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Connecticut Facts and Trivia #5

Connecticut Facts and Trivia #5

Here are 10 more fun facts about CT:

  • Wallingford has earned a worldwide reputation for the production of silverware.
  • The first expert in the treatment of Asiatic cholera was Dr. Henry Bronson in 1832. He was a professor at Yale Medical School.
  • The first golf tournament in Connecticut for women only was held in Waterbury on June 12, 1917.
  • West Hartford is the birthplace of Noah Webster, the author of the first dictionary published in 1807.
  • Although West Haven is Connecticut's youngest city, being incorporated in 1972, it is a community that dates back over 360 years, making it one of the oldest settlements in the country.
  • PEZ® Candy is made in the city of Orange.
  • Thomas Sanford made the first friction matches in Beacon Falls in 1834.
  • Some of the world's most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills.
  • The town of Washington was incorporated in 1779, being named in honor of General George Washington.
  • Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut since 1875.

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