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All about Connecticut
Historical Note:
First things first . . .
Connecticut has the most historical firsts:
- first constitution adopted, establishing representative government (1639)
- first newspaper (1764)
- first submarine (1775)
- first American law school (1784)
- first insurance company (1795)
- first cotton gin (1799)
- first dictionary (1807)
- first movable parts mass production in use, making clocks (1808)
- first revolver (1836)
- first public art museum (1842)
- first portable typewriter (1843)
- first use of anesthesia (1844)
- first sewing machine (1846)
- first ice-making machine (1853)
- first can opener (1858)
- first tape measure (1868)
- first pay phone (1877)
- first collapsible toothpaste tube (1892)
- first hamburger (1895)
- first submarine (1900)
- first lollipop (1908)
- first Frisbee (1920)
- first vacuum cleaner (1933)
- first Polaroid camera (1934)
- first helicopter (1939)
- first color television (1948)
- first atomic powered submarine (1954)
Name Origin: Mohican. ("Long River Place")
Capital: Hartford
Governor: John G. Rowland
Population: 3,275,000
Area: 5,018 square miles
Statehood: February 6, 1788 (5th state)
Nickname: The Constitution State
Motto: "He who transplanted still sustains"
Famous For: Inventors (Charles Goodyear, Elias Howe, Eli Whitney, Eli Terry), Inventions, Watchmaking, Typewriters, Insurance, Submarines
    
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