Ralph Allen: “He have more than courage”

As 3,000 people left Connecticut by car, bus, and train to join the historic March on Washington, Hartford college student … More

Hartford Sex Trade: Prostitutes and Politics

Ann Dunn and Caroline McElroy were unceremoniously escorted to the police station where they were charged with prostitution. The arrest … More

Mahlon “Duck” Duckett and John “Mule” Miles returned to Hartford in 2007. Duck and Mule are surviving members of a … More

Samson Easton entered the State House in Hartford through a door someone had left open. He and another man carried … More

One of the most dangerous women in America spoke in Hartford on February 12, 1913. “Red Emma” Goldman talked about … More

It was March, 1912. Emily Pierson and her sister suffragists were on a statewide tour of Connecticut, putting up posters, … More

March, 1860. Abraham Lincoln considers an invitation to Hartford, determined to widen his appeal as a possible presidential candidate. “Do … More

It started out as a dispute over seventy-five cents and ended up as a test of wills between hundreds of … More

Hartford’s Wild West fans and kids of all ages had to make a hard choice one hot summer day in … More

On the Big Rock Candy Mountain /All the cops have wooden legs/ The bulldogs all have rubber teeth/ And the hens … More

Some Hartford people are pretty desperate for heroes. What other explanation could there be for the recent attempts to glorify … More

The factory owner demanded sixty hours a week from the young women employed at the Government Envelope Works on South … More

On the cold morning of November 29, 1976, snow and ice rained down on a small group crowded in the … More

We might drive over the Bulkeley Bridge every day, but we seldom think about the sweat and toil it took … More

He is best known for his American classics Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but Hartford resident Samuel … More