Summers!
Many of us worked for this version of the "CCC" in the 1950s and 1960s
What is the Consolidate Cigar Corporation?
They were the World Hockey Association team in Hartford 1972-78
Who were the Hartford Whalers?
This site, along with one in Portland, was the source for many of the famous "Brownstone Buildings" in NYC
What was the Cromwell quarry (West St)?
She was the first US woman elected State governor not preceded by her husband
Who was Ella Grasso?"
Outdoor swimming lessons for many Cromwell youths took place at these two Portland swimming holes
What are Jobs Pond and Great Hill Lake?
They were the minor league baseball New Britain Rock Cats before moving to the state capital in 2016
Who are The Hartford Yard Goats?
This was at one time the largest manufacturer of cast-iron toys in the entire United States.
What is the J & E Stevens Company (Nooks Hill Road)?
These two CT segments of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System opened in the 1950s
What are the Wilbur Cross and Merritt Parkways?
If you wanted real ocean waves you'd drive to this RI beach whose name meant 'Place of the Red Salmon' in the Narragansett language
What is Misquamicut ?
The record number of NCAA Women's Basketball Championships won by UConn
What is 11?
This once private residence on Main Street now houses “Cromwell Historical Society”
What is the "Stevens-Frisbie" house (395 Main Street) ?
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It was the original name of the Greater Hartford Open before moving to Cromwell's TPC in 1983
What is the Insurance City Open?
This NFL team signed and then rescinded an agreement to move to Hartford in 1999
Who are the New England Patriots?
This was the common name of the area that became Cromwell when it was occupied by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans
What is the Mattabasset?
The name of very first US nuclear submarine launched in 1955 from Groton, Conn
What is was "USS Nautilus?"
Some called it the “Largest Festival That Never Happened” featuring Neil Young, The Allman Brothers, Van Morrison & others
What was the 1970 Powder Ridge Music Festival?
They reach 76 million TV households in the US broadcasting sporting events from their studios in Bristol, Connecticut.
What is ESPN ?
Native Americans listened to the 'wind caught by the spirit of the earth' at this location, now in River Highlands State Park
What is the Devil's Blowhole?
Opened in 1846, it is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States.
What is Lake Compounce?