36 Facts About Hartford Connecticut

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Hartford Connecticut was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States.

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Hartford Connecticut was the richest city in the United States for several decades following the American Civil War.

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Hartford Connecticut's daughter Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin; her brother Henry Ward Beecher was a noted clergyman who vehemently opposed slavery and supported the temperance movement and women's suffrage.

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In 1860, Hartford Connecticut was the site of the first "Wide Awakes", abolitionist supporters of Abraham Lincoln.

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Hartford Connecticut was a major manufacturing city from the 19th century until the mid-20th century.

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Hartford Connecticut wanted to contract out his first order so he approached George Fairfield of Weed Sewing Machine Company, who produced Pope's first run of bicycles in 1878.

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7.

Insurance giant Hartford Connecticut General moved to a new, modern campus in the suburb of Bloomfield.

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In 1997, the city lost its professional hockey franchise, with the Hartford Connecticut Whalers moving to Raleigh, North Carolina—despite an increase in season ticket sales and an offer from the state for a new arena.

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9.

Hartford Connecticut experienced problems as the population shrank 11 percent during the 1990s.

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10.

In 1987, Carrie Saxon Perry was elected mayor of Hartford Connecticut, becoming the first female African-American mayor of a major American city.

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11.

Hartford Connecticut has a vibrant theater scene with major Broadway productions at the Bushnell Theater as well as performances at the Hartford Connecticut Stage and TheaterWorks .

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12.

Park River originally divided Hartford Connecticut into northern and southern sections and was a major part of Bushnell Park, but the river was nearly completely enclosed and buried by flood control projects in the 1940s.

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13.

Hartford Connecticut saw extensive damage from the 1938 New England Hurricane, as well as with Hurricane Irene in 2011.

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14.

Hartford Connecticut is a center for medical care, research, and education.

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15.

Insurance giant Aetna had its headquarters in Hartford Connecticut before announcing a relocation to New York City in July 2017.

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Hartford Connecticut has continued to attract technology companies including CGI Inc, Covr Financial Technologies, GalaxE.

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17.

Local unemployment remains high in Hartford compared to other cities, the state, and the U S Of the four major cities in Connecticut, Hartford's unemployment rate of 7.

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18.

Hartford Connecticut's cuisine was shaped by its early settlers, who brought Dutch and English influence which combined with that of the Saukiog Native Americans in the area.

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19.

Hartford Connecticut earned praise from Food and Wine as "a foodie destination".

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20.

Hartford Connecticut is home to another semi-pro soccer team, Hartford Connecticut City FC, which currently plays in the NPSL.

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21.

Hartford Connecticut became the home of the WHA's New England Whalers in 1975 after the club moved from Boston, one of four WHA teams that joined the NHL in 1979.

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22.

Hartford Connecticut was home to the Hartford Connecticut Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League .

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23.

Hartford Connecticut voted in favor of restoring a mayor-council system in 2003, more than 50 years after establishing the council-manager form.

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24.

In Hartford Connecticut, there is no county-level executive or legislative government.

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25.

Hartford Connecticut municipalities provide nearly all local services such as fire and rescue, education, and snow removal.

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26.

Hartford Connecticut passed an ordinance providing services to all residents regardless of their immigration in 2008.

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27.

In 2016, the ordinance was amended to declare that Hartford Connecticut is a "Sanctuary city", although the term itself does not have an established legal meaning.

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28.

Hartford Connecticut is a predominantly Democratic city and has voted for every presidential candidate in the party since Al Smith in 1928.

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29.

Several radio stations are based in Hartford Connecticut, including WDRC, WDRC, WHCN, WJMJ, WPOP, WTIC, WTIC, and WPKT .

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30.

Bradley International Airport is located in Windsor Locks, Hartford Connecticut, and offers more than 150 daily departures to over 30 destinations on 9 airlines.

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31.

Hartford Connecticut Transit is owned by the Hartford Connecticut Department of Transportation.

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32.

Hartford Connecticut's Downtown Area Shuttle bus route is a free downtown circulator.

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33.

Some of America's most famous authors lived in Hartford Connecticut, including Mark Twain, who moved to the city in 1874.

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34.

Actors and others in the entertainment business from Hartford Connecticut include Katharine Hepburn, Thomas Ian Griffith, Gary Merrill, Linda Evans, Eriq La Salle, Diane Venora, William Gillette, Grace Carney, and Charles Nelson Reilly, and TV producer and writer Norman Lear.

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35.

Hartford Connecticut's was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the breakthrough discovery of genetic transposition.

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36.

Hartford Connecticut's is the only woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in the Medicine category.

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