Southington, Connecticut

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Ron Pope
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Rivers & Roads in Song near Southington

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Southington.

Interstate 95 13 songs Massachusetts Turnpike 2 songs

History of Southington

Naugatuck's Older-Than-Rubber Name RoadyGoat

Naugatuck is the cradle of American rubber, the place where Charles Goodyear's vulcanized rubber was first made, so the name sounds like it ought to be some industrial coinage from the factory age. It isn't. The name is far older than rubber, older than the factories, older than the country itself. It comes from the Algonquian language of the region's original inhabitants and means roughly lone tree, or the fork of the river. So while Naugatuck made its fortune turning out boots and tires, the word on the welcome sign was here long before any of that, describing a tree and a bend in the water.

11.8 mi away

Insurance Money and Mr. Twain RoadyGoat

Hartford has long called itself the 'Insurance Capital of the World,' and the skyline of brand-name insurers along the Connecticut River backs up the boast. But the city's most beloved address belongs to a writer. From 1874 to 1891, Mark Twain lived here in a flamboyant twenty-five-room Victorian mansion with interior touches by Louis Comfort Tiffany. These were Twain's most productive years: in this house he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. (National Geographic later named it one of the ten best historic homes in the world.) Hartford was a real publishing hub then, home to a dozen publishers, which is partly why Twain settled here in the first place. The house survives as a museum, a vivid window into the man who more or less invented the American voice.

15.7 mi away

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

1871

Home of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the novel that Abraham Lincoln reportedly said started the Civil War.

14.9 mi away

Mark Twain House

1874

Samuel Clemens lived in this elaborate Victorian Gothic home from 1874 to 1891, writing his greatest works here.

14.9 mi away

Charter Oak Site

1687

Site of the legendary white oak tree where Connecticut's colonial charter was hidden from the English governor in 1687.

14.9 mi away

Colt Armory

1855

Samuel Colt's revolutionary armory pioneered interchangeable parts and assembly line manufacturing, crowned by its iconic blue onion dome.

15.2 mi away

Yale University

1701

Third-oldest institution of higher education in America, chartered in 1701 and named for benefactor Elihu Yale.

19.5 mi away

Wadsworth Atheneum

1842

Oldest public art museum in the United States, founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth in Hartford.

15.7 mi away

Things to Do in Southington

food 20.3 mi away
Louis' Lunch

Claims to have served America's first hamburger in 1900. Still uses the original cast-iron vertical broilers. No ketchup allowed.
food 20.4 mi away
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

New Haven's coal-fired apizza legend since 1925. The white clam pie changed pizza forever. The Wooster Street original is sacred ground.

Everything Near Southington

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