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The story reads like a soap opera. In 1870, Theodore Tilton accused his wife of being unfaithful to him with the popular preacher Henry Ward Beecher, and
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The largest artifact in the collections of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Historical Society is a nine-ton fire engine. When the Clapp & Jones steam pumper was first
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Katharine Hepburns mother, Kit Hepburn, insisted that the Fenwick house would withstand the rising tides and the gale-force winds. After 25 summers
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There is something very American about a Windsor chair. Although its name points to England, where the chairs style and manufacture emerged in the early
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Harry Houdini, David Copperfield, Doug Henning . . . Albert Walker? The first three names are well-known magicians. But who is Albert Walker?Albert was
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Fashion has changed exponentially over the last two centuries. In the 1860s women wore thickly boned corsets, multiple petticoats, steel hoop skirts and
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The lovely lady with the eager look in her eyes is Etha Town, the daughter of Ithiel Town, a New Haven architect, and the inventor of the Town truss, used
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The return of spring weather has prompted a marked increase in bicycle traffic all over 窪蹋勛圖厙. Country roads, city streets, and scenic rail trails
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If you visit the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Historical Society, at One Elizabeth Street in Hartford, you will discover an unusual and intriguing building that was
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Katharine Hepburns relationship with Hartford was strong and deeply rooted; it was her birthplace, her hometown, and a place she both supported and to