Museum of Connecticut History

March 31, 2016

A Century of Connecticut Inventions

by Dean Nelson (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SPRING 2005 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! President George Washington in 1790 signed America ‘s first patent law “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for […]
February 26, 2016

SAMPLE ARTICLE: The Anti-Income Tax Rally of 1991

By Dave Corrigan (c) Connecticut Explored, Spring 2016 SUBSCRIBE! With the signing of the state budget passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in the early morning hours of August 22, 1991, Gov. Lowell Weicker overturned […]
January 29, 2008

Nutmeg Adds Spice. But is it Nice?

By 
Walter 
W.
 Woodward ©Connecticut
Explored Winter 2007 Volume 6 Number 1 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! State 
historian 
Walt 
Woodward 
tells 
us 
the 
story 
behind 
the
 state’s 
association
 with 
nutmeg 
and
 sheds some 
light 
on 
an
 unusual […]
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