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The area was the site of The Charter Oak, an unusually old white oak tree in which, according to legend, colonists hid the Connecticut Royal Charter of 1662 to protect it from confiscation by an English governor-general. Thus the grand, stately tree came to symbolize the power of nature as a defender of freedom throughout Connecticut.
The Charter Oak was an enormous white oak tree growing on Wyllys Hill in Hartford, Connecticut, from around the 12th or 13th century until it fell during a storm in 1856. Connecticut colonists hid Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 within the tree's hollow to thwart its confiscation by the English governor-general.
Charter Oak Place is a street on the south side of downtown Hartford, Connecticut. Laid out in the 1860s, its residential character is in marked contrast to the commercial development that predominates around it. The street's buildings, constructed between the early 1860s and 1900, are a cross-section of Victorian architectural styles.
A section of greenway trail opened in North Raleigh late this summer, part of a long-anticipated link between William B. Umstead State Park and the rest of the city’s greenway system.. But that ...
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31 acres of land at Green Level West Road could be the new site of a hotel, office space, and commercial retail.
[5] [6] Charter Oak Park was a member of the Grand Circuit from 1876 to 1894. [7] In addition to holding harness races, Charter Oak Park also hosted college track and field events and bicycle races. [8] [9] [10] From 1874 to 1881 the Connecticut Agricultural Society used the park to host the Connecticut State Fair. [3]
The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, also known as the New Haven and Northampton Canal Greenway, is an 81.2-mile (130.7 km) multi-use rail trail located in Connecticut and Massachusetts.