Governing the Colony & the State

How Connecticut Paid Its Civil War Bills
By James E. Brown (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Winter 2014/2015 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! READ as…
A Quaker Firebrand Helps Swing an Election
By Joseph Duffy (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Aug/Sep/Oct 2004 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! At 7:30 p.m.…

On the Campaign Trail
Above: When President Roosevelt came to Hartford all factories were shut and hundreds lined the…

Longer Lasting than Brass: Waterbury’s City Hall Restored
By Robert W. Grzywacz (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2011 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! I knew…

Native Americans: A Return to Equal Suffrage in Connecticut
By Chris Newell (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2020 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In a long…

Connecticut and its Constitutions
Special issue: 200th Anniversary of the Constitution of 1818 Stories in the issue: Where the…

Connecticut & the Vote to Ratify the 19th Amendment
By Elizabeth Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2020 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In the critical…
Women’s Suffrage: Setting the Watch Fires of Liberty
By Mark Jones and Nancy O. Albert (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2005 Subscribe/Buy the…
Constitution of 1818 & Black Suffrage: Rights For All?
By Ramin Ganeshram and Elizabeth Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2018 SUBSCRIBE/BUY THE ISSUE…
Where the Constitution of 1818 Fell Short
By Elizabeth Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2018 SUBSCRIBE/BUY THE ISSUE This special issue…

Destination: Connecticut’s Old State House
By Eileen Flynn (c) Connecticut Explored Aug/Sep/Oct 2004 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! If not for the…
Connecticut’s First Prohibition Law
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 The theme of this issue—food…

Sweet Democracy . . . The History of the Connecticut Election Cake
By Walter W. Woodward (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2017 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! At last…
Wethersfield State Prison
By Amy Northrop Wittorff and Frank G. Winiarski (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. FALL 2016 Subscribe/Buy…

“Gosh, what’s the world coming to?” Connecticut’s First Female Game Warden
By Mark Jones with Nancy O. Albert (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SUMMER 2006 Subscribe/Buy the…

Connecticut’s Brand of Colonial Town
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc., Summer 2016 Subscribe to receive every issue!…
An Early 20th Century Reflection of the Inner Workings of an Old New England Congregational Meetinghouse
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SUMMER 2005 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! The following…

María Sánchez: Godmother of Hartford’s Puerto Rican Community
By José E. Cruz (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2003 The closest thing to a…

The Federal Art Project in New Haven: The Era, Art, & Legacy
by Amy L. Trout (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. WINTER 2006/07 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! “On the…

“No Taxation without Representation”: Black Voting in Connecticut
By Katherine J. Harris (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SPRING 2016 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! The right…

Site Lines: Gaining Religious Equality
By Mary M. Donohue (c) Connecticut Explored, Inc., Spring 2016 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! By the…

Escape From New-Gate Prison
by Karin Peterson (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SUMMER 2006 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! Three pounds Reward…

Stamping Out the Reds: The Palmer Raids in Connecticut
by Jeffrey J. White (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. FALL 2005 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! It was…

The Education of Ella Grasso
By Jon E. Purmont (c) Connecticut Explored inc. Aug/Sep/Oct 2004 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! When…
Politics of Change: Mayor vs. Manager
by Donald F. Fenton (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Aug/Sep/Oct 2004 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In 2002…
Fairfield Celebrates its 375th
By Elizabeth Rose (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2014 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! How does one…

Monument to the Black Governors
By Billie M. Anthony (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. AUG/SEP/OCT 2004 Subscribe!/Buy the Issue! Captured Africans were…

The “Notorious” Hartford Convention
The “Notorious” Hartford Convention By Matthew Warshauer (c) Connecticut Explored Summer 2012 Subscribe!/Buy the Issue…

Seaside: Sun & Sea Harnessed to Fight Tuberculosis
Sun and Sea Harnessed to Fight Tuberculosis The history of Seaside By Ann Harrison with…

Site Lines: Monuments to Connecticut’s Lost County Government
By Paige Durgin (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. FALL 2012 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! County government operated…
Are We the If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It State?
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2012 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! 40 never…

War of 1812: Was This Our Finest Hour?
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2012 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! Anniversaries provide…

Re: Collections: The “Genius of Connecticut”
By Walter Woodward (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. WINTER 2006/07 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! A once-fallen angel…

Are We the Constitution State?
By Walter W. Woodward (c) Connecticut Explored Inc., Spring 2005 Volume 3 Number 2 Subscribe/Buy…
Politics & Power
By Elizabeth J. Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Aug/Sep/Oct 2004 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! As election…
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