Fun Facts

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• Connecticut has 8 counties and 169 towns and 5 regional tourism districts.
• Connecticut is the 5th state, adopted U.S. Constitution in 1788.

Connecticut Firsts:
First written constitution “The Fundamental Orders” 1639
First public library in New Haven 1656
First submarine launched by David Bushnell of Saybrook 1775
First trimmed and illuminated Christmas tree in Windsor Locks 1777
First U.S. traitor Benedict Arnold of Norwich 1784
First law school founded by Tapping Reeve in Litchfield 1794
First cotton gin, Eli Whitney in New Haven 1796
First American Cookbook by Amelia Simmons 1796
First U.S. State house in Hartford 1806
First Dictionary by Noah Webster 1846
First U.S. Amusement park in Bristol, Lake Compounce Theme Park 1873
First Football game played at Yale 1878
First Agricultural experiment station in New Haven 1881
First US Bicycle was made at Pope Manufacturing Company 1903
First Three-ring circus by P.T. Barnum in Bethel 1954
First US rose garden, Elizabeth Park Rose Garden in Hartford 1975
First nuclear submarine, The Nautilus
First woman elected governor, Ella Grasso

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