The document discusses several topics related to Connecticut history: 1) In 1982, Dr. Robert K. Jarvik introduced the first artificial heart in Connecticut, a breakthrough in medical technology. 2) Martin Luther King Jr. worked as a tobacco farmer in Simsbury, Connecticut in the summers of 1944 and 1947 before becoming a Civil Rights leader. 3) Old Newgate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut was the country's first colonial jail, turned state prison from 1773 to 1827, and now offers tours of the underground mining tunnels once used to hold prisoners.

1. “Home(r) is where the heart is”
In 1982, Connecticut had a
breakthrough in medical
technology. Dr. Robert K.
Jarvik introduced to the
world, the first artificial heart .
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2. “Knock, knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Orange”
“Orange, who?”
“Orange you glad Pez moved to
Connecticut?”
That’s right folks! One of America’s most
beloved candy’s, Pez, claimed Orange,
Conn., as its new home in 1974.
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3. “I Have a Dream”
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Before becoming America’s greatest Civil Right’s leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
made Simsbury, Conn., a temporary home, where he was known as, Michael King (his
birth name).
In need of earning money to attend Morehouse College, King worked as a tobacco
farmer, one of Simsbury’s major crops, in the summers of 1944 and 1947.

4. “they may take our wine, but they’ll
never take our freedom!”
...Or so Connecticut hoped.
The 18th Amendment was introduced in
1917, banning the production and
consumption of alcohol in the U.S;
better known as The National Prohibition
Act.
However, Connecticut held on strong by
not ratifying the amendment until two
years later, finally giving in May of
1919.
Rhode Island continued the fight and
never ratified.
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5. That’s right! Another great invention
comes from this great state of ours.
The collapsible toothpaste tube.
Created in 1892 by Dr. Washington
Sheffield, a dental surgeon and New
London native, Washington rocked the
world with the bendable tube once
referred to as “creme dentifrice.”
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6. Before being known as “Yankees,”
New Englanders, specifically
those from New Haven, Conn., were
referred to as “Pumpkin-Heads.”
Known for perfectly rounded haircuts,
colonial barbers used half-cut pumpkins
as a model to ensure what we would
recognize as the “bowl cut.”
Quite the trendsetters!
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7. Old New Gate Prison
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Copper Mine Museum
1773-1827

8. East Granby, Conn., is home
to Old Newgate Prison, the
country’s first colonial jail,
turned state prison
(1773-1827).
Offering a glimpse into
Connecticut’s dark side,
patrons from all over the
globe jump at the opportunity
to step back in time, as they
descend into the man-made
mining tunnels, later used
as the holding place for
prisoners.
Once referred to as a
“living hell,” Newgate
built above ground,
dormitory cells as a way for
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issue of over-crowding in
the mines.
Old Newgate Prison is one
of the four, Connecticut
state-run museums.
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9. Hysteria In Connecticut
Forty-five years before Salem, Mass., began
its cleansing process of removing the village’s
“evil-doers,” Hartford, Conn., started the fear-
driven hunt by hanging Alyse Young, the first
victim to be accused of witchcraft in the
colonies.
Connecticut’s Old State House marks the site
where this unfortunate woman met her fate in
1647.
Ten years after Young’s death, several other
men and women would be accused and
executed. This time in history is known as the
Hartford Witch Trials. Photograph by Debjani Das and Matthew Hersey Photographs