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CTMQ > Waterbury

Waterbury Button Museum

August 11, 2009 by Steve 32 Comments

This Museum is as Cute as a ... Waterbury (Google Maps Location) August 2009 CT Museum #135 When you're the third smallest state in the US and you still manage to cram in so many hundreds of museums, it stands to reason that a good percentage of them will be tiny. I've seen my share - and can't determine which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Industrial History, museum within a museum, Tiny Museums, Waterbury

Hancock Brook Trail

April 23, 2009 by Steve 10 Comments

Definitely Not the Waterbury You Know Waterbury, 2.6 miles March 31, 2009 I have a rapidly approaching deadline for my next "Try This Hike" article for Connecticut Woodlands magazine. With so many Connecticut hikes at my disposal, I'm going to write about this one - a relatively short loop hike in that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, mattatuck state forest, Waterbury, waterbury area trails

Waterbury Area Trails Intro

April 23, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Waterbury Area Trails Waterbury, Watertown, Plymouth, Thomaston Waterbury and Hiking go together like... Toothpaste and Grapefruit Juice? Blindness and Driving? UConn and football? What I’m saying is, no one thinks about hiking when they think of Waterbury. Here's the thing: Waterbury is thought of as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, watertown area trails

Concept of Freedom Trail: Waterbury

October 30, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Hopkins Street Center, Waterbury 34 Hopkins Street Located at the corner of Hopkins and Pearl Streets, this building was once known as the Pearl Street Neighborhood House. It served as a settlement house for Waterbury's African American community, particularly migrants arriving from the South after the First World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Waterbury

Holy Land USA

September 15, 2007 by Steve 6 Comments

Jesus Christ, That Must've Hurt! Holy Land USA, Waterbury November 19, 2004 Note: This is a poorly edited piece from my old blog - where the trip to Holy Land USA was merely a tiny part of a larger week-long roadtrip where we picked off PA, MD, WV, and DC highpoints, so it's written sort of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religious Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Hoang, Religulous, Severed Limbs, Waterbury

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