Glass __£w>^ Book— M^to^ ^Hs^3f HARTFORD ARTFORD, the capital of the State of Connecticut, and one of the most beautiful of American cities, is located almost midway between the great metropolis of the Kmpire State and New England's largest city, fifty miles north from Long Island Sound, at the head of navigation on the Connecticut River. Hartford was first settled in 1636 by immigrants who traveled on foot through the Massachusetts wilderness to the Ifanks of the Connecticut, driving their cattle before them and sometimes living entirely upon milk. The towns settled by these hardy pioneers adopted the first written constitution in America, and took the name of the Connecticut Colony. It was here in Hartford that the tyrannical Andros demanded the charter in 1687, and the "Charter Oak" in which it was hidden In' the indignant colonists was well cared for until its destruction in 1856. In 1665 the Connecticut Colony united with the New Haven Colony, which had been settled by English immigrants. The early division into two colonics was long marked by the fact that Connecticut had two capitals, Init since 187,i Hartford has held that distinction alone. The splendid city of to-day covering an area of over seventeen square miles, with a population of nearly one hundred thousand people, has a world-wide reputation as a center of great insurance interests, and for the high grade product of its manufacturing concerns. It is also noted as the head(iuarters for an extensive trade in Connecticut tobacco. Few cities have so well-established a reputation for educational facilities : its charitable institutions are numerous and well supported ; while ils park system is acknowledged to be the equal of any in the United States. The city has also ac(|uired fame as having been the home of many writers of international reputation, among whom were Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley Warner, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, John Trumbell, Joel I'arlow and Horace Bushnell. Although many of these writers have passed away, Hartford still retains its literary pre-eminence. PUBLISHED BY L. H. NELSON COMPANY. Portland. Maine. PROPRIETORS OF NELSONS INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF SOUVENIR BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS BY WARNER PHOTOGRAPH CO. COPR.. 1906. 1908, 19tO. BY L. H. NELSON CO., PORTLAND. ME 50TH THOUSAND STATE CAPITOL A building that is the pride of the State — completed in January, 1880, at a cost of $2.534,024.46 — Total cost of land, building, and furniture. $3,342,660.72. Located on a hill — surrounded by beautiful grounds of which Bushnell Park forms a part. ©C1.A259339 ^J^^ MAIN STREET. NORTH FROM CITY HALL Showing Goodwin's drug store on the right. A place that has been closed only two hours in iliirty year^. A BIT OF BUSY MAIN STREET Looking south from Morgan Street, showing Christ Church. -;^ -•-0»^'-«^SlJ| FARMINGTON AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH The successor of the Old Pearl Street Congregational Cliurch, built in a more fashionable part of the city. ST. JOSEPHS CATHEDRAL—ROMAN CATHOLIC Noted as one of the most beautiful church edifices in the United States, built of brown stone in Gothic style. ^ I lil ili III rmnnnnn I If I II STATE ARMORY AND ARSENAL THE CATLIN BUILDING— CORNER MAIN AND ASYLUM STREETS Recently erected, replacing an old landmark. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING— STATE STREET A modern office structure of metropolitan design. -^t-J WOODLAND STREET— LOOKING NORTH FROM ASYLUM AVENUE One of Hartford's most charming residential streets. WASHINGTON STREET— A FINE OLD THOROUGHFARE. BROAD AND BEAUTIFUL Showinj; residences of Ex-Governor Bulkeley and the late Ex-Mayor Leverctt Hrainnrd, e^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS . 1 .J . ill!:i 'Jii'iiH' li 0014 111 8158 0^ ^V. •M •-W- m