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Hartford’s Bulkeley Bridge Rose from Ashes to Arches #hartfordct #bridge #i84 #history In Hartford, Connecticut, the Bulkeley Bridge carries 150,000 cars a day across the Connecticut River — but its story began in fire and grit. After a wooden bridge burned in 1895, workers built a new granite span anchored deep in the river by Black “sand hogs” laboring in airtight caissons. When it opened in 1908, Hartford celebrated for three days. Renamed for Governor Morgan Bulkeley, the bridge endures as a

The Hartford Courant Is America’s Oldest Newspaper #hartfordct #hartfordcourant #newspaper #history Connecticut’s Hartford Courant is the nation’s oldest newspaper still in print. Founded in 1764 by printer Thomas Green, the four-page Connecticut Courant quickly became a revolutionary voice under Ebenezer and Hannah Watson—denouncing the Stamp Act, covering the Boston Tea Party, and publishing the Declaration of Independence. Renamed The Hartford Courant in 1907, it remains a living link to Amer