Exploring Connecticut

About Exploring Connecticut

Every week, author Dave Pelland describes a Connecticut historical site, event or landmark. Learn about the events, people and places that make the Nutmeg State so special!

Publisher

Dave Pelland, CT author and historian

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Dec 2020

Latest episode

29 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Mar 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 011 - Yale's Body Snatcher Riot

   When Yale medical students were suspected of body snatching in the early 19th century, New Haven experienced two nights of rioting.

2. 

   16 Mar 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 010 – Gillette Castle

   Noted actor William Gillette's retirement home, high above the Connecticut River, remains a popular attraction a century after its construction.

3. 

   9 Mar 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 009 - Jennie Cramer's Murder and the Malley Boys

   A lurid New Haven murder trial in 1882 combined sex, the city's wealthiest family, and allegations of bribery and witness tampering.

4. 

   1 Mar 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 008 – The Merritt Parkway

   For more than 80 years, the Merritt Parkway has provided a scenic — and sometimes fast — route through Fairfield County.

5. 

   22 Feb 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 007: The Flood of 1955

   When two hurricanes hit Connecticut within a week, the resulting flooding produced the state's largest natural disaster.

6. 

   15 Feb 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 006: Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Tour of Connecticut

   At the start of his 1860 presidential campaign, Abraham Lincoln made five speeches in Connecticut cities.

7. 

   8 Feb 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 005 - Connecticut's Pioneering Role in Telephone Technology

   The first telephone exchange, the first phone directory, and the first payphone were all developed in Connecticut.

8. 

   1 Feb 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 004 - Henry Bergh and P.T. Barnum

   Why is the founder of the New York-based ASPCA honored with a fountain in Bridgeport?

9. 

   25 Jan 2021

   Exploring Connecticut 003 - Judges Cave, New Haven

   How is a rock formation high above New Haven connected with the English civil war?

10. 

    18 Jan 2021

    Exploring Connecticut 002 - The Charter Oak

    How did seemingly half of Hartford's businesses and landmarks come to share the name "Charter Oak?"

11. 

    29 Dec 2020

    Exploring Connecticut 001 - Is the Oldest Civil War Monument in the U.S. in Connecticut?

    Does the oldest civil war monument in the United States stand outside a church in central Connecticut? The answer depends, in part, on how you define the idea of oldest and what qualifiers you attach.

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