Hartford has History - Commerce and Industry: Half - Day Tour With Transportation

Hartford grew from a simple agricultural community to an industrial and commercial powerhouse in the 19th and 20th centuries. Naturally, technology advances and new products replace old ones. But you can still marvel at Sam Colt's armory complex and hear about the typewriters, horse nails, bicycles, and other items turned out by the once roaring factories. And Pratt and Whitney still manufactures aircraft engines just across the Connecticut River, in East Hartford. Then there's insurance. The local stop on the professional golf circuit was once called the Insurance City Open. The city witnessed more than a few noteworthy political incidents throughout its history. Know why Connecticut is called the Constitution State? It has to do with what folks here consider the first written governmental plan in what became the United States. Bottom line: A tour of Hartford will introduce you to people, places, and their stories comprising a rich and satisfying stew of cultural, political, and commercial ingredients.