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1995-10-14 Twichell and Twain Walk
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Brief Histories
A Brief History of Sigourney Square Park
A Brief History of Sigourney Square Park
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Cathedral Fire of 1956
Pliny Jewell and His Frogs
Rabbit Holes
Rabbit Holes
Status: Upcoming
Other events that happened in and around Hartford, some related to Asylum Hill, some just fun things encountered going down research rabbit holes ...
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Beyond my purview
Frog Hollow
Because it's my neighborhood ....
Slavery, Secession, and the Civil War
Because it was a turning point for Hartford, not just the nation ....
The Soldiers and Sailors Arch
Because the architect who designed it also designed my house ....
History
The Twichell and Twain Walk, Re-Enacted
10/14/1995
Final design for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial chosen
01/21/1884
The Courant reported that the top three designs for the soldiers’ monument had been selected
05/15/1882
Competition for designs for the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument opens
01/25/1882
Formal dedication of Hartord's new city hall
10/22/1879
State Republicans met at an informal gathering in Stony Creek
09/20/1877
Benjamin F. Butler acknowledged the crowd at Union Station
09/05/1861
Superintendent of Zion’s Hill Cemetery finds cattle on the grounds
03/26/1861
Construction on the First Baptist Church underway
06/21/1854
The Courant published an editorial on possible secession by the Southern states
01/24/1850
