By Carol Ivanoff with Mary Mycek and Marian O’Keefe (c) Connecticut Explored Inc.  WINTER 2011/12 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! On June 5, 1869, on a hot day in New York City, 36-year-old Connecticut native Ebenezer D. Bassett (1833-1908) and his family boarded the steamship The City of Port-au-Prince. Bassett was surrounded by a crowd of dignitaries … Continue reading Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey