Category: History

09 Jul

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Mapping the Park River

by Kerri Ana Provost

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The Park River continues to intrigue, mainly because so much of it has been buried below the city. I am working on a project to...

21 Jun

Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Eastern Connecticut Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads

Barn Island

by Kerri Ana Provost

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You will pass McMansions on the way to this property, and even a few new constructions, so very close to the coastline. When you walk...

19 Jun

Activism Cultural Interest Downtown Hartford History Reader Tip Review

Review: Good Trouble

by Kerri Ana Provost

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If you live in Hartford and call yourself an activist, then you owe it to yourself to read Steve Thornton’s latest book, Good Trouble: A...

06 May

Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford History

Look: Glenwood

by Kerri Ana Provost

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For a period, a village within Hartford was called Glenwood.

02 Apr

Beyond Hartford Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford History Long Reads Parks South Green Upper Albany

Look: Bacon!

by Kerri Ana Provost

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The Folly Brook Natural Area — a wooded wetland just south of the Folly Brook dike and city line, north of Wethersfield Cove — collects...

30 Mar

Hartford History Rivers

Look: Woods River

by Kerri Ana Provost

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This is the North Branch Park River and a culvert in the vicinity of Mark Twain Drive and Granby Street. The stream (culvert) passes below...

24 Mar

Hartford History

Look: The Church Home

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Built on the site of what had been the Barnard mansion, The Church Home — operated by several Episcopal parishes — was dedicated in 1899....

19 Mar

Behind the Rocks Environmental Interest Get Outside History

Look: Same Old Garbage

by Kerri Ana Provost

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According to a 1954 Hartford Courant article, people were dumping trash directly in the Park River, and at the time, city government was unresponsive. People...

07 Feb

Hartford History

Look: Buried II

by Kerri Ana Provost

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In the heart of Asylum Hill, 49 smallpox victims were buried in 1872 on what was the Town Farm. Those who were poor and receiving...

06 Feb

Frog Hollow Hartford History Long Reads

Look: Buried

by Kerri Ana Provost

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If you’ve been in Hartford for five minutes, you’ve likely heard the widely accepted narrative: Hartford suffered two major floods in 1936 and 1938; because...