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Connecticut Facts and Top Attractions:
Connecticut Fun Facts:
Nicknames: Constitution State
Capitol: Hartford
Motto: Qui transtulit sustinet - He who transplanted still sustains
Song: Yankee Doodle
Flower: Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia
Tree: White Oak Quercus alba
Bird: Robin
Gained Statehood: January 9, 1788
Name Origin: Based on Mohican and Algonquin Indian words for a "place beside a long river".
Connecticut Visitor and Travel Information:
Connecticut is a blend of quaint towns with spectacular country vistas. Many towns and cities are inhabited by New York commuters who enjoy the quieter pace of this beautiful landscape. Connecticut has a rich literary history. Hartford was the home of Mark Twain, and tourists can visit The Mark Twain House, at Nook Farm, where he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Next door is the Harriet Beecher Stowe cottage. Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Connecticut Tourist Attractions and Points of Interest:
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Long Island Sound shoreline Yale University's Gallery of Fine Arts Peabody Museum of Natural History P. T. Barnum Museum Winchester Gun Museum American Clock and Watch Museum Mystic seaport and Maritime Museum Mystic Marinelife Aquarium. The Mark Twain House, at Nook Farm Harriet Beecher Stowe's Cottage Bushnell Park Carousel Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Connecticut History Old State House Yale University Center for British Art Yale University Art Gallery Neon Garage Art Gallery The New Haven Symphony Orchestra Yale Repertory Theater Olde Mistick Village Stonington Borough Lighthouse Museum Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket | Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Haight Vineyards in Litchfield Ocean Beach Park in New London. Bigelow Hollow State Park Chatfield Hollow State Park Devils Hopyard State Park Haddam Meadows State Park Mashamoquet Brook State Park Burr Pond State Park Dinosaur State Park Gay City State Park Kettletown State Park Macedonia Brook State Park Black Rock State Park Hammonasset Beach State Park Kent Falls State Park Mt. Tom State Park Rocky Neck State Park Fort Griswold Battlefield Putnam Memorial Park Weir Farm National Historic Site Beardsley Zoo The Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Lake Compounce Theme Park |
Connecticut History:
The Dutch navigator, Adriaen Block, was the first European of record to explore the area, sailing up the Connecticut River in 1614. In 1633, Dutch colonists built a fort and trading post near present-day Hartford but soon lost control to English Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. While Connecticut was first explored by the Dutch, the first permanent settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633. From the first, Connecticut enjoyed political independence, proclaiming in its Fundamental Orders of 1639 a democratic principle of government based on the will of the people. These Fundamental Orders are said to have been the first written Constitution of a democratic government. During the American Revolution, Connecticut soldiers were on battle fields from Canada to the Carolinas. General Israel Putnam at the battle of Bunker Hill cried those famous words: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" Also during this time Nathan Hale, before he was hung said: "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Connecticut was called the "The Provision State" by George Washington because of supplies contributed to his army by Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. It was also called the "Arsenal of the Nation" due to the supplies it provided during the Revolutionary War. Connecticut had two capitals from 1703 to 1875 they were Hartford and New Haven. Since then, the capital has been Hartford.
Famous Connecticut Residents or Natives:
Dean Acheson , Ethan Allen , Benedict Arnold, P. T. Barnum , Henry Ward Beecher , John Brown, Prudence Crandell, Oliver Ellsworth , Eileen Farrell , Charles Goodyear , Nathan Hale, Dorothy Hamill , Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ives , Edwin H. Land, John Pierpont Morgan, Frederick Law Olmsted , Rosa Ponselle , Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Benjamin Spock , Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain , Morris R. Waite , Noah Webster ,
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