the state. Connecticut is gotten from different anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for long tidal river.
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Yale University,
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Connecticut's State Capitol: Home to History
State Senator L. Scott Frantz (R-Greenwich) hosts a ten minute tour of Connecticut's historic State Capitol Building located atop Hartford's Bushnell Park.
Connecticut's State Capitol: Home to History | Hosted by State Senator L. Scott Frantz
State Senator L. Scott Frantz (R-Greenwich) hosts a ten minute tour of Connecticut's historic State Capitol Building located atop Hartford's Bushnell Park.
CT, What's Our History?
A brief history of Connecticut I had the privilege to record and edit with producer John Waterhouse. This is part of an exhibit at the CT LOB funded by the Connecticut Humanities Council.
Best Attractions and Places to See in New Haven, Connecticut CT
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Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Yale Center for British Art
East Rock Park
Knights of Columbus Museum
New Haven Railroad Station
Chapel Street
Five Mile Point Light
Bridgeport, Connecticut: Downtown Driving Tour (August, 2019)
A late Saturday afternoon driving tour of downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut in August, 2019. The police presence seen in the video is simply to close streets for a festival (Caribbean Jerk Fest) and not for any mass crime investigation!
Bridgeport was incorporated as a town in 1821 and as a city in 1836. The current population is around 145,000, making in the most populous city in the state and the fifth most populous in New England. The metro population is 940,000.
Bridgeport is located in Fairfield, County where the Pequonnock River empties into Long Island Sound. The city is just 60 miles from Manhattan.
The first Subway restaurant opened here in 1965. This is also the historic home of famous circus man P.T. Barnum. Starting on the right at 4:12 in the video, we get a really good look at the Barnum Museum.
The Barnum Museum building was completed in 1893 and was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The museum houses an extension archive collection of P.T. Barnum and the history of the city.
The video ends at the Webster Bank Arena. This venue opened in 2001 and houses the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders). This arena seats 8,412 for hockey.
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Born In Connecticut Part 2 - 10 Famous-Notable People
Some fun facts about those who were born in Connecticut AKA The Constitution State (official), The Nutmeg State, The Provisions State, The Land of Steady Habits that most people are not aware; artist, politicians, host, comedians and etc.
Home of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Webster Bank Arena, Connecticut Sun, Mohegan Sun Arena, Travelers Championship, Lime Rock Park, Thompson International Speedway, University of Connecticut Huskies UCONN, Sacred Heart University and many more
Connecticut is a U.S. state in southern New England that has a mix of coastal cities and rural areas dotted with small towns. Mystic is famed for its Seaport museum filled with centuries-old ships, and the beluga whale exhibits at Mystic Aquarium. On Long Island Sound, the city of New Haven is known as the home of Yale University and its acclaimed Peabody Museum of Natural History.
Capital: Hartford
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History Comes Alive in Connecticut
History comes alive in Connecticut
The Best Places to Visit in Connecticut
The Best Places to Visit in Connecticut
Connecticut is the third smallest state by area, the 29th most populous,and the fourth most densely populated of the 50 United States. It is known as the Constitution State, Nutmeg State, Provisions State, and the Land of Steady Habits.
Although Connecticut is technically part of New England, it is often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-state area.There are so many charming towns to check out in the Northeast, yet many travelers haven’t spent much time in the state of Connecticut.
If you’re excited to visit these locations, definitely add Connecticut’s top 10 sightseeing places to your list!Or kick it up a notch with this list of places that will bring out the explorer in you!
#1.Mystic Seaport
#2.Lake Compounce
#3.Gillette Castle State Park
#4.Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
#5.Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
#6.Mystic Aquarium
#7.Mark Twain's House
#8.Connecticut Science Center
#9.Quassy Amusement Park
#10.New England Air Museum
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WADSWORTH ATHENEUM Great Art Museum Tour Hartford CT
The Wadsworth Atheneum 600 Main Street Hartford Connecticut was founded in 1842 and opened in 1844. It is the oldest continually operating public art museum in the United States.
The museum is located at 600 Main Street in a distinctive castle-like building in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, the state's capital. With 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of exhibition space the museum is the largest art museum in the state of Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art was founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth, one of the first major American art patrons. The museum’s collections of nearly 50,000 works of art span 5,000 years and feature the Morgan collection of Greek and Roman antiquities and European decorative arts; world-renowned baroque and surrealist paintings; an unsurpassed collection of Hudson River School landscapes; European and American Impressionist paintings; modernist masterpieces; the Serge Lifar collection of Ballets Russes drawings and costumes; the George A. Gay collection of prints; the Wallace Nutting collection of American colonial furniture and decorative arts; the Samuel Colt firearms collection; costumes and textiles; African American art and artifacts; and contemporary art. Source
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0:19 Pablo Picasso The Women of Algiers After Delacroix 1954
0:30 Pablo Picasso The Bather 1922
0:35 Pablo Picasso The Artist 1963
0:55 Piet Mondrian Composition in Blue and White 1935
0:58 Salvatore Dali Apparition of a Face and a Fruit Dish on a Beach 1938
1:00 Charles Le Dray Freedom Trail 2013-2015
1:07 Norman Rockwell The Young Lady with The Shiner 1953
1:15 Keith Haring Untitled (Drawing for MATRIX Exhibition June 5 - August 7,1983) 1983
1:30 Radcliffe Bailey Until I Die/Minor Keys 1997
1:42 David Wojnarowicz Untitled (One Day This Kid ...) 1991-92
1:57 Duane Hansen Sunbather 1971
2:04 Tom Wessleman Great American Nude #69 1965
2:09 Andy Warhol Triple Silver Disaster 1964
2:29 Andy Warhol Early Colored Jackie 1964
2:32 Robert Rauschenburg Retroactive I 1964
2:35 Richard Artschwager Exclamation Point 1980
2:39 Alex Katz Margie 1971
2:55 Kiki Smith Daisy Chain 1992
3:05 Mark Bradford Pile of Blocks 2015
3:14 Bob Thompson Garden of Music 1960
3:22 Romauld Hazoume Agbote 2011
3:41 Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1131, Whirls and Twirls, 2004
3:58 Salvator Rosa Lucrezia as Poetry 1641
4:01 Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait c. 1887
4:30 Claude Monet The Beach at Trouville 1870
4:46 Claude Monet The Church at Vernon 1883
5:00 Henri de Toulousse Lautrec Jane Avril Leaving the Moulin Rouge 1892
5:04 Edouard Manet The Beach at Berck 1873
5:08 Edgar Degas Double Portrait - The Cousins of the Painter 1868-70
5:19 Henri Matisse The Ostrich-Feather Hat 1918
5:25 Sol LeWitt Wall Mural
5:37 Chuck Close Self-Portrait 2007
5:55 Alexander Calder Sculpture
6:01 Stuart Davis Midi 1943
6:06 Stuart Davis Still Life - Three Objects 1925
6:10 John Singer Sargent Tents at Lake O'Hara 1916
6:16 Childe Hassam The Flag Outside Her Window 1918
6:20 William Merrit Chase Shinnecock Hills 1891
6:27 Theodore Robinson Beacon Street, Boston 1884
6:35 Julius Stewart On the Yacht Namouna, Venice 1890
6:45 John Singer Sargent Ruth Sears Bacon, 1887
6:57 Winslow Homer Rocky Coast (Maine Coast) 1882-1900
7:20 Thomas Cole Mt. Etna from Taormina 1843
7:33 George Segal Trapeze 1971
7:48 Marsden Hartley Military 1913
7:52 Marsden Hartley Movement No. 8 Provincetown 1916
8:00 George Bellows Pulpit Rock 1913
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Connecticut Trolley Museum Montreal Sightseeing Carriage
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Founded in 1940, the Connecticut Trolley Museum is the oldest incorporated museum dedicated to electric railroading in the United States.
The museum is located in East Windsor, Connecticut, and is open to the public most of the year, featuring static displays and self-guided tours of the state's trolley history.
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Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States.[ Connecticut is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Although Connecticut is technically part of New England, it is often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-state area. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a major U.S. river that approximately bisects the state. The word Connecticut is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for long tidal river.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, located at the end of the navigable portion of the Connecticut River, was settled in 1623 as a Dutch trading post called House of Hope. In 1636, a group of English settlers led by the Reverend Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts and formed a colony here. The settlers made peace with the local Algonquin Indians, who called the town Saukiog, and renamed it after Hertford, England.
Early in its existence Hartford made a significant contribution to the burgeoning society. The Fundamental Orders adopted by the colony in 1639, was the first document in history to establish a government by the consent of the people. The pattern was followed by the framers of the United States Constitution, giving Connecticut its nickname, The Constitution State.
Evolving from an early agricultural economy, Hartford grew into an important trading center on the Connecticut River. Molasses, spices, coffee and rum were distributed from warehouses in the city's thriving merchant district. Ships set sail from Hartford to England, the West Indies and the Far East. Merchants were concerned about risks to this thriving trade, with fires, pirates, storms and accidents always a threat.
The insurance industry was created when groups of merchants began to share these risks. The practice was formalized with the creation of the Hartford Fire Insurance Group in 1810. Our nation's oldest insurance company still operates in the city as the Hartford Insurance Company. Hartford became the home of many of the nation's largest insurance companies, such as Aetna and Travelers, and is known today as the Insurance Capital of the World.
Pioneering manufacturers like Samuel Colt also called Hartford home. Colt's experiments with interchangeable parts created the basis for today's assembly line manufacturing methods. New techniques employed in his firearms factory made mass production possible and laid the groundwork for Hartford's pre-eminence in the area of precision manufacturing.
Shaped by the social and economic forces which gave rise to industrial growth in America, Hartford grew and prospered as successive waves of immigrants came to work, build and settle in the community. This ethnic and cultural diversity continues to be a prominent part of Hartford's heritage and one of our cities greatest assets.
Hartford also became an important cultural and communications center. The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764, is the country's oldest continuously published newspaper. The nations oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, was founded in 1844. Supported by prominent benefactors like J.P. Morgan, the museum grew to become one of the top ten art museums in the country. Authors like Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe were drawn to the area, because, as Twain said of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief.