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CTMQ > Firsts Onlies and Oldests

First Agricultural Station in US

March 24, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

In CAES You Didn't Know... CT Agricultural Experimental Station New Haven Some CTMQ readers may roll their eyes at this one, but you really shouldn't. To put science to work for society, the Connecticut Agricultural General Assembly chartered The Station to investigate plant and their pests, insects, soil, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven, Yale

NHL: CT Agricultural Experimental Station

March 24, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

CT National Historic Landmark Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station 123 Huntington St, New Haven Yet another (sorta) Yale-New Haven associated National Historic Landmark that I could put on the "Historic science sites around town" tour. This one is a double whammy: Not only is it a National Historic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven, Yale

146. Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden

February 26, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Merry Christmas in July Bethlehem (Google Maps location) December 5, 2009 Here’s the deal: The Bellamy-Ferriday House is only open from May until October like most Connecticut Landmarks properties. But, you ask, you’re obviously there during Christmas! Yup… The house is open during Bethlehem’s Christmas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Bethlehem, Connecticut Landmarks, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Historic Gardens, Historic Houses

URR Trail: Glastonbury

February 15, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Kimberly Mansion, Glastonbury 1625 Main Street This stop along the Underground Railroad Trail is a rarity; it has its own Wikipedia entry as well as other web presence. Good for you, Kimberly Mansion! It also has a bronze plaque in the middle of the front lawn which I didn't notice until looking at my picture. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury, Historic Houses, Underground Railroad Trail

World’s First Condensed Milk Factory

November 3, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Site of the World’s First Condensed Milk Factory I'll Condense the Story, But I'm Still Milking It Torrington Yeah, that’s right. A page about the world’s first condensed milk factory. Trust me, this is one of those things that you’ll thank CTMQ for later, like when you’re at a cocktail party or bar and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: burr pond state park, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Torrington

Elizabeth Park Gardens

October 16, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

‘Lizbeth?! I’m Comin! This the Big One! Elizabeth Park Tour, Hartford/West Hartford June 5, 2010 I finally did something on an impossibly hot day that everyone in the Hartford area should do at least once: Took the History Tour of Elizabeth Park. You’ve all been there. You’ve toured the rose garden and walked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Gardens, Greenhouses, Hartford, Hoang, Plants, superlatives, West Hartford

The Golden Age of Trucking Museum (Closed)

September 23, 2010 by Steve 8 Comments

The Golden Age… Those Were the Days… Middlebury July 10, 2010 CT Museum Visit #173, just before it closed in July of 2010. This is a terrible writing assignment. What should be a fun museum report is now a eulogy. Worse, I knew I’d be faced with this situation even before I visited the Golden Age of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Superlatives Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Defunct Museums, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Middlebury

NHL: Henry Barnard House

June 21, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Henry Barnard House CT National Historic Landmark 118 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut The Henry Barnard House exemplifies what I love about this NHL list. It’s not the high-profile buildings that even the most ignorant Nutmeggers know about... it’s these more-or-less nondescript buildings that we pass by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford, Historic Houses, National Historic Landmarks

Site of the First Cigar Factory in US

June 16, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Calm Down... Exhale... Site of the First Cigar Factory in the US 1073 Ratley Road, West Suffield At the very, very end of a wonderful tour of the King House Museum in Suffield, back in the cramped little tobacco history section of the house (Suffield has a rather important role in Connecticut tobacco production), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Suffield, Tobacco

Audubon Greenwich

May 26, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Where Goldfinches are Made of Real Gold Greenwich (Google Maps location) May 2010 I will likely do a rare revisit of this place. I still have to hike its trails, and will likely have Calvin with me, and he'd enjoy it. It's so nice that I think you'll agree - better pictures are warranted. Daggone Greenwich. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, audubon, Birds, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Greenwich, Natural History, Nature Centers

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