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{\an7}NESTLED ABOVE LONG ISLAND SOUND,
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{\an7}CONNECTICUT IS A LAND
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{\an7}\h\hOF SCENIC COASTLINE
AND PRISTINE WATERWAYS.
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{\an7}IT‘S BEEN AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF
COMMERCE SINCE COLONIAL TIMES...
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{\an7}AND THE HOME OF HISTORIC
\h\h\hEVENTS AND PEOPLE
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{\an7}\hTHAT HAVE HELPED
SHAPE THE NATION.
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{\an7}\h\h\hFROM THE HOUSE WHERE
HUCKLEBERRY FINN WAS BORN,
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{\an7}TO THE FACTORY THAT CREATED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE COLT REVOLVER
AND THE M-16 ASSAULT RIFLE--
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{\an7}AND THE ESTATE
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{\an7}WHERE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD‘S
\hGREATEST FEMALE STARS
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{\an7}ESCAPED THE LIMELIGHT--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHISTORY HAS BEEN MADE
ON THESE SHORES AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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{\an7}THIS IS ALSO A PLACE BRIMMING
\h\h\hWITH MYTH AND LEGEND...
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{\an7}FROM STORIES ABOUT A DEADLY DOG
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTO TALES OF
A HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE--
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{\an7}AND TO A SLEEPING GIANT WHO
MAY NEVER SPILL HIS SECRETS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAERIAL CONNECTICUT
IS A JOURNEY ACROSS A LAND
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{\an7}SHAPED BY INNOVATION
\h\hAND INGENUITY...
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{\an7}A PLACE WHERE OLD TRADITIONS
\h\h\h\hAND NEW INNOVATIONS
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{\an7}HAVE COME TOGETHER
TO CREATE A STATE
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{\an7}RICH IN WEALTH, INSTITUTIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IDEAS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT‘S A LAND
WHERE YOU‘RE NEVER FAR
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{\an7}FROM WATER OR DENSE FOREST--
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{\an7}WITH A LONG COASTLINE SHELTERED
BY LONG ISLAND TO THE SOUTH.
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{\an7}THE NATIVE PEOPLE CALLED IT
\h\h\h\h"LONG RIVER PLACE"--
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{\an7}OR CONNECTICUT.
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{\an7}THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDISCOVERED,
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{\an7}ALONG THE CALM WATERS
OF LONG ISLAND SOUND,
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{\an7}ABUNDANT NATURAL HARBORS.
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{\an7}PROSPERITY WAS GUARANTEED--
AT LEAST FOR THE EUROPEANS.
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{\an7}FOR THE NATIVE MOHEGAN INDIANS,
THE STORY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
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{\an7}IT STARTS IN TRAGEDY, BUT ENDS
\h\h\h\hIN A KIND OF TRIUMPH.
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{\an7}IN THE 17th CENTURY, WHITE
ENGLISH AND DUTCH SETTLERS
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{\an7}BOUGHT UP THE MOHEGANS‘ LAND
\h\h\h\hAND FORCED THEM OUT,
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{\an7}LEADING TO A LONG DECLINE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE MOHEGANS
WERE ALSO DEVASTATED
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{\an7}BY IMPORTED EUROPEAN DISEASES.
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{\an7}\hBY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
THEIR POPULATION HAD DWINDLED
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{\an7}\h\hFROM THOUSANDS
TO JUST 70 PEOPLE.
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{\an7}THIS GLITTERING BUILDING
\h\h\h\hMARKS A REVIVAL
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{\an7}OF THE MOHEGAN TRIBE‘S FORTUNES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHANKS TO PROCEEDS FROM
THE MOHEGAN SUN CASINO AND HOTEL
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{\an7}IN UNCASVILLE.
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{\an7}WITH 300,000 SQUARE FEET
\h\h\hOF GAMBLING SPACE,
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{\an7}EVERYTHING IN THE DESIGN
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{\an7}IS INFUSED WITH MEANING
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE TRIBE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE CENTERPIECE IS
THE ICONIC 1,200-ROOM HOTEL.
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{\an7}ITS CRYSTAL FACADE AND SHAPE
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{\an7}ARE DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE
\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUARTZITE
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{\an7}ONCE USED BY MOHEGANS
\hTO MAKE ARROWHEADS.
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{\an7}EMBRACING MODERN COMMERCE
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{\an7}\h\h\hHAS ALLOWED THE MOHEGANS
TO HONOR THEIR DEAD FITTINGLY.
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{\an7}A FEW MILES UP THE ROAD
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN NORWICH,
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{\an7}\h\h\hA PERMANENT MEMORIAL
OF 13 PILLARS STANDS PROUD
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{\an7}ON THE SITE OF A MOHEGAN
\h\h\h\h\hBURIAL GROUND.
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{\an7}EACH PILLAR REPRESENTS
\h\h\h\h\hTHE 13 MOONS
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{\an7}IN THE MOHEGAN CALENDAR.
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{\an7}THEIR MOST FAMOUS LEADER,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCHIEF UNCAS,
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{\an7}IS BELIEVED TO BE BURIED
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{\an7}SOMEWHERE IN THIS
\h3 1/2-ACRE PARK.
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{\an7}THE TRIBE FOUGHT FOR YEARS
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO REGAIN THEIR
FORMER BURIAL GROUND.
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{\an7}BUT IT WASN‘T UNTIL 1999
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{\an7}THAT THE MOHEGANS FINALLY
\h\h\hRECLAIMED THE LAND--
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{\an7}BUYING IT FROM THE CITY
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NORWICH.
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{\an7}CONNECTICUT IS JUSTLY PROUD
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF ITS SCHOOLS.
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{\an7}HERE IN CANTERBURY--
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{\an7}IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE STATE--
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{\an7}WAS THE SITE OF NEW ENGLAND‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFIRST SCHOOL
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{\an7}FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN GIRLS.
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{\an7}WHEN PRUDENCE CRANDALL
\hFOUNDED IT IN 1832,
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{\an7}THE SCHOOL WAS UNPOPULAR
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH LOCALS,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND SHE FACED
HUMILIATION, ARREST
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{\an7}AND A TRIAL THAT BROUGHT HER
TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
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{\an7}HER DEFIANCE PAVED THE WAY
\h\hFOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IN HER HONOR
HER FORMER SCHOOL AND HOME
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS NOW CALLED
THE PRUDENCE CRANDALL MUSEUM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hJUTTING OUT PRECARIOUSLY
AT THE MOUTH OF NEW HAVEN HARBOR
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{\an7}STANDS ANOTHER TESTAMENT
TO CONNECTICUT BRAVERY.
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{\an7}AT THIS FORT--RECONSTRUCTED
\h\h\h\hFROM THE ORIGINAL--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h19 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
HELD OUT AGAINST THE BRITISH
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{\an7}DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN JULY 1779,
HUNDREDS OF REDCOATS
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{\an7}LANDED NEARBY AND ATTACKED
\h\hTHE FORT FROM BEHIND.
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{\an7}IN SPITE OF OVERWHELMING ODDS,
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{\an7}THE PLUCKY SOLDIERS
DEFENDED THE HARBOR
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{\an7}UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF AMMUNITION
AND MADE A RUN FOR IT.
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{\an7}A LITTLE FURTHER EAST
\hALONG THE SHORELINE,
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{\an7}TWO PERMANENT SENTINELS
\h\h\h\h\h\hSTAND WATCH
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{\an7}OVER NEW LONDON HARBOR.
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{\an7}89 FEET HIGH AND BUILT IN 1801,
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{\an7}\h\hNEW LONDON LIGHTHOUSE
IS THE OLDEST IN THE STATE
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{\an7}AND THE FOURTH OLDEST
\h\hIN NORTH AMERICA.
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{\an7}IT COST THE STAGGERING SUM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF $15,000,
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{\an7}\hBUT FOR LOCAL SAILORS
IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT.
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{\an7}ONE WROTE IN THE 19th CENTURY:
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{\an7}\h\h"IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
AS A LEADING LIGHT FOR VESSELS
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{\an7}GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HARBOR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NEW LONDON,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH, ON ACCOUNT
OF ITS POSITION AND SECURITY,
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{\an7}\hIS MUCH RESORTED TO DURING
THE HEAVY GALES OF WINTER."
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{\an7}\h\h\hA SHORT DISTANCE AWAY,
IN THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR,
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{\an7}SITS THE NEW LONDON LEDGE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLIGHTHOUSE.
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{\an7}THIS STRIKING STRUCTURE
\h\h\hWAS BUILT IN 1909
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{\an7}AND DESIGNED TO LOOK
JUST LIKE THE HOMES
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{\an7}OF THE WEALTHY RESIDENTS
\h\h\h\hALONG THE COAST.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE LIGHTHOUSE
IS SAID TO BE HAUNTED
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{\an7}BY THE GHOST OF A FORMER KEEPER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hACCORDING TO LEGEND,
WHEN THE KEEPER‘S WIFE RAN OFF,
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{\an7}HE JUMPED OFF THE LIGHTHOUSE
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{\an7}AND DROWNED IN THE COLD WATERS
\h\h\h\hOF LONG ISLAND SOUND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hREPORTS OF MYSTERIOUS
OCCURRENCES AT THE LIGHTHOUSE
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{\an7}HAVE EMERGED EVER SINCE.
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{\an7}THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN
\h\h\h\h\hIS A BEACON
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{\an7}FOR THE NATION‘S LEARNING--
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{\an7}\h\hAND A SHOWCASE
FOR TOWN PLANNING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT ITS CENTER
IS THE 16-ACRE GREEN,
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{\an7}WITH ITS NEAT PATHS RADIATING
OUT TO THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
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{\an7}\h\hFOUNDED IN 1638, NEW HAVEN
WAS THE FIRST TOWN IN THE U.S.
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{\an7}TO USE A GRID SYSTEM.
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{\an7}MANY AMERICAN CITIES,
\h\h\h\h\hIF NOT ALL,
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{\an7}\h\h\hHAVE SINCE ADOPTED
THE SAME PLANNED DESIGN.
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{\an7}BUT IT‘S ALSO A PLACE FAMOUS
\h\hFOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY,
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{\an7}EARNING THE NICKNAME
\h\h"THE ELM CITY."
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{\an7}\hIT‘S LINED WITH
MANY MASSIVE ELMS,
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{\an7}THE REMNANTS OF AMERICA‘S FIRST
PUBLIC TREE PLANTING PROGRAM.
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{\an7}TAKING PRIDE OF PLACE
IN THIS CITY OF TREES
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{\an7}\hIS CONNECTICUT‘S MOST FAMOUS
INSTITUTION: YALE UNIVERSITY.
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{\an7}THE SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED
\h\hIN NEARBY SAYBROOK
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{\an7}AND MOVED TO NEW HAVEN IN 1716
\h\hAFTER A PROTRACTED DEBATE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFIRST CALLED
"THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,"
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{\an7}\h\hYALE WAS STARTED IN 1701
BY A GROUP OF TEN MINISTERS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MEN--
ALL ALUMNI OF HARVARD--
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{\an7}HAD POOLED THEIR BOOKS TO FORM
\hTHE SCHOOL‘S FIRST LIBRARY.
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{\an7}BY 1718, THE COLLEGE‘S NAME
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS CHANGED
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{\an7}IN HONOR OF THE MAIN BENEFACTOR,
ELIHU YALE.
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{\an7}THE UNIVERSITY‘S MOST PROMINENT
LANDMARK, HARKNESS TOWER,
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{\an7}STANDS 216 FEET TALL,
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{\an7}AND ITS 44 CARILLON BELLS
\h\h\hRING OUT EVERY HOUR.
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{\an7}YALE IS THE THIRD OLDEST
\hUNIVERSITY IN AMERICA,
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{\an7}\h\hAND IS CONSIDERED ONE
OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS--
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{\an7}WITH GOOD REASON.
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{\an7}\hSINCE THE 1970s,
FOUR OF ITS ALUMNI
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHAVE GONE ON TO BECOME
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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{\an7}\hRUNNING NORTH FROM YALE
IS AN EVEN OLDER LANDMARK.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHIS AREA IS KNOWN AS
THE LAND OF THE SLEEPING GIANT.
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00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:17,316
{\an7}FROM A DISTANCE YOU CAN SEE
\h\h\h\hA LONG TWO-MILE HILL
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT LOOKS LIKE
A GIANT‘S RESTING BODY.
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{\an7}NATIVE AMERICANS CALL
\hTHIS GIANT HOBOMOCK,
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{\an7}WHO WAS PUT TO SLEEP
\h\hBY A GOOD SPIRIT
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{\an7}TO STOP HIS DESTRUCTIVE URGES.
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{\an7}THE GIANT‘S REST HAS NOT ALWAYS
BEEN PEACEFUL.
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{\an7}HE WAS DISTURBED BY VANDALS
\hIN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY.
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00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:39,806
{\an7}AND THEN JUDGE WILLIS COOK--
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00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:42,442
{\an7}WHOSE PROPERTY INCLUDED
\h\h\hTHE GIANT‘S HEAD--
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{\an7}ALLOWED STONE QUARRYING
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE LAND.
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{\an7}BUT PUBLIC OUTCRY SOON PUT
\h\hAN END TO THE BLASTING
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{\an7}AND LED TO THE CREATION
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{\an7}OF SLEEPING GIANT STATE PARK
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1924.
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{\an7}THE GIANT HAS SLEPT SOUNDLY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER SINCE--
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{\an7}DESPITE THIS OBSERVATION TOWER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBEING BUILT
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{\an7}ON HIS THICKLY WOODED BELLY.
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{\an7}ALSO IN HAMDEN IS AN IMPORTANT
\h\h\hEPICENTER OF INNOVATION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS HERE
THAT INVENTOR ELI WHITNEY
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{\an7}\h\h\hMADE A KEY CONTRIBUTION TO
AMERICA‘S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
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{\an7}AFTER PATENT VIOLATIONS KEPT HIM
FROM REAPING PROFITS
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00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:25,452
{\an7}FROM HIS INVENTION
OF THE COTTON GIN,
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00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:28,922
{\an7}\h\hIN 1798 HE SIGNED
A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
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00:11:28,955 --> 00:11:32,826
{\an7}TO MASS-PRODUCE 10,000 GUNS.
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00:11:32,926 --> 00:11:35,829
{\an7}WHITNEY HARNESSED NATURAL POWER
FOR HIS FACTORY
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{\an7}FROM THE FLOW OF THE MILL RIVER,
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00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:39,599
{\an7}AND BROKE NEW GROUND
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{\an7}\h\h\hBY MAKING THE WEAPONS
WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS.
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00:11:43,603 --> 00:11:46,840
{\an7}ANOTHER INNOVATION WAS CREATING
THE PIECES BY MACHINE
175
00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:50,577
{\an7}INSTEAD OF BY HAND.
176
00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,412
{\an7}THE INNOVATIONS DEVELOPED HERE
177
00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:54,814
{\an7}\hWOULD ULTIMATELY HELP
THE INDUSTRIALIZED NORTH
178
00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:58,117
{\an7}\hDEFEAT THE SOUTH
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
179
00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:08,561
{\an7}CONNECTICUT IS A LAND OF TOWERS
WITH INCREDIBLE VIEWS.
180
00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:14,467
{\an7}CASTLE CRAIG IS PERCHED
ON AN INLAND CLIFF EDGE
181
00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:18,838
{\an7}\h\h\hIN AN AREA KNOWN
AS THE HANGING HILLS.
182
00:12:18,871 --> 00:12:20,740
{\an7}THE VIEW IS COMMANDING--
183
00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:22,541
{\an7}OFFERING THE HIGHEST
\h\h\hVANTAGE POINT
184
00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,578
{\an7}\h\h\h\hANYWHERE ALONG
THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
185
00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:32,952
{\an7}THE CASTLE WAS BUILT BY A LOCAL
MANUFACTURER A CENTURY AGO,
186
00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:35,789
{\an7}\h\h\hALTHOUGH THE ORIGIN
OF ITS DESIGN IS UNCLEAR.
187
00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:40,460
{\an7}\hSOME SAY IT WAS INSPIRED BY
AN 11th-CENTURY FRENCH TOWER;
188
00:12:40,493 --> 00:12:45,498
{\an7}OTHERS BY A 12th-CENTURY
\h\h\h\h\hTURKISH TOWER.
189
00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:47,800
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLOOKING OUT,
YOU MAY CATCH A GLIMPSE
190
00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:52,739
{\an7}OF THE INFAMOUS BLACK DOG
\h\hOF THE HANGING HILLS.
191
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:55,108
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST SIGHTING
OF THIS LEGENDARY HOUND--
192
00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:57,977
{\an7}WHO LEAVES NO FOOTPRINTS
\h\hAND MAKES NO SOUND--
193
00:12:58,077 --> 00:13:00,513
{\an7}IS SAID TO BRING JOY.
194
00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:04,650
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE SECOND SIGHTING
SUPPOSEDLY LEADS TO MISFORTUNE,
195
00:13:04,684 --> 00:13:09,556
{\an7}AND THE THIRD IS CONSIDERED
\h\h\h\h\hAN OMEN OF DEATH.
196
00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:17,997
{\an7}CONNECTICUT IS A STATE SHAPED
\hBY ITS ACCESS TO THE OCEANS
197
00:13:18,031 --> 00:13:20,734
{\an7}THROUGH ITS RIVERS
\h\hAND COASTLINE.
198
00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:23,135
{\an7}AND ITS WATERWAYS SERVED
\h\h\hAS MAJOR HIGHWAYS
199
00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:26,105
{\an7}FOR TRANSPORTING GOODS
\h\hIN EARLY AMERICA.
200
00:13:27,707 --> 00:13:33,846
{\an7}PROTECTED BY LONG ISLAND SOUND,
MARITIME TRADES THRIVED.
201
00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,982
{\an7}THE MAJESTIC CONNECTICUT RIVER
202
00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,151
{\an7}\h\hCONNECTED THIS
BUSTLING COASTLINE
203
00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:40,720
{\an7}TO THE STATE‘S INNER REGIONS.
204
00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:45,992
{\an7}THE STATE CAPITOL OF HARTFORD
205
00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:47,293
{\an7}WAS SETTLED ON THE BANKS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE RIVER
206
00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:50,597
{\an7}IN 1623 BY DUTCH TRADERS.
207
00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:55,434
{\an7}\h\h\hWHAT STARTED AS A FORT
KNOWN AS "THE HOUSE OF HOPE"
208
00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:58,972
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSOON BECAME
A PROSPEROUS OUTPOST.
209
00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:02,942
{\an7}ONE OF THE TOWN‘S GREAT SUCCESS
STORIES CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
210
00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:06,812
{\an7}MERCHANTS NEEDED INSURANCE TO
PROTECT THEIR SHIPS AND CARGO,
211
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,515
{\an7}AND HARTFORD GLADLY OBLIGED.
212
00:14:09,549 --> 00:14:11,785
{\an7}WITH ITS MODERN SKYLINE
\h\h\hOF OFFICE BLOCKS,
213
00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:16,022
{\an7}\h\h\hIT‘S BECOME KNOWN AS THE
INSURANCE CAPITAL OF AMERICA.
214
00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:20,827
{\an7}\hTHE TRAVELERS TOWER IS HOME
TO ONE SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY,
215
00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:25,231
{\an7}\h\hAND REMAINS THE CITY‘S
MOST DISTINCTIVE LANDMARK.
216
00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:28,067
{\an7}\h\h\hAMAZINGLY THIS
IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURE
217
00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:32,505
{\an7}WAS ONCE THE SEVENTH HIGHEST
\h\h\hBUILDING IN THE WORLD.
218
00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:36,342
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTODAY IT‘S NOT EVEN
THE TALLEST IN ITS OWN CITY.
219
00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:42,248
{\an7}HARTFORD HAS A LONG HISTORY
\hAS A CENTER OF DEMOCRACY.
220
00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,916
{\an7}THE FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION
221
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,718
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGUARANTEEING
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
222
00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:49,756
{\an7}WAS SIGNED IN CONNECTICUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1639.
223
00:14:49,789 --> 00:14:52,258
{\an7}AS A RESULT THE STATE
\hEARNED ITS NICKNAME,
224
00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:54,927
{\an7}THE CONSTITUTION STATE.
225
00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:56,563
{\an7}OVER 150 YEARS LATER,
226
00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:59,632
{\an7}\h\hCONNECTICUT BUILT
ITS FIRST STATEHOUSE.
227
00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:01,867
{\an7}IT‘S THE OLDEST IN THE NATION
228
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:04,570
{\an7}AND SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL
\h\hSTATE CAPITOL BUILDING
229
00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:07,807
{\an7}UNTIL 1878.
230
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,742
{\an7}ITS ARCHITECT, CHARLES BULFINCH,
231
00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:12,112
{\an7}WENT ON TO HELP CREATE
\hTHE CAPITOL BUILDING
232
00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:13,713
{\an7}IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
233
00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,881
{\an7}TODAY IT‘S AFFECTIONATELY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREFERRED TO
234
00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,950
{\an7}AS THE "OLD STATEHOUSE"
235
00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:21,287
{\an7}AND REMAINS ONE OF HARTFORD‘S
\h\h\hARCHITECTURAL TREASURES.
236
00:15:24,123 --> 00:15:26,826
{\an7}\h\hWITH BUSHNELL PARK
ROLLING OUT BEFORE IT,
237
00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:30,596
{\an7}THE NEW STATE CAPITOL
\hIS A GRANDER AFFAIR.
238
00:15:30,696 --> 00:15:34,600
{\an7}\h\hCOSTING A STAGGERING
$2.5 MILLION AT THE TIME,
239
00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:38,238
{\an7}\hOR $53.5 MILLION
IN TODAY‘S MONEY,
240
00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,507
{\an7}\h\h\hIT‘S REGARDED
AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
241
00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:44,344
{\an7}\hOF HIGH VICTORIAN
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.
242
00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:47,146
{\an7}OPENING FOR STATE BUSINESS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1879,
243
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:51,785
{\an7}IT‘S BEEN SERVING THE CITIZENS
\h\hOF CONNECTICUT EVER SINCE.
244
00:15:54,387 --> 00:15:56,990
{\an7}\h\h\hPERHAPS AMERICA‘S
GREATEST LITERARY FIGURE
245
00:15:57,056 --> 00:16:00,259
{\an7}BUILT HIS DREAM HOME
\hHERE IN HARTFORD.
246
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:04,964
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSAMUEL CLEMENS--
BETTER KNOWN AS MARK TWAIN--
247
00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:09,001
{\an7}ENLISTED AN ENGLISH ARCHITECT
TO CREATE THIS DRAMATIC HOUSE.
248
00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:12,171
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND, DESPITE HIS THREE
YOUNG DAUGHTERS RUNNING AMOK,
249
00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:13,706
{\an7}HE FOUND TIME TO WRITE
250
00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:15,741
{\an7}\h\hTHE ADVENTURES
OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
251
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:19,712
{\an7}\h\h\hA CONNECTICUT YANKEE
IN KING ARTHUR‘S COURT.
252
00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:24,217
{\an7}THE HOUSE IS NOW ABUTTED
\h\h\h\h\h\hBY A MUSEUM
253
00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:28,488
{\an7}DEDICATED TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS
OF TWAIN‘S LIFE.
254
00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:31,691
{\an7}ALTHOUGH TWAIN‘S LITERARY
SUCCESS MADE HIM WEALTHY,
255
00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:36,195
{\an7}\h\h\hBAD INVESTMENTS
SADDLED HIM WITH DEBT.
256
00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:40,166
{\an7}HE LEFT HIS HARTFORD HOME
\h\h\h\hFOR GOOD IN 1891.
257
00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:44,537
{\an7}HE WROTE OF HIS BELOVED CITY
258
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:49,141
{\an7}THAT "OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL TOWNS
IT HAS BEEN MY FORTUNE TO SEE,
259
00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:52,111
{\an7}THIS IS THE CHIEF OF ALL."
260
00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:56,816
{\an7}AWAY FROM THE PEACEFUL
\h\hRESIDENTIAL AREAS
261
00:16:56,849 --> 00:17:01,187
{\an7}LIES THE MOST FAMOUS GUN FACTORY
IN THE WORLD.
262
00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:09,128
{\an7}\h\h\hLEARNING INDUSTRIAL-SCALE
MANUFACTURING FROM ELI WHITNEY,
263
00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:13,198
{\an7}\h\h\hSAMUEL COLT BUILT
HIS OWN GUN EMPIRE HERE
264
00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:17,703
{\an7}\hIN AN AREA OF HARTFORD
LATER NAMED COLTSVILLE.
265
00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:21,774
{\an7}\h\hHIS DISTINCTIVE DOMED ARMORY
IS THE CENTERPIECE OF A FACTORY
266
00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:27,513
{\an7}THAT MADE THE FIRST REVOLVERS
\hAND THE M-16 ASSAULT RIFLE.
267
00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:30,650
{\an7}THE FIREARMS MADE IN HARTFORD
\h\h\hHAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE
268
00:17:30,683 --> 00:17:34,754
{\an7}\h\hIN U.S. HISTORY
FOR OVER 150 YEARS.
269
00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:45,331
{\an7}COLT USED HIS VAST FORTUNE
270
00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:49,001
{\an7}TO BUILD A NEARBY MANSION,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARMSMEAR,
271
00:17:49,035 --> 00:17:52,705
{\an7}\h\h\hCONSIDERED THE GREATEST
HARTFORD RESIDENCE OF ITS DAY.
272
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,510
{\an7}HE CONSTRUCTED THE PALATIAL
\h\h\h\hITALIAN-STYLE VILLA
273
00:17:57,543 --> 00:18:01,380
{\an7}AS A HOME FOR HIS NEW WIFE,
\h\h\h\h\hELIZABETH JARVIS.
274
00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:06,352
{\an7}AFTER COLT‘S DEATH IN 1862,
275
00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:10,723
{\an7}ELIZABETH WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST
WOMEN IN THE WORLD.
276
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:14,627
{\an7}\hSHE USED HER FORTUNE TO BECOME
A DEDICATED PATRON OF THE ARTS--
277
00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,929
{\an7}COLLECTING AND DONATING
\h\h\h\hMANY GREAT WORKS
278
00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,799
{\an7}OVER THE NEXT FOUR DECADES.
279
00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:30,777
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HISTORIC HOUSES
OF WETHERSFIELD ARE MORE MODEST,
280
00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:33,780
{\an7}\hBUT NO LESS IMPORTANT
IN THE STATE‘S HISTORY.
281
00:18:35,748 --> 00:18:39,018
{\an7}RANGING IN AGE FROM EARLY
\h\h\hTO MID 18th CENTURY,
282
00:18:39,085 --> 00:18:42,155
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY TYPIFY
EARLY SETTLER ARCHITECTURE:
283
00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:45,758
{\an7}SIMPLE, EFFICIENT
CLAPBOARD DESIGNS.
284
00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:57,103
{\an7}HERE AT JOSEPH WEBB HOUSE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1781,
285
00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,704
{\an7}GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
286
00:18:58,738 --> 00:19:01,274
{\an7}CONVENED A FIVE-DAY
MILITARY CONFERENCE
287
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:05,812
{\an7}THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY SEAL
\hAMERICA‘S INDEPENDENCE.
288
00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:08,581
{\an7}AT THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
\h\h\h\hLATER IN THE YEAR,
289
00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:12,218
{\an7}THE YOUNG NATION FINALLY
\hDEFEATED THE BRITISH.
290
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,889
{\an7}THE MILITARY CONFERENCE
\h\hHERE AT WETHERSFIELD
291
00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:20,025
{\an7}WAS CLEARLY TIME WELL SPENT.
292
00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,366
{\an7}\h\h\hA SHORT WAY DOWN
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
293
00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:31,003
{\an7}FLOATS A UNIQUE MOVING LANDMARK.
294
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:35,107
{\an7}FOR THIS MAN AND HIS CAR,
295
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,943
{\an7}THE $3.00 TOLL TO CROSS
\hTHE CONNECTICUT RIVER
296
00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:40,513
{\an7}IS BOTH TIMESAVING AND HISTORIC.
297
00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:45,184
{\an7}THE ROCKY HILL-GLASTONBURY FERRY
298
00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:48,687
{\an7}HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS
\h\h\h\hSINCE 1655--
299
00:19:48,721 --> 00:19:53,926
{\an7}MAKING IT THE NATION‘S OLDEST
\hCONTINUALLY OPERATING FERRY.
300
00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:57,062
{\an7}\h\h\hBACK THEN THE FERRYMAN
USED POLES TO PUSH HIS BOAT
301
00:19:57,096 --> 00:20:00,333
{\an7}ACROSS THE 1,000-FOOT STRETCH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF WATER.
302
00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:04,203
{\an7}\h\hLATER ON, A HORSE WALKING
A TREADMILL DID THE HARD WORK,
303
00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:07,706
{\an7}AND LATER STILL CAME
THE ADVENT OF STEAM.
304
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:12,511
{\an7}TODAY DIESEL POWER HAS REPLACED
CENTURIES OF TOIL.
305
00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:17,683
{\an7}CROSSING THE RIVER HERE SHAVES
\hEIGHT MILES OFF HIS JOURNEY,
306
00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:20,919
{\an7}\hAND ALLOWS TIME
TO SAVOR THE VIEW.
307
00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:25,357
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONNECTICUT MAY BE KNOWN
FOR ITS INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION,
308
00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,426
{\an7}BUT SOME DAYS IN THIS STATE
309
00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:32,398
{\an7}SHOULDN‘T BE ALLOWED TO GO BY
\hWITHOUT PAUSING FOR A REST.
310
00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:34,233
{\an7}THAT REST COULD COME
\h\h\hFROM THE SHADE
311
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,368
{\an7}OF ONE OF THE STATE‘S
\h\h\h\h\hMANY TREES--
312
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:39,038
{\an7}OR PERHAPS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
313
00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:42,608
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE PINCHOT SYCAMORE--
THE LARGEST IN NEW ENGLAND--
314
00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:45,077
{\an7}IS NAMED AFTER GIFFORD PINCHOT,
315
00:20:45,177 --> 00:20:47,346
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE FATHER OF
AMERICAN CONSERVATION.
316
00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:52,084
{\an7}ITS CANOPY STRETCHES 140 FEET--
HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD--
317
00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:55,154
{\an7}AND IT‘S AT LEAST
TWO CENTURIES OLD.
318
00:20:57,890 --> 00:21:01,327
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA SMALL TOWN WITH
A BIG REPUTATION, LITCHFIELD--
319
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,229
{\an7}IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE--
320
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:06,232
{\an7}IS HOME TO ANOTHER
\hIMPORTANT FIRST.
321
00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:08,467
{\an7}A JUDGE NAMED TAPPING REEVE
322
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:11,336
{\an7}\hDEVISED A SERIES
OF LECTURES ON LAW
323
00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:14,306
{\an7}AND ESTABLISHED, IN 1784,
324
00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,943
{\an7}THE FIRST LAW SCHOOL
\h\hIN THE COUNTRY.
325
00:21:16,976 --> 00:21:19,111
{\an7}\h\h\hMANY OF THE NATION‘S
MOST PROMINENT POLITICIANS
326
00:21:19,145 --> 00:21:20,713
{\an7}STUDIED HERE,
327
00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:24,216
{\an7}INCLUDING THOMAS JEFFERSON‘S
VICE PRESIDENT, AARON BURR,
328
00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:28,354
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h28 SENATORS, AND
3 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
329
00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:31,824
{\an7}IT CLOSED IN 1833.
330
00:21:31,857 --> 00:21:34,259
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFURTHER EAST,
ANOTHER CONNECTICUT TOWER
331
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:38,097
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPLAYED A PART
IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.
332
00:21:38,197 --> 00:21:42,902
{\an7}RISING FROM A NATURAL WONDER
\hKNOWN AS TALCOTT MOUNTAIN,
333
00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:48,274
{\an7}165-FOOT-TALL HEUBLEIN TOWER
\hWAS BUILT AS A SUMMER HOME
334
00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:50,543
{\an7}BY A GERMAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN
335
00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:56,115
{\an7}WHO MODELED IT AFTER CASTLES
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HIS HOMELAND.
336
00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,117
{\an7}ITS OWNER‘S HERITAGE
\h\hCAUSED PROBLEMS
337
00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:00,386
{\an7}AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I,
338
00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:03,122
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN RUMORS FLEW
THAT THE TOWER WAS BEING USED
339
00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:06,392
{\an7}TO SEND MESSAGES
TO GERMAN SHIPS.
340
00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:08,093
{\an7}TO HALT THIS SPECULATION,
341
00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,695
{\an7}\h\h\hHEUBLEIN OFFERED
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
342
00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:11,530
{\an7}USE OF THE PROPERTY.
343
00:22:11,564 --> 00:22:16,169
{\an7}THEY DECLINED, BUT THE RUMORS
\h\h\h\h\h\hQUICKLY DIED DOWN.
344
00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:24,410
{\an7}IN 1952, A GROUP OF PROMINENT
\h\h\h\hCITIZENS GATHERED HERE
345
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:29,515
{\an7}TO PRESSURE A RENOWNED GENERAL
\hINTO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
346
00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:32,317
{\an7}DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ACCEPTED,
347
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:36,488
{\an7}AND WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE
\h\h\hTHE FOLLOWING YEAR.
348
00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:41,293
{\an7}TODAY OVER 100,000 PEOPLE A YEAR
VISIT THE TOWER.
349
00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:51,237
{\an7}CONNECTICUT‘S SMALL CREEKS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND STREAMS
350
00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:53,739
{\an7}\h\h\hWERE ONCE DOTTED
WITH COVERED BRIDGES.
351
00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:56,508
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT TODAY,
THE WEST CORNWALL BRIDGE
352
00:22:56,542 --> 00:23:01,881
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS ONE OF ONLY THREE
ORIGINAL STRUCTURES THAT REMAIN.
353
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:06,485
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUILT IN 1864,
IT WAS DESIGNED BY ITHIEL TOWN,
354
00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:08,720
{\an7}ONE OF AMERICA‘S
FIRST ARCHITECTS
355
00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:11,891
{\an7}AND ANOTHER CONNECTICUT NATIVE.
356
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:16,061
{\an7}HIS DESIGN, CRISSCROSSING PIECES
OF WOOD THAT FORM A LATTICE,
357
00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:19,165
{\an7}\hALLOWED THE BRIDGE
TO HOLD MORE WEIGHT.
358
00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:23,536
{\an7}EVEN SO, THE BRIDGE HAS RECEIVED
A LITTLE HELP OVER THE YEARS--
359
00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:28,374
{\an7}A HIDDEN STEEL DECK WAS ADDED
\h\h\h\h\hBENEATH IT IN 1973.
360
00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:37,549
{\an7}A BREAK IN THE FOREST
\hREVEALS HARVEST TIME
361
00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:40,419
{\an7}FOR A TRADITIONAL
NEW ENGLAND CROP.
362
00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:45,223
{\an7}\h\hPUMPKINS HAVE BEEN GROWN FOR
FOOD BY HUMANS FOR GENERATIONS,
363
00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:48,561
{\an7}\hBUT THESE LOOK SET
FOR JACK-O-LANTERNS.
364
00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:54,166
{\an7}THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES, BUT
THE CONNECTICUT FIELD PUMPKIN
365
00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:56,535
{\an7}IS THE MOST POPULAR TYPE
\h\h\h\h\hFOR HALLOWEEN,
366
00:23:56,568 --> 00:23:59,704
{\an7}THANKS TO ITS PICTURE-BOOK
\h\h\h\h\hCOLOR AND SIZE.
367
00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:06,312
{\an7}IN A LAND RICH IN GHOST STORIES,
PERHAPS THE MOST CHILLING
368
00:24:06,412 --> 00:24:09,015
{\an7}\h\hCONCERNS A LOST
CONNECTICUT VILLAGE:
369
00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:15,187
{\an7}\hDUDLEYTOWN, ALSO KNOWN AS
"THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED."
370
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,455
{\an7}HIDDEN IN THIS FOREST,
371
00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:18,657
{\an7}\h\h\hJUST SOUTH OF
COLTSFOOT MOUNTAIN,
372
00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:22,428
{\an7}ARE RUINS NOT MARKED
\h\h\hON MOST MAPS.
373
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,630
{\an7}LEGEND HAS IT THAT A CURSE
374
00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,333
{\an7}FOLLOWED THE DUDLEY FAMILY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ENGLAND
375
00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:29,134
{\an7}AFTER ONE OF THEIR NUMBER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS BEHEADED
376
00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:33,406
{\an7}FOR PLOTTING AGAINST
\h\hKING HENRY VIII.
377
00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:37,543
{\an7}\h\h\hWIDESPREAD SUICIDES,
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
378
00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:39,445
{\an7}\hAND GENERAL MAYHEM
FOLLOWED THE FAMILY
379
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:43,082
{\an7}TO THE TOWN THEY SETTLED
\h\h\h\hIN CONNECTICUT.
380
00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:49,355
{\an7}BY THE EARLY 1900s, IT HAD BEEN
ABANDONED TO THE FOREST.
381
00:24:49,455 --> 00:24:51,357
{\an7}THE CURRENT OWNERS
\hOF THE PROPERTY
382
00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:53,859
{\an7}HAVE DESIGNATED IT
A NATURE RESERVE--
383
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:56,228
{\an7}AND TRIED TO WARD PEOPLE OFF.
384
00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:58,363
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT SOME STILL
FIND THEIR WAY HERE
385
00:24:58,397 --> 00:25:02,468
{\an7}IN SEARCH OF OLD LEGENDS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND GHOSTS.
386
00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:11,243
{\an7}HERE, AT LIME ROCK PARK,
387
00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:16,348
{\an7}A HOLLYWOOD STAR SATISFIED
\hHIS PASSION FOR DRIVING.
388
00:25:16,382 --> 00:25:18,451
{\an7}TOO SMALL TO BE A MAJOR TRACK,
389
00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:20,786
{\an7}ITS BEAUTIFUL LOCATION
\h\h\h\h\hAND HISTORY
390
00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:24,323
{\an7}PLACES IT FIRMLY IN THE HEARTS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF RACING FANS--
391
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,092
{\an7}INCLUDING THE LATE PAUL NEWMAN.
392
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,264
{\an7}HE CUT HIS TEETH AT LIME ROCK,
393
00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:35,467
{\an7}LEARNING THE SKILLS THAT WOULD
\h\h\hTAKE HIM TO SECOND PLACE
394
00:25:35,501 --> 00:25:39,171
{\an7}IN THE LE MANS ENDURANCE RACE.
395
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,207
{\an7}OPENED IN 1957 BY JIM VAILL,
396
00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:44,543
{\an7}\hTHERE CAN BE NO RACING
ON THIS TRACK ON SUNDAYS
397
00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:47,379
{\an7}BECAUSE IT‘S ACROSS THE STREET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM A CHURCH.
398
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,448
{\an7}\h\hBUT IT KEEPS BUSY,
EVEN THOUGH THIS MEANS
399
00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:54,019
{\an7}\h\hIT CAN ONLY HOLD A FEW
BIG WEEKEND EVENTS A YEAR.
400
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,155
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNEWMAN WAS
THE MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT
401
00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:58,223
{\an7}OF THE COASTAL TOWN OF WESTPORT
402
00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:01,159
{\an7}UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 2008.
403
00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:04,730
{\an7}BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON.
404
00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:06,632
{\an7}HIS HABIT OF MAKING
\h\h\hSALAD DRESSING
405
00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:07,933
{\an7}FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
406
00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:10,235
{\an7}SPARKED AN IDEA.
407
00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:12,171
{\an7}THE "NEWMAN‘S OWN" BRAND
408
00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:17,443
{\an7}\hWAS FOUNDED IN 1982 WITH
HIS FRIEND AARON HOTCHNER.
409
00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:21,547
{\an7}\hSO FAR OVER $250 MILLION
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CHARITY
410
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,684
{\an7}FROM THE SALE OF DRESSINGS,
\h\h\h\hSAUCES AND LEMONADE.
411
00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:30,188
{\an7}SUCH SELFLESSNESS
WOULD NOT BE LOST
412
00:26:30,289 --> 00:26:34,493
{\an7}\h\h\hON THE NUNS OF THE ABBEY
OF REGINA LAUDIS IN BETHLEHEM.
413
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,898
{\an7}WHEN A CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIALIST
DONATED SOME LAND
414
00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:42,535
{\an7}TO A FRENCH AND AN AMERICAN NUN,
415
00:26:42,568 --> 00:26:45,237
{\an7}THEY FASHIONED THEIR ABBEY‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMAIN STRUCTURE
416
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,773
{\an7}FROM AN OLD FACTORY BUILDING.
417
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:58,116
{\an7}THE ABBEY HAS SINCE EXPANDED--
\h\h\h\hIN SIZE AND IN PEOPLE.
418
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:02,388
{\an7}ONE OF THE ABBEY‘S MOST FAMOUS
\hRESIDENTS IS DOLORES HART--
419
00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:06,225
{\an7}\h\hA MOVIE ACTRESS
TURNED CATHOLIC NUN.
420
00:27:06,325 --> 00:27:08,527
{\an7}BY THE AGE OF 25,
HART HAD DELIVERED
421
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,797
{\an7}\h\hELVIS PRESLEY‘S
FIRST ONSCREEN KISS
422
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:14,232
{\an7}AND WAS ON HER WAY TO STARDOM.
423
00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:17,903
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEN, IN 1963,
HART LEFT HOLLYWOOD
424
00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:20,172
{\an7}TO BECOME A BENEDICTINE NUN
425
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:23,575
{\an7}WITHIN THE PEACEFUL CONFINES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE ABBEY.
426
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,512
{\an7}\h\h\hWHILE THE GLAMOUR
MAY BE A DISTANT MEMORY,
427
00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:29,615
{\an7}HER NEED TO PERFORM ISN‘T.
428
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:34,553
{\an7}\hTHE ABBEY‘S CHOIR HAS RELEASED
SEVERAL CDs OF GREGORIAN CHANTS,
429
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:38,090
{\an7}\hAND ITS PROGRAMS INCLUDE
SUMMER THEATER WORKSHOPS.
430
00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:41,059
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA WORLD AWAY--
BUT IN THE SAME STATE--
431
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,696
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE NEAT BANKS
OF SUBMARINES AT GROTON
432
00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:47,933
{\an7}SIGNAL A DEADLY INTENT.
433
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,735
{\an7}AS A GATEWAY TO THE ATLANTIC,
434
00:27:49,768 --> 00:27:54,006
{\an7}CONNECTICUT PLAYS A VITAL PART
\h\h\hIN THE NATION‘S DEFENSE.
435
00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,608
{\an7}\h\h\h\hON THE BANKS
OF THE THAMES RIVER,
436
00:27:56,642 --> 00:28:00,679
{\an7}\h\h\h\hGROTON IS HOMEPORT
TO 16 ATTACK SUBMARINES--
437
00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:04,449
{\an7}AND AN IMPRESSIVE NAVAL MUSEUM.
438
00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:07,653
{\an7}\hTHE USS NAUTILUS IS
MORE THAN AN EXHIBIT.
439
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:12,291
{\an7}IT WAS THE FIRST NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE IN THE WORLD.
440
00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:15,894
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWITH ITS KEEL LAID
BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN 1954,
441
00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:17,530
{\an7}THIS GROUNDBREAKING VESSEL
442
00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:20,533
{\an7}EMBARKED ON A CAREER
\h\hOF MANY FIRSTS,
443
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:24,837
{\an7}INCLUDING THE FIRST CROSSING
\hOF THE NORTH POLE BY SHIP.
444
00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:31,243
{\an7}\hTHE SHIP WAS FINALLY
DECOMMISSIONED IN 1980
445
00:28:31,276 --> 00:28:33,712
{\an7}AND BROUGHT HERE IN 1986.
446
00:28:35,747 --> 00:28:38,950
{\an7}WHILE SUBMARINES OPERATE
\h\h\hMILES OUT AT SEA,
447
00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:40,919
{\an7}\h\hTHE THAMES RIVER
PLAYED ITS OWN PART
448
00:28:40,953 --> 00:28:44,423
{\an7}IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. WARFARE.
449
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:49,127
{\an7}AT THE BATTLE OF GROTON HEIGHTS
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1781,
450
00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:51,797
{\an7}FORT GRISWOLD WAS ATTACKED
\h\h\h\hBY A BRITISH FORCE
451
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:55,000
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLED BY AMERICA‘S
MOST INFAMOUS TRAITOR--
452
00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:59,304
{\an7}CONNECTICUT NATIVE
\hBENEDICT ARNOLD.
453
00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:01,273
{\an7}THE MARKS OF THE ORIGINAL FORT
454
00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:05,343
{\an7}CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN
\h\h\hFROM THE AIR.
455
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,779
{\an7}ARNOLD WAS GIVEN DETAILED PLANS
OF THE BUILDING
456
00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:09,615
{\an7}BY ANOTHER TURNCOAT.
457
00:29:09,648 --> 00:29:13,986
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWITH SUCH KNOWLEDGE,
VICTORY WAS ALMOST GUARANTEED.
458
00:29:15,454 --> 00:29:16,689
{\an7}BUT THE STATIONED SOLDIERS
459
00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:19,692
{\an7}REFUSED TO SURRENDER
\h\hWITHOUT A FIGHT,
460
00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:22,995
{\an7}AND THERE WERE HEAVY CASUALTIES
ON BOTH SIDES.
461
00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:26,532
{\an7}EVENTUALLY ARNOLD‘S FORCES WON.
462
00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:30,336
{\an7}JUST ACROSS THE THAMES
463
00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:34,673
{\an7}STANDS THE MORE IMPRESSIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hFORT TRUMBULL.
464
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:38,877
{\an7}BUT BACK IN 1781 IT WAS ONLY
\h\h\hA THREE-SIDED RAMPART
465
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:42,814
{\an7}AND GARRISONED BY JUST 23 MEN.
466
00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:46,084
{\an7}ARNOLD TOOK IT EASILY.
467
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:47,786
{\an7}MISSING OUT ON ONE CONFLICT,
468
00:29:47,819 --> 00:29:50,989
{\an7}FORT TRUMBULL FINALLY HAD
\h\h\h\hA MILITARY ROLE--
469
00:29:51,023 --> 00:29:54,593
{\an7}OVER 150 YEARS LATER.
470
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,528
{\an7}DURING THE COLD WAR IT SERVED
471
00:29:56,561 --> 00:30:00,031
{\an7}AS A TOP-SECRET LABORATORY
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE NAVY.
472
00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:05,971
{\an7}TODAY THE FORT COMPLEX
\h\hCONTAINS A MUSEUM
473
00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:11,243
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH OVER 225 YEARS OF
MILITARY HISTORY ON DISPLAY.
474
00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:22,287
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA FLOTILLA
OF SMALL SAILING BOATS
475
00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:25,758
{\an7}TAKES SAFE HARBOR IN ONE
OF CONNECTICUT‘S JEWELS:
476
00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:32,264
{\an7}MYSTIC SEAPORT, THE MUSEUM
\hOF AMERICA AND THE SEA.
477
00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:35,801
{\an7}\hTHIS IS THE COUNTRY‘S
LARGEST MARITIME MUSEUM,
478
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,070
{\an7}AND MANY SAILING SHIPS
\hFROM AMERICA‘S PAST
479
00:30:38,103 --> 00:30:39,705
{\an7}HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HERE...
480
00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:45,877
{\an7}INCLUDING THE CHARLES W. MORGAN,
481
00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:50,048
{\an7}THE NATION‘S ONLY SURVIVING
\h\h\h\hWOODEN WHALING SHIP.
482
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:51,951
{\an7}AND THE JOSEPH CONRAD,
483
00:30:51,983 --> 00:30:54,786
{\an7}NAMED FOR THE AUTHOR
\h\hHEART OF DARKNESS,
484
00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:56,154
{\an7}A NOVEL THAT WOULD LATER INSPIRE
485
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:59,758
{\an7}FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA‘S
\h\h\h\hAPOCALYPSE NOW.
486
00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:07,632
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MUSEUM ALSO HOUSES
A 19th-CENTURY FISHING VILLAGE.
487
00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:09,868
{\an7}ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HOUSES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE AUTHENTIC,
488
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,169
{\an7}THEY WERE MOVED HERE
489
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:14,039
{\an7}FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS
\hAROUND NEW ENGLAND.
490
00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:21,179
{\an7}WATERBURY WAS ONCE FAMOUS
\h\h\h\hFOR MAKING CLOCKS,
491
00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:22,748
{\an7}SO IT‘S ONLY FITTING
492
00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:27,552
{\an7}\hTHAT THE LARGEST TIMEPIECE
IN NEW ENGLAND RESIDES HERE.
493
00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:30,054
{\an7}THIS ENORMOUS CLOCK TOWER
\h\h\hWAS A LATE ADDITION
494
00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:34,226
{\an7}TO PLANS FOR THE WATERBURY
\h\h\h\h\h\hTRAIN STATION.
495
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:36,295
{\an7}IN 1909, THE PRESIDENT
496
00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:38,997
{\an7}OF THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN
\h\hAND HARTFORD RAILROAD
497
00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,833
{\an7}HAD GONE TO ITALY WITH HIS WIFE.
498
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:45,137
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE WAS SO ENTRANCED
BY THE TORRE DEL MANGIA OF SIENA
499
00:31:45,170 --> 00:31:46,738
{\an7}THAT, UPON HIS RETURN,
500
00:31:46,772 --> 00:31:51,810
{\an7}HE DECIDED TO CREATE A REPLICA
\h\h\h\h\hOF THAT TOWER HERE.
501
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:53,945
{\an7}HE ENLISTED THE SAME
\hARCHITECTURAL FIRM
502
00:31:53,979 --> 00:31:56,248
{\an7}THAT CREATED ELLIS ISLAND‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGREAT HALL
503
00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:59,651
{\an7}AND THE ORIGINAL PENN STATION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN NEW YORK.
504
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:04,957
{\an7}HE SPARED NO EXPENSE TO ADD
THE 245-FOOT TALL STRUCTURE
505
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:07,693
{\an7}AND THE 16-FOOT CLOCK.
506
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:16,468
{\an7}IN CONNECTICUT YOU ARE
NEVER FAR FROM WATER.
507
00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:19,204
{\an7}\h\hBUT IT‘S LARGEST
AND MOST FAMOUS LAKE
508
00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:22,874
{\an7}WAS ACTUALLY MADE
\hBY HUMAN HANDS.
509
00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:25,310
{\an7}THIS 16-MILE-LONG BODY OF WATER
510
00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:28,713
{\an7}WAS CREATED BY THE CONNECTICUT
\h\h\h\hLIGHT & POWER COMPANY,
511
00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:30,949
{\an7}AND IS USED TO GENERATE
\h\hHYDROELECTRIC POWER
512
00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:33,251
{\an7}FOR THE AREA.
513
00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:34,853
{\an7}BACK IN 1928,
514
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:38,757
{\an7}\hTHE LAKE PROJECT COST
A TOTAL OF $1 MILLION--
515
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:40,325
{\an7}WHICH IS HOW MUCH
SOME OF THE HOMES
516
00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:44,195
{\an7}ON ITS MANUFACTURED SHORELINE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE NOW WORTH.
517
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:50,769
{\an7}BENEATH THE SURFACE, DIVERS CAN
STILL SEE OLD ROADS,
518
00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:54,172
{\an7}HOUSES, FARM IMPLEMENTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MODEL-Ts
519
00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:58,076
{\an7}ABANDONED WHEN THE WORKERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hLEFT THE AREA.
520
00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:02,180
{\an7}IN ITS EARLY DAYS, THE LAKE
\hWAS KNOWN BY MANY NAMES--
521
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,816
{\an7}\hBUT CANDLEWOOD WAS
THE ONE THAT STUCK,
522
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,152
{\an7}AFTER THE NEARBY MOUNTAIN.
523
00:33:08,954 --> 00:33:12,391
{\an7}EVOCATIVE NAMES ARE EVERYWHERE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN CONNECTICUT,
524
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:16,228
{\an7}AND PERHAPS NONE MORE SO
\hTHAN LILLINONAH LAKE,
525
00:33:16,261 --> 00:33:19,965
{\an7}\h\hALONG THE HEADWATERS
OF THE HOUSATONIC RIVER.
526
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:25,337
{\an7}IT‘S NAMED AFTER ONE HALF
OF A TALE OF DOOMED LOVE.
527
00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,639
{\an7}ACCOUNTS SAY LILLINONAH
528
00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:30,175
{\an7}HAD RESCUED A LOST WHITE MAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE FOREST
529
00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:32,811
{\an7}AND FALLEN FOR HIM.
530
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:35,680
{\an7}THE YOUNG LOVERS EVENTUALLY
\h\h\hCONVINCED HER FATHER,
531
00:33:35,714 --> 00:33:39,418
{\an7}\hAN INDIAN CHIEF,
TO LET THEM MARRY.
532
00:33:39,451 --> 00:33:41,386
{\an7}BUT FIRST, THE PROSPECTIVE GROOM
533
00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:45,690
{\an7}LEFT TO PAY A LAST VISIT
\h\h\h\h\hTO HIS PEOPLE.
534
00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,093
{\an7}\hWHEN THE YOUNG MAN
DIDN‘T RETURN SOON,
535
00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:51,329
{\an7}LILLINONAH‘S FATHER ARRANGED
\h\hHIS DAUGHTER‘S MARRIAGE
536
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,799
{\an7}TO A YOUNG MAN OF THE TRIBE.
537
00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:58,403
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hDISTRAUGHT,
LILLINONAH TOOK A CANOE
538
00:33:58,436 --> 00:34:02,206
{\an7}OUT IN THE HOUSATONIC RIVER
AND TOSSED AWAY HER PADDLE,
539
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,144
{\an7}BARRELING TOWARD CERTAIN DEATH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE RAPIDS.
540
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,717
{\an7}SUDDENLY SHE SAW HER BELOVED
\h\h\h\hCALLING OUT TO HER--
541
00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:17,389
{\an7}AND HE DOVE INTO THE RAGING
\h\h\h\hWATERS TO SAVE HER.
542
00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:19,291
{\an7}IN THEIR FINAL EMBRACE,
543
00:34:19,324 --> 00:34:23,061
{\an7}THE COUPLE DISAPPEARED
\h\h\hINTO THE FALLS.
544
00:34:23,161 --> 00:34:25,597
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLEGEND HAS IT
THAT THEIR RECOVERED BODIES
545
00:34:25,697 --> 00:34:28,466
{\an7}\h\hWERE STILL LOCKED
IN EACH OTHER‘S ARMS.
546
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:31,737
{\an7}\h\hHYDROELECTRIC DAMS HAVE
ELIMINATED THE ACTUAL FALLS,
547
00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:34,239
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE GORGE
AND ITS MODERN BRIDGE
548
00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:38,576
{\an7}ARE NOW NAMED LOVER‘S LEAP
\h\h\h\h\hIN THEIR HONOR.
549
00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:45,817
{\an7}BACK IN THE 17th CENTURY, PARTS
OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT
550
00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:49,387
{\an7}WERE CLAIMED BY THE NEIGHBORING
NEW YORK COLONY.
551
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:55,193
{\an7}NEW YORK FINALLY GAVE UP
ITS CLAIM TO THE REGION,
552
00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:58,229
{\an7}\h\hLEAVING CONNECTICUT
WITH SEVERAL KEY CITIES,
553
00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:03,034
{\an7}INCLUDING GREENWICH,
\h\hFOUNDED IN 1665.
554
00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:08,140
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMORE RECENTLY,
GREENWICH‘S COMBINATION
555
00:35:08,173 --> 00:35:11,543
{\an7}\hOF NEW ENGLAND CHARM
AND NEW YORK PROXIMITY
556
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:12,911
{\an7}HAS HELPED MAKE IT
557
00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:17,782
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hONE OF THE STATE‘S
MOST DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE.
558
00:35:17,882 --> 00:35:21,119
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE NATION,
559
00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:23,121
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONNECTICUT‘S
SOUTHWESTERN SHORELINE
560
00:35:23,154 --> 00:35:27,025
{\an7}IS SOMETIMES CALLED
\h"THE GOLD COAST."
561
00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,930
{\an7}ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMUNITIES
562
00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:35,133
{\an7}IN THIS VERY EXCLUSIVE TOWN
563
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:38,736
{\an7}IS HERE IN BELLE HAVEN.
564
00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:43,942
{\an7}IN 1975, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
THE SITE OF A NOTORIOUS MURDER
565
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:46,177
{\an7}WHEN 15-YEAR-OLD MARTHA MOXLEY
566
00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:49,715
{\an7}WAS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH
\h\h\h\hWITH A GOLF CLUB.
567
00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:54,753
{\an7}\h\hTHE CRIME REMAINED UNSOLVED
FOR MANY YEARS, UNTIL THE 1990s,
568
00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:58,090
{\an7}WHEN INTEREST IN THE CASE
\h\h\h\h\hPICKED UP AGAIN.
569
00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:00,659
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hPOLICE RETURNED
TO THEIR ORIGINAL SUSPECT,
570
00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:03,061
{\an7}MICHAEL SKAKEL.
571
00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:07,532
{\an7}IN 2002, SKAKEL WAS FINALLY
\hFOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME
572
00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:10,301
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SENTENCED
TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
573
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:27,319
{\an7}WHILE CONNECTICUT HAS
\hMANY WEALTHY TOWNS,
574
00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:30,055
{\an7}THE STATE‘S LARGEST, BRIDGEPORT,
575
00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:31,623
{\an7}IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO RECOVER
576
00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:36,161
{\an7}FROM THE LOSS OF HEAVY INDUSTRY
IN THE 1970s AND ‘80s.
577
00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:41,366
{\an7}EVERY DAY THOUSANDS COMMUTE
578
00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:44,702
{\an7}\h\hTHE 60 OR SO MILES
TO NEW YORK FOR WORK.
579
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:52,143
{\an7}THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN
\h\hSHORT ON CHARACTER.
580
00:36:52,177 --> 00:36:54,479
{\an7}HOWEVER, ONE SUCH
\hFORMER RESIDENT
581
00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:57,348
{\an7}\h\h\hCERTAINLY KNEW
HOW TO DRAW A CROWD.
582
00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:04,822
{\an7}SOME CALL P.T. BARNUM
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN;
583
00:37:04,923 --> 00:37:08,393
{\an7}OTHERS A MARKETING GENIUS.
584
00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:10,061
{\an7}BUT THERE‘S NO DENYING
585
00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:12,164
{\an7}THAT THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN
\h\h\h\h\hQUOTED AS SAYING
586
00:37:12,197 --> 00:37:14,099
{\an7}"THERE‘S A SUCKER BORN
\h\h\h\hEVERY MINUTE"
587
00:37:14,132 --> 00:37:16,534
{\an7}PUT BRIDGEPORT ON THE MAP.
588
00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:22,373
{\an7}THIS CURIOUS BUILDING
\h\hHOUSES HIS MUSEUM,
589
00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:25,076
{\an7}CHRONICLING A CAREER THAT
\h\h\hINVOLVED SHOWCASING
590
00:37:25,110 --> 00:37:29,047
{\an7}\h\h\hSIAMESE TWINS,
AN ALLEGED MERMAID,
591
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,283
{\an7}AND A MIDGET NAMED TOM THUMB.
592
00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:38,056
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBARNUM LIVED
TO THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 80.
593
00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:39,090
{\an7}\hAND IT WAS ONLY
AFTER MOST PEOPLE
594
00:37:39,124 --> 00:37:41,193
{\an7}WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED RETIREMENT
595
00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:44,930
{\an7}THAT HE MADE HIS MOST LASTING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCONTRIBUTION:
596
00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:49,000
{\an7}A CIRCUS CALLED "P.T. BARNUM‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\hTRAVELING MUSEUM,
597
00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:52,570
{\an7}MENAGERIE, CARAVAN
\hAND HIPPODROME."
598
00:37:59,544 --> 00:38:02,881
{\an7}NEAR BRIDGEPORT A STRANGE RUNWAY
REVEALS THE PRODUCTS
599
00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:06,384
{\an7}OF ONE OF CONNECTICUT‘S
\hGREAT SUCCESS STORIES.
600
00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:12,891
{\an7}IGOR SIKORSKY FOUNDED
\hTHE AIRCRAFT COMPANY
601
00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:17,028
{\an7}THAT BORE HIS NAME IN 1925.
602
00:38:17,061 --> 00:38:19,530
{\an7}\h\h\hORIGINALLY A MAKER
OF FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT,
603
00:38:19,564 --> 00:38:24,636
{\an7}\h\hSIKORSKY INVENTED THE FIRST
MASS-PRODUCED HELICOPTER IN 1942
604
00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:28,239
{\an7}AND CHANGED AVIATION HISTORY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOREVER.
605
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:33,144
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTODAY THIS FACTORY
MAKES THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER
606
00:38:33,178 --> 00:38:35,313
{\an7}FOR THE U.S. MILITARY.
607
00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:37,548
{\an7}\h\hTHEIR LATEST MODELS
GO THROUGH PRACTICE RUNS
608
00:38:37,582 --> 00:38:40,485
{\an7}OVER THE CONNECTICUT
\h\h\h\hCOUNTRYSIDE.
609
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:47,626
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSIKORSKY DIED AT HOME
IN EASTON, CONNECTICUT, IN 1972.
610
00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:52,764
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAERIAL AMERICA
MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
611
00:38:57,302 --> 00:39:00,739
{\an7}KNOWN AS THE EIFFEL TOWER
\h\hOF LONG ISLAND SOUND,
612
00:39:00,839 --> 00:39:04,142
{\an7}THE FAULKNER‘S ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
STILL STANDS PROUDLY
613
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:07,478
{\an7}MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES
\h\hAFTER IT WAS BUILT.
614
00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:10,949
{\an7}THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS COMMISSIONED
BY PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON
615
00:39:10,982 --> 00:39:12,183
{\an7}BECAUSE OF SHIPS BEING WRECKED
616
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:15,087
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON THEIR WAY
TO AND FROM GUILFORD.
617
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:16,787
{\an7}CONGRESS AUTHORIZED
\h\hITS CONSTRUCTION
618
00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:19,424
{\an7}AT THE PRICE OF $6,000,
619
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:23,161
{\an7}OR ALMOST $120,000 TODAY.
620
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:28,833
{\an7}BUT THE LIGHTHOUSE ALMOST HAD
\h\h\h\hA VERY SHORT LIFESPAN.
621
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:32,371
{\an7}WHEN BRITISH TROOPS LANDED HERE
DURING THE WAR OF 1812,
622
00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:35,973
{\an7}THE KEEPER FEARED THEY MIGHT
\h\h\h\h\hDESTROY THE TOWER.
623
00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,576
{\an7}BUT THE BRITISH SOLDIERS KNEW
\h\hTHEY NEEDED THE LIGHTHOUSE
624
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,379
{\an7}TO SAIL IN AND OUT
\hOF PORT SAFELY,
625
00:39:41,412 --> 00:39:46,183
{\an7}AND ASKED ONLY THAT THE LIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\hKEEP BURNING HERE.
626
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:49,253
{\an7}IN RECENT YEARS, THE ONLY THREAT
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
627
00:39:49,287 --> 00:39:51,422
{\an7}HAS BEEN MOTHER NATURE.
628
00:39:51,456 --> 00:39:56,828
{\an7}THE ISLAND HAS HAD A STONEWALL
\hADDED TO HELP STOP EROSION.
629
00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:06,238
{\an7}AT THE INTERSECTION
OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
630
00:40:06,271 --> 00:40:07,672
{\an7}AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
631
00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,774
{\an7}LIES OLD SAYBROOK.
632
00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:11,909
{\an7}\hTHE OLDEST TOWN
ON THE SHORELINE,
633
00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:13,278
{\an7}IT WAS ALSO THE SITE
634
00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:17,549
{\an7}\h\hOF CONNECTICUT‘S
FIRST ENGLISH FORT.
635
00:40:17,649 --> 00:40:21,153
{\an7}FOR YEARS, RESIDENTS OF THIS
CLOSE-KNIT COASTAL COMMUNITY
636
00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:24,822
{\an7}USED TO SEE AN OLD WOMAN
\h\hBIKING THROUGH TOWN.
637
00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:26,391
{\an7}SHE WAS SUCH A REGULAR SIGHT
638
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:29,027
{\an7}THAT MOST NEVER GAVE HER
\h\h\h\hA SECOND LOOK--
639
00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:31,896
{\an7}\h\hEVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ONE
OF THE MOST FAMOUS ACTRESSES
640
00:40:31,996 --> 00:40:33,731
{\an7}OF ALL TIME:
641
00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:35,667
{\an7}KATHARINE HEPBURN.
642
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:45,410
{\an7}\h\h\hHER FAMILY FIRST
SUMMERED HERE IN 1912.
643
00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:51,616
{\an7}\h\hWHEN THE ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS
SWEPT AWAY IN A 1938 HURRICANE,
644
00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:55,486
{\an7}\h\hIT WAS REBUILT--
THIS TIME IN BRICK.
645
00:40:58,523 --> 00:41:00,725
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDURING HER YEARS
AS A HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY,
646
00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:05,062
{\an7}\h\h\hHEPBURN OFTEN CAME HERE
TO ESCAPE FOR LONG WEEKENDS--
647
00:41:05,163 --> 00:41:09,768
{\an7}\h\h\hSOMETIMES WITH GUESTS LIKE
SPENCER TRACY OR HOWARD HUGHES.
648
00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:17,442
{\an7}WHEN SHE GOT OLDER, SHE CAME TO
STAY IN OLD SAYBROOK FOR GOOD--
649
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:22,747
{\an7}AND THIS WAS WHERE SHE DIED,
\h\h\h\h\hAT THE AGE OF 96.
650
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:26,450
{\an7}HER 8,300-SQUARE-FOOT HOUSE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS BEEN SOLD,
651
00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,820
{\an7}BUT SHE DONATED FOUR ACRES
\h\hOF BEACHFRONT PROPERTY
652
00:41:28,853 --> 00:41:29,954
{\an7}TO THE PUBLIC--
653
00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:33,358
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE USED
AS A NATURE SANCTUARY.
654
00:41:39,364 --> 00:41:41,399
{\an7}BEFORE HEPBURN BECAME A STAR,
655
00:41:41,432 --> 00:41:44,302
{\an7}ANOTHER CONNECTICUT ACTOR,
\h\h\h\hWILLIAM GILLETTE,
656
00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:48,540
{\an7}BUILT GILLETTE CASTLE
\h\h\hIN EAST HADDAM.
657
00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:51,509
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE WAS THE SON OF
AN IMPORTANT HARTFORD FAMILY
658
00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:54,578
{\an7}\hAND EARNED HIS BIG BREAK
FROM NEIGHBOR MARK TWAIN,
659
00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:59,250
{\an7}WHO RECOMMENDED HIM FOR A PART
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE GILDED AGE.
660
00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:03,755
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hGILLETTE BUILT
THIS ECCENTRIC DREAM HOME
661
00:42:03,888 --> 00:42:05,923
{\an7}AFTER HIS RETIREMENT.
662
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:07,725
{\an7}HE LIKED TO SPY ON HIS GUESTS--
663
00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:11,462
{\an7}INCLUDING ALBERT EINSTEIN
\h\hAND CHARLIE CHAPLIN--
664
00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:14,866
{\an7}USING MIRRORS FROM HIS BEDROOM.
665
00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:18,436
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSINCE HE HAD NO HEIRS,
HE STATED ONLY THAT HIS CASTLE
666
00:42:18,503 --> 00:42:22,374
{\an7}SHOULD NOT FALL INTO THE HANDS
\hOF "SOME BLITHERING SAPHEAD
667
00:42:22,407 --> 00:42:26,745
{\an7}\hWHO HAS NO CONCEPTION OF WHERE
HE IS OR WITH WHAT SURROUNDED."
668
00:42:29,447 --> 00:42:31,749
{\an7}\h\hIT WAS ULTIMATELY BOUGHT
BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
669
00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:35,186
{\an7}\h\h\hAND TURNED INTO
A POPULAR PUBLIC PARK.
670
00:42:46,097 --> 00:42:48,032
{\an7}SITTING OFF THE COAST
\h\h\h\h\hOF BRANFORD
671
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:52,437
{\an7}ARE THE THIMBLE ISLANDS.
672
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:56,274
{\an7}THERE ARE ABOUT 200 OF THEM,
BUT THE EXACT NUMBER DEPENDS
673
00:42:56,307 --> 00:42:59,744
{\an7}\h\hON HOW HIGH THE TIDE IS
WHEN THEY‘RE BEING COUNTED.
674
00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:04,816
{\an7}MOST ARE VERY SMALL
AND EASILY COVERED--
675
00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:08,653
{\an7}\h\h\hAND FEWER THAN 30 ARE
LARGE ENOUGH TO BE OCCUPIED.
676
00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:11,656
{\an7}THE ISLANDS DIDN‘T
\hEARN THEIR NAME
677
00:43:11,756 --> 00:43:15,860
{\an7}FROM BEING AS SMALL AS THIMBLES,
BUT FROM THE THIMBLEBERRY,
678
00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:20,899
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA TYPE OF BLACKBERRY
THAT ONCE GREW ALL OVER HERE.
679
00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:22,267
{\an7}BY THEIR VERY NATURE,
680
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,636
{\an7}\hTHE ISLANDS ARE
EXTREMELY PRIVATE,
681
00:43:24,669 --> 00:43:28,706
{\an7}AND THERE ARE NO HOTELS
\h\h\hOR STORES AROUND.
682
00:43:28,739 --> 00:43:31,375
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN FACT, THERE ARE
FEWER THAN A HUNDRED HOMES
683
00:43:31,409 --> 00:43:33,378
{\an7}ON ALL THE ISLANDS,
684
00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:38,849
{\an7}MANY OF THEM VICTORIAN COTTAGES
BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900s.
685
00:43:42,386 --> 00:43:44,722
{\an7}THESE QUAINT SUMMER HOMES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUSUALLY PASS
686
00:43:44,755 --> 00:43:48,125
{\an7}FROM ONE GENERATION
\h\h\hTO THE NEXT--
687
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:50,762
{\an7}BUT SEVERAL ISLANDS
\h\hARE SO EXCLUSIVE
688
00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:54,032
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY HAVE
JUST A SINGLE RESIDENCE.
689
00:43:57,502 --> 00:44:00,338
{\an7}THE PRIVACY AND EXCLUSIVITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THESE HOMES
690
00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:02,974
{\an7}HAVE MADE THEM HIGHLY PRIZED,
691
00:44:03,007 --> 00:44:06,811
{\an7}RESULTING IN HEATED
\h\h\hBIDDING WARS.
692
00:44:06,844 --> 00:44:08,245
{\an7}THE TROPHY OF THE GROUP
693
00:44:08,279 --> 00:44:12,717
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A 1902 MANSION
ON THE 12-ACRE ROGERS ISLAND.
694
00:44:12,750 --> 00:44:17,655
{\an7}IN 1980 IT WAS ON THE MARKET
\h\h\h\h\hFOR $1.8 MILLION.
695
00:44:17,755 --> 00:44:20,658
{\an7}IN 1985 FOR $3 MILLION.
696
00:44:20,691 --> 00:44:25,729
{\an7}THEN IN 2003 IT WAS SOLD AGAIN
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR $22 MILLION--
697
00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:28,466
{\an7}ALMOST EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH.
698
00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:30,501
{\an7}AT THAT PRICE, THE PROPERTY
\h\h\h\hSHOULD AT LEAST COME
699
00:44:30,535 --> 00:44:32,537
{\an7}\h\hWITH THE PROMISE
OF HIDDEN TREASURE.
700
00:44:32,570 --> 00:44:36,040
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT ALAS, CAPTAIN KIDD IS
RUMORED TO HAVE HIDDEN HIS LOOT
701
00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:39,043
{\an7}\h\h\h\hON MONEY ISLAND
A MILE TO THE SOUTHEAST.
702
00:44:39,076 --> 00:44:40,978
{\an7}OR WAS IT HIGH ISLAND?
703
00:44:41,078 --> 00:44:43,714
{\an7}THE STORIES VARY.
704
00:44:43,748 --> 00:44:46,818
{\an7}HORSE ISLAND IS THE LARGEST
\h\h\h\hOF THE THIMBLE CHAIN
705
00:44:46,851 --> 00:44:51,322
{\an7}AND REMAINS AN ECOLOGICAL
\h\hSTUDY CENTER FOR YALE.
706
00:45:01,866 --> 00:45:03,801
{\an7}FROM ITS ISLANDS
TO ITS MAINLAND,
707
00:45:03,834 --> 00:45:08,038
{\an7}\hCONNECTICUT IS A STATE THAT
CONTINUALLY REDEFINES ITSELF.
708
00:45:08,139 --> 00:45:09,774
{\an7}TO SEE CONNECTICUT BY AIR
709
00:45:09,807 --> 00:45:13,878
{\an7}IS TO SEE ITS RICH HISTORY,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hQUIET BEAUTY,
710
00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:17,782
{\an7}\h\hAND LASTING MONUMENTS
OF ITS STEADY INHABITANTS.
711
00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:20,318
{\an7}HOME TO INVENTORS AND WRITERS,
712
00:45:20,418 --> 00:45:24,489
{\an7}WEALTHY MERCHANTS AND THEIR
\h\h\hECCENTRIC CHILDREN...
713
00:45:24,522 --> 00:45:26,824
{\an7}\h\h\hANCESTRAL LANDS
TO NATIVE INHABITANTS
714
00:45:26,857 --> 00:45:28,926
{\an7}AND PURITAN VALUES,
715
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,530
{\an7}\h\h\h\hANCIENT WHALERS
AND MODERN SEAFARERS...
716
00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:36,834
{\an7}IT HAS LONG BEEN AND CONTINUES
\h\h\h\hTO BE A STEADY LEADER
717
00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:40,671
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA‘S MARCH
TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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