CURRENT ISSUE
Summer 2010 VOLUME 8 / NUMBER 3
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Gemstones for Tiffany & Co. | ||
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A Forest of Religious Fervor |
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| The Cove that Disappeared | |||
| Mulberry Madness | |||
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On the cover: The Bellamy-Ferriday House and garden in Bethlehem, Connecticut. A Connecticut Landmarks property. photo: Nicky Lacy Photography
| Contents Features | |
| Pg 12 Awakening in Forestville A photo essay about a place for spiritual and intellectual revival. By Arthur K. Pope |
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| Pg 18 The Good Works of the Civilian Conservation Corps Our state’s parks transformed in the Great Depression. By Marty Podskoch |
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| Pg 24 City, Country, Town: Connecticut Landmarks A look at the history of the land beneath three historic sites. By Rochelle Simon, Sally Ryan, Barbara Lipsche, and Kristin Havill |
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| pg 30 Connecticut’s Mulberry Craze In pursuit of silk thread, we went crazy for mulberry trees. By Bob Wyss |
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| pg 36 The Industrial Might of Connecticut Pegmatite Mining for grit and sparkle. By John A. Pawloski, Sr. |
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| Departments | |
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Hog River Journal |
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Letters, etc. |
| pg 12 |
Awakening in Forestville. By Arthur K. Pope |
| pg 18 | The Good Works of the Civilian Conservation Corps. By Marty Podskoch |
| pg 24 | City, Country, Town: Connecticut Landmarks. By Rochelle Simon, Sally Ryan, Barbara Lipsche, and Kristin Havill |
| pg 30 | Connecticut’s Mulberry Craze. By Bob Wyss |
| pg 36 | The Industrial Might of Connecticut Pegmatite. By John A. Pawloski, Sr. |
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Re: Collections: Preserving Hartford’s Public Parks History. By Jordyn Sims |
| pg 43 | Destination: Eli Whitney Barn. By Todd Levine |
| pg 44 | Site Lines: Two if By Sea, The New London Harbor and Stonington lighthouses. By Elizabeth J. Normen |
| pg 46 | Shoebox Archives: My Summers at Camp Courant. By Chief Charles A. Teale, Sr. |
| pg 47 | Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations |
| pg 52 | Afterword |
Sample articles from past issues:
SPRING 2010: Facing Hard Times
• Connecticut in the Golden Age of Smuggling
WINTER 2009/2010: Moderns
FALL/2009: Play Ball!
• Girls Can Play, Too!: Women’s Basketball in Connecticut
• Destination: The Nation’s Oldest High-School Football Rivalry
SUMMER/2009
• History in a Dog-Eared Cookbook
• Oral History: What It Is & How To Do It
• The Collection of Alfred Atmore Pope at Hill-Stead Museum
SPRING/2009
• Cruising the Thimble Islands
WINTER/2008-2009
FALL/2008
• What These Walls Have Heard!
• Charles Ives, Connecticut’s Compelling, Confounding Composer
• Ivoryton
SUMMER /2008
• Taking a Ride Down the Hog River–Reprint in PDF form available online!
SPRING /2008
• The Rise and Fall of Silas Brooks, Balloonist
WINTER 2007/2008
• The Legend of The Charter Oak
FALL 2007
• Everyman’s Time: The Rise and Fall of Connecticut’s Clockmaking
SUMMER 2007
• “Cast down on every side”: The Ill-Fated Campaign to Found an “ African College” in New Haven
• West of Eden: Ohio Land Speculation Benefits Connecticut Public Schools
SPRING 2007
• Ninety Days that Sickened Connecticut
WINTER 2006/2007
FALL 2006
• The Great San Francisco Earthquake
SUMMER 2006
SPRING 2006
WINTER 2005/2006
FALL 2005
SUMMER 2005
SPRING 2005
• Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?
• A Century of Connecticut Inventions
2004 NOV/DEC/JAN 2005
• Daniel Wadsworth and the Hudson River School
AUG/SEP/OCT 2004
MAY/JUN/JUL 2004
• Hartford Labor Militants Fight the Spanish Civil War
• A Piece of Silk Tells of the Richly Textured Fabric of Mill Town Life
FEB/MAR/APR 2004
2003 NOV/DEC/JAN 2004
• “If You Don’t Need It, DON’T BUY IT”
SUMMER 2003
SPRING 2003
• Hartford’s Motion Picture Palaces
• A Connecticut Yankee Doodle Dandy
WINTER 2003
• A Tale of Two Cities: The Rise and Fall of Public Housing
• The Last 18th-Century House on Main Street
• Francis Goodwin II’s reflections on the wild and wooly three-day opening of the Bulkeley Bridge
FALL 2002
• A River Runs Under It: A Hog River History
• Tobacco Valley: Puerto Rican Farm Workers in Connecticut



