Newington from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897) by Edwin Stanley Welles.  This is our second publication about Newington, the other being our republication of Early Annals of Newington, by Roger Welles (available on CD-ROM), which was written around a quarter century earlier and focuses on a different era of Newington's history.  See our Newington page for more information.

Center Church, Hartford, burials (1749-1784) -- a three-part article from the Connecticut Quarterly (1898) including lists.  22+ pages. Download in PDF format, $4.50 

Ancient Burying Ground at Hartford -- an article about the cemetery with lists of individuals buried there from the Connecticut Quarterly  (1898).  14+ pages. Download in PDF format $3.50. 

Farmington:  Smallpox Hospital Rock, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  This short article about a local curiosity reflects changing attitudes about what once had been a dread disease.  6+ pages, PDF format, download now for $1.75.

Scenes in and around Granby, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A short article about the Granby countryside accompanied by photographs.  7+ pages, PDF format, download now for $1.75

Simsbury, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895). A profile of the town, with photographs and a poem about the burning of Simsbury in King Philip's War.  12+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00

Canton, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A historical profile of the town, with particularly nice photographs.  This town also includes the historic village of Collinsville.  11+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00

Manchester: Highland Park, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A short article, with photographs, of this community's park.  4+ pages, PDF format, download now for $1.75.

Glastonbury Sketches, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Recollections of Glastonbury in a two part article (they appeared in two consecutive issues of the magazine) by Henry Storrs Goslee with numerous photographs.  18+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00

Enfield, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  A portrait of the community, with emphasis on its history, by C. Terry Knight.  There are abundant photographs in the 16+ pages.  PDF format, download now for $3.00

Berlin High School "The Lamp" -- Yearbook from 1955.  A nice high school yearbook of the period with senior photographs, teams, clubs, candids, prophesy and class will and testament, and ads from local merchants.  70+ pages in PDF format, download now for $5.25

Historic Homes of Hartford, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  W. Farrand Felch wrote this three-part article (which appeared in three successive numbers of the Quarterly – combined into a single download here) to celebrate what was at the time one of the wealthiest and most beautiful cities in the United States.  The three sections were entitled “Homes of Genius”, “Homes of Wealth”, and “Homes of Statecraft” and each category shows Hartford houses of the time epitomizing that quality.  Traces of Hartford when it was flush with insurance money still exist, of course, but this article shows it when it was near its peak.  32+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00

The Farmington River and its Origins, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Today one thinks of the Farmington River, starting with its origins in Massachusetts and through its course in Connecticut, primarily in terms of scenic and recreational uses, but a century ago this was emphatically not the case.  It was dotted with industries, ranging from offshoots of the iron industry to the textile industry to power generation throughout most of its length.  Notwithstanding this, it still succeeded in retaining considerable natural beauty as this article shows.  Today, of course, the remaining ruins of the early industries are considered scenic in themselves.   21+ pages with numerous photographs, PDF format, download now for $3.25.

See also our Copper Industry in Connecticut page!

Suffield: Quarter-Millenial Plus -- Please see our Suffield page.

Early Annals of Newington -- Please see our Newington page.

--The Tattler yearbook for 1936 from Bloomfield High School -- 40 pages, will be a download reasonably soon

--A large number of additional items from the Connecticut Quarterly

--Phelps' Newgate of Connecticut (1876)

Needless to say, we're always looking for additional Hartford County material to publish.