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

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