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96 unusual facts about Connecticut


1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Connecticut Cavalry was organized at West Meriden, Connecticut on November 2, 1861, initially as the 1st Battalion Connecticut Cavalry under the command of Major Judson M. Lyon.

2011 Connecticut Huskies football team

The team discussed playing the game at the Yale Bowl in New Haven if the field did not become available in time, but on Wednesday, August 31, the team announced the game would be played in East Hartford on Saturday at noon.

22998 Waltimyer

It was named after David Waltimyer, a teacher at Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The 3rd Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and mustered in for three-months service on May 14, 1861 under the command of Colonel John L. Chatfield.

454 Life Sciences

454 Life Sciences, is a biotechnology company based in Branford, Connecticut.

6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The 6th Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 12, 1861 under the command of Colonel John Lyman Chatfield.

Adele Morales

In the fall of 1956 they moved to a rented "sprawling white saltbox farmhouse" in Bridgewater, Connecticut, near a literary and artistic community that included Arthur Miller and William Styron in nearby Roxbury.

Armand Louis de Gontaut

Lauzun's Legion left their winter quarters in Lebanon, Connecticut on 9 June 1781 and marched south through Connecticut known as the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.

Austin Stowell

Upon acceptance at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, he studied with the Department of Dramatic Arts, a division of the School of Fine Arts.

Bill Luders

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Luders attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, then forewent further education to undertake an apprenticeship in naval architecture.

Boxing in the 1920s

August 27- Louis Kaplan retains the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round draw (tie) against Babe Herman, in Waterbury.

Bristow Middle School

Bristow Middle School is a middle school in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Charles Ethan Porter

Later, his fortunes declined, possibly because of health issues and certainly because of mounting racism nationwide, and he sold his paintings door-to-door in Rockville, Connecticut, where he died in 1923 in virtual obscurity, around the age of 75.

Charles R. Jackson

He and his wife had to sell their New Hampshire home and eventually moved to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

Connecticut Yankee Council

Connecticut Yankee Council presently operates five camps: Camp Sequassen in New Hartford, Deer Lake Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Hoyt Scout Reservation in Redding, Camp Pomperaug in Union, and Wah Wah Taysee in North Haven.

Connecticut's 135th assembly district

Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston.

Connecticut's 29th assembly district

The district consists of the town of Rocky Hill, the historical base of the district in which both representatives since 1975 have lived, and parts of the towns of Newington, which is split between the 24th, 27th and 29th districts, and Wethersfield, which is split between the 28th and 29th districts.

Connecticut's 59th assembly district

Before 2002, the district also contained part of the town of Somers.

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham was born on June 25, 1885 in Greenwich, Connecticut as a son of George W. Wickersham, an American lawyer and future United States Attorney General.

Costa Dillon

Dillon, a Greek American (his grandfather's family name was Anglicized from Deligianis), was born in Norwich, Connecticut to parents who were second-generation Greeks.

D. Putnam Brinley

In 1914 the Brinleys built a home, Datchet House, in Silvermine (New Canaan) Connecticut, designed by their friend Austin W. Lord, and spent part of each year there for the remainder of their lives.

Dominic J. Squatrito

He was in private practice of law in Manchester, Connecticut from 1966 to 1994, and was a counsel to the Town of Manchester Housing Authority from 1972 to 1979, and to the Connecticut State Legislature Judiciary Committee from 1974 to 1975.

East Washington Avenue Bridge

The East Washington Avenue Bridge was a movable Strauss underneath-counter weight deck-girder bascule bridge in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Edward Bancroft

At the age of sixteen, Bancroft was apprenticed to a physician in Killingworth, Connecticut, but ran away after a few years.

Ethel Dench Puffer Howes

The couple moved to Connecticut to live with their son, Benjamin Howes, in the 1940s, and in 1950, at the age of 78, Ethel Puffer Howes died.

Farmington Valley

The Farmington Valley is located along the western boundary of Hartford County in Connecticut, bordering Litchfield County immediately to the west.

First selectman

In towns such as Beacon Falls, Bethany, Orange, and Simsbury, the losing first selectman candidate can earn a seat on the board of selectmen, depending on the number of votes he or she garners.

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Born in Putnam, Connecticut, Warner dreamed of being a famous author from the age of five.

Hall of Fame Tip Off

Eight games are played on the campus' of the teams in the Naismith division before the tournament takes place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Hummelstown Brownstone Company

Although not as large as the vast brownstone quarries at Portland, Connecticut, the Hummelstown operation was their equal in every respect and a viable competitor of most other brownstone quarries including those at Medina and Moscow, New York.

Interstate 91 in Connecticut

In the 1970s there were plans to extend I-91 across the Long Island Sound from New Haven, Connecticut to Long Island in New York.

Interstate 95 in Connecticut

Just short of three miles (5 km) later, I-95 enters Mystic and interchanges with Allyn Street at Exit 89 and Route 27 at Exit

Irving Freese

Irving C. Freese (February 19, 1903 – September 11, 1964) was the mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Jack Conaty

After teaching high school English for six years in New Haven, Connecticut, Conaty decided to pursue a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Jacob Jones

He spent time in Decatur's squadron, which was bottled up at New London during 1814.

Jeffrey Skinner

In 2002 Skinner served as Poet-in-Residence at the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut.

Jeremy Powers

Jeremy Powers (born June 29, 1983 in Niantic, Connecticut) is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing.

John Adam Hugo

John Adam Hugo (1873–1945) was an American composer, born in Connecticut.

John Newton Brown

He was born in New London, Connecticut and attended Madison College (now known as Colgate University) where he graduated at the head of his class in 1823.

Kingsley, Pennsylvania

In 1809, a man named Rufus Kingsley, his wife Lucinda, and their four children John, Nancy, Rufus, and Lucretia moved from Windham, Connecticut to what was then Harford Township (Benning 1).

Lapeer County, Michigan

The first settler in Lapeer was Alvin N. Hart, who was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on February 11, 1804.

Late March 2013 North American winter storm

Snow totals as of the morning of March 19 are: 4" in Manchester, Connecticut; 4.5" in Ludlow, Massachusetts; 5.2" in South Weymouth, Massachusetts; 5.3" in Fitchburg, Massachusetts; and 8.0" in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing chapters are currently located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Twin Cities, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida.

Libertarian Party of Connecticut

After receiving the largest vote total in Connecticut Libertarian Party history, Paul Passarelli became the party's first US Senate candidate to retain ballot access for that office despite the towns of Middlefield and Washington failing to report any votes for his candidacy to the Secretary of the State.

The towns of East Windsor and Preston also inadvertently failed to report any votes for a combined 14 Working Families and Independent Party candidates.

Lois Darling

Darling died at age seventy-two on December 19, 1989 of leukemia at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut.

Louis T. Stone

Louis Timothy Stone (1875-13 March 1933), also known as Lou Stone, was an American journalist who fabricated stories about the flora and fauna surrounding his town of Winsted, Connecticut, thus earning himself the name of the Winsted Liar.

Luther C. Peck

Born in Farmington, Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies and taught school in Holley, New York.

Luther Creek

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Creek is the son of J. Fred Creek, a realtor from New Mexico, and his wife Patricia, originally of Indianapolis.

Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum

Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum is a 2,000-seat hockey rink in Storrs, Connecticut.

Mary Silliman

The new couple moved to Gold’s farm in Fairfield soon after, merging their previously independent households.

Together, they lived in a house on Elm Street in New Haven and had five children: Rebecca in 1759 (died four days after birth), Joseph (called Jose) in 1761, John in 1762, James in 1764, and Mary in 1766 (died in 1770).

Matt Nickerson

Matt Nickerson (born January 11, 1985, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.) is a professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with Fife Flyers, the 6'4" Connecticut last season in Finland with KooKoo.

Morton Dean Joyce

The Morton Dean Joyce Collection of United States Revenue Stamps was sold at the Daniel F. Kelleher Company auction June 4 to 6, 1991 and by the auction house of Andrew Levitt, in Danbury, Connecticut, in six sessions from September 12 to 14.

Mystic Ballet

The Mystic Ballet, based in Mystic, Connecticut is a dance company and performing arts educational institution.

Mystic Pizza

The famous hitchhiking incident takes place on North Main Street in Stonington Town.

Nancy V. Rawls

Rawls died April 13, 1985 at the Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut, after a long illness.

Naugatuck River

The river flows from northwest Connecticut southward into the Housatonic River in Derby, Connecticut.

Ned Lyons

A burglar, he learned his trade in the property market around South Windham, Connecticut.

New England Interstate Route 32

North of Norwich, it heads northwest going through Willimantic and Stafford before entering Massachusetts.

Route 32 is a multi-state north–south state highway in the New England region of the United States, running from New London, Connecticut through Massachusetts to Keene, New Hampshire.

New Haven Knights

They played in New Haven, Connecticut at the New Haven Coliseum, and were the last team to play at that venue, folding when the Coliseum closed in 2002.

New Milford Hospital

New Milford Hospital, (founded 1921) is a not-for profit hospital in Litchfield County, Connecticut which serves western and northwestern Connecticut and parts of southeastern New York state.

Northern slimy salamander

The northern slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosus, is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found through much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States, from New York, west to Illinois, south to Texas, and east to Florida, with isolated populations in southern New Hampshire and northwestern Connecticut.

Otozoum

Excellent Otozoum specimens from the Portland Quarry may be seen in the Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Paintings attributed to Caravaggio

The painting is ascribed to an artist known as the Painter of the Wadsworth Atheneum Still-Life, after a work in the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.

Patty Smyth

They debuted their first single as a band ("Hard For You To Love Me", also referred to as "Make It Hard") in over 24 years on January 17, 2009 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Podunk Bluegrass Festival

The Podunk Bluegrass Festival is an annual bluegrass festival formerly held the first full weekend of August in East Hartford, Connecticut, and Norwich, Connecticut.

Rachna Khanna

She ran for and lost the election for the town council in South Windsor, Connecticut under the Republican Party ticket in 2009.

Radiant Baby

Radiant Baby was partially developed at the 1998 O'Neil Music Theater Conference in Waterford, Connecticut.

Ramnapping Trophy

The Ramnapping Trophy is on display to the public as part of the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum on the UConn Main Campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

Reuben Gaylord

Born in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Reuben Curtis Gaylord was one of eight children of Reuben Gaylord and Mary Curtis who were of Congregational heritage.

Rockville, Rhode Island

Rockville is located near the borders of the towns of Exeter, Rhode Island and Voluntown, Connecticut.

Sacha Sosno

Then in the year following he had his first one-man show in the United States at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Sally Caldwell Fisher

Her painting "Maine Regatta" has been chosen to be the poster for 2007 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, Connecticut.

Sandisfield, Massachusetts

Sandisfield lies at the southeast corner of Berkshire County along the Connecticut border, with Hampden County to the east and Litchfield County, Connecticut, to the south.

Sarah Charlesworth

She lived and worked both in New York City and in Falls Village, Connecticut at the time of her passing.

Silvermine

Silvermine, Connecticut, a neighborhood in parts of New Canaan, Wilton and Norwalk

SS Stonington

The Stonington had taken on a full list of passengers in Stonington, Connecticut at 9 or 10 pm.

Stackpole Rocks

The feature is named after Edouard Stackpole, Curator of the Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Connecticut, historian of early American whaling and sealing in the South Shetlands.

The Melancholy Fantastic

The film features a life-size talking muslin doll named Mor and was filmed in Wallingford, Connecticut and Monroe, Connecticut.

The Steve Wilkos Show

Wilkos' third season premiered September 14, 2009, originating from the Stamford Media Center in Stamford, Connecticut complete with a new studio.

Thomas H. Seymour

Born in Hartford, Connecticut to Major Henry Seymour and Jane Ellery, Seymour was sent to public schools as a child and graduated from Middletown Military Academy in Middletown, Connecticut in 1829.

Thomas Hubbard Vail

Two years later, Vail moved to Essex, Connecticut to become rector of St. John's Church in that town.

Too Young to Marry

In Connecticut, Max and Jessica are a high school couple and very much in love after meeting as freshmen.

Two Rivers Magnet Middle School

Two Rivers admits 44 students, randomly chosen, from each of the five towns it serves: Glastonbury, East Hartford, Manchester, South Windsor, and Hartford.

Unadilla Township, Michigan

The first land purchase in the township was recorded on June 20, 1833 by Eli Ruggles of Brookfield, Connecticut, while accompanied by his brother-in-law, Amos Williams, and Nathaniel Noble, an acquaintance who lived nearby in Dexter.

United States G-class submarine

Decommissioned 2 April 1919 and used as a target; sank at her moorings in Two Tree Channel, Niantic, Connecticut 30 July 1919.

University of Connecticut School of Engineering

University of Connecticut School of Engineering is a school of engineering located at the UConn's main campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

Vermonter

In 1992 a stop was added at Willimantic, Connecticut, but service there was discontinued in 1995 upon inception of the Vermonter.

Wanda Landowska

She settled in Lakeville, Connecticut in 1949, and re-established herself as a performer and teacher in the United States, touring extensively.

Weekly Reader

As the new editions for upper and lower grades were added, Fulton remained the principal writer, even after her marriage in 1930 to Clarence L. Sager—a New York City lawyer—and her moves to New York and Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Weston meteorite

Fragments of this meteorite were collected in the Tashua section of Trumbull.

WXCT

The 990 frequency signed on in 1969 as WNTY, a daytime-only station that targeted Southington and nearby Bristol.

Yağlıdere

Most immigrants live on the East Coast, including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware.

Young Communist League USA

The founding convention of the YCL was held early in May 1922, apparently in Bethel, Connecticut.


192nd

192nd Military Police Battalion, a National Guard battalion assigned to the Connecticut Army National Guard

2009 Connecticut Huskies football team

Senior running back Andre Dixon ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns and Connecticut beat Louisville for the Huskies first Big East win of the season.

27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The 27th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment recruited in New Haven, Connecticut, for service in the American Civil War.

Bella Angara

As a scholarship grantee for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program, she pursued her master's degree at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, USA in 1963.

Calliopean Society

For many decades, the Calliopean Society had no physical location, listing itself as located at "1985 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520." Its 1985 box number had been chosen to refer to the inevitable victory of the West over the collectivist totalitarianism described in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Charles Comfort Tiffany

After her death, he commissioned a stained glass window in her memory showing the view from their Connecticut summer home, from the firm of his relative Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Charles L. Glazer

Mr. Glazer, formerly the Republican National Committeeman for Connecticut, served on the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee and was the Sergeant-at-Arms at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Charter Oak State College

Notable alumni include former professional football player Marvin Jones, Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphey, Rhode Island State Representative Larry Valencia, and Connecticut television news anchor Al Terzi.

Christmas in Connecticut

In 1992, a remake of Christmas in Connecticut was made, starring Dyan Cannon as Elizabeth, Kris Kristofferson as Jefferson Jones, and Tony Curtis as Mr. Yardley.

Committee of Five

On June 11, the members of the Committee of Five were appointed; they were: John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Connecticut shade tobacco

The former president of U.S. operations for Davidoff, a Swiss maker of luxury goods including premium Cuban cigars, praised Connecticut shade tobacco as "A nice Connecticut wrapper" and "…very silky, very fine. From a marketing point of view, it is considered at the moment to be one of the best tasting and looking wrappers available" in a Cigar Aficionado article on why the world's best cigars use Connecticut tobacco wrapper leaves.

Connecticut Turnpike

The turnpike was renamed after former Connecticut Governor John Davis Lodge on December 31, 1985, two months after the tolls were removed.

Crystal Rock Holdings

It based in Watertown, Connecticut, that specializes in bottled water, water coolers, coffee, and other hot beverage related products used around the office.

Daniel Patrick Reilly

On June 5, 1975, Reilly was named the third Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, by Pope Paul VI.

Fenella Woolgar

Her early years were spent in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA before the family returned to the UK in 1976.

Henry Burbeck

Lucy was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford (1590-1657) of the Mayflower and Jonathan Rudd who was married, in a legendary ceremony, at Bride Brook in what is now East Lyme, Connecticut in December 1646.

Howes Brothers

They took pictures across New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

James E. English

Sadly, in Steven Spielberg's 2012 epic Lincoln movie, both English and Augustus Brandegee, his abolitionist Republican colleague from Connecticut, are given two fictional names and are both shown, erroneously, to have voted against the amendment.

Jessica Rosenworcel

A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Rosenworcel received her bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.

John Light

John H. Light, an American lawyer, politician from the state of Connecticut, and Connecticut Attorney General

Kerrigan

Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, a Connecticut Supreme Court case concerning same-sex marriage

Land of College Prophets

The Land of College Prophets is a 2005 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour.

Litchfield Hills

The area has been and continues to be home to many famous or wealthy residents, including Mia Farrow, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Leary, Kevin Bacon, and is also sometimes referred to as the Hamptons of ConnecticutReference Needed.

Lyons Garage

Lyons Garage, Torrington, Connecticut, a contributing building in the Downtown Torrington Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Marsh Hall

Marsh Hall (Yale University), a building and U.S. National Historic Landmark at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, also known as the Othniel C. Marsh House.

Mini-Tuesday

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.

New England Interstate Route 10

New England Route 10 was a multi-state north–south state highway in the New England region of the United States, running through Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Noether

Gottfried E. Noether (1915–1991), son of Fritz Noether, statistician at the University of Connecticut

Old Lyme, Connecticut

John McCurdy (b.1724), whose home was the resting place for George Washington on April 10, 1776 while traveling to New York City to take on the British Army and Navy (source: Papers of George Washington, Connecticut State Library); grandfather of Connecticut Supreme Court judge Charles McCurdy

Patricia McQueeney

Patricia Noonan McQueeney (born Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 16, 1927; died Santa Monica, California September 4, 2005) was an American actress, television personality, and talent agent perhaps best known as Harrison Ford's manager.

Q103

WQQQ, a radio station formerly known as Q103 in Sharon, Connecticut, United States

Ralph Ingersoll

Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789–1872), United States Representative from Connecticut

Richard Raysman

Raysman is admitted to the New York and Connecticut State bars, the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Roger Wolfson

Roger S. Wolfson is an American TV writer and screenwriter from New Haven, Connecticut, and is most notable for writing for the TV series Fairly Legal, Saving Grace, The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Century City.

Rosa Tavarez

Tavarez's artworks are shown at museums, art galleries and permanent collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Casa de Las Americas in Havana, Cuba, The Housatonic Museum of Art in Connecticut, the Gallery of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, and the Museums of Modern Art in London, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Russian Village

Russian Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut

Seal of Connecticut

The meaning of the motto was explained on April 23, 1775 in a letter stamped in Wethersfield, Connecticut: "We fix on our Standards and Drums the Colony arms, with the motto, Qui Transtulit Sustinet, round it in letters of gold, which we construe thus: God, who transplanted us hither, will support us".

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia is a 2013 psychological horror film that serves as a brother film to The Haunting in Connecticut by Gold Circle Films.

Thomas Ball

Thomas R. Ball (1896–1943), U.S. Representative from Connecticut

Thomas Tessier

Tessier was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, attended University College Dublin and lived in London in the United Kingdom for several years (where he was the managing director of Millington Books) before returning to the United States, where he lives still.

Washington, Louisiana

During the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Connecticut, part of Union General Nathaniel P. Banks's forces, occupied Washington, then larger than the parish seat of Opelousas.

WCDQ

WQUN, a radio station (1220 AM) licensed to serve Hamden, Connecticut, United States, which held the call sign WCDQ from 1968 to 1978

William Brenton Hall

His uncle, Jonathan Law (Harvard 1695), served as Governor (1741–1750) and Chief Justice of Connecticut (1724–1741).

WNHC

WTNH, a television station (channel 8 analog/10 digital) licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States, which held the call sign WNHC-TV from 1948 to 1971