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    • Why mention a single murder case but nothing on the flood of 1955, the development of the mill town, '38 hurricane, tobacco growers, more on America’s greatest composer, etc. etc
      • who was this "greatest composer"? all the mill towns have their own articles.

Rjensen 14:55, 8 September 2007 (UT

I meant something about the development and organization of mill towns.

More about Charles Ives-America's greatest composer can be found here http://www.classicalnotes.net/columns/ives.html

    • The Ku Klux Klan’s insignificance in Connecticut’s history doesn’t warrant such a large section. Should it be removed or reduced?

What are all the titles in the "references" section ??? few seem to deal with Connecticut? Should they be dropped? Rjensen 20:35, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Connecticut Gore

I recently completed New York v. Connecticut, a Supreme Court case arising from a land dispute over the "Connecticut Gore," a region on NY's southwestern border with Pennsylvania over which CT claimed title. The case left the jurisdiction issue unresolved, and I haven't been able to find either a substantial reference to the region, or an explanation of how NY's claim to the land was finally recognized. Postdlf 18:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early United States

This section seems to have been empty (excluding vandalism) throughout the whole edit history, although I could have missed something. Can it be merged into one of the adjacent sections if nothing earthshaking happened then?--J Clear 17:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I added some text and rearranged a bit. I also dropped the long and totally useless bibliography on Ohio! and then I will shorten the part on Western Reserve;that is Ohio history of course Rjensen 20:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of Connecticut industry

It seems to me that this section merits its own article. It's certainly of article length and it's tacked onto the end of this article and seems rather out of place. I think it should be split off and a *See also* link left here. --Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 05:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

since industry is the main theme of CT history since 1810s, it seems to be be important, The section is well done and very useful to many readers. The article is not too long. Suggest we keep it as it. Rjensen 00:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, size warnings are popping up on this article's editing page. I'm not saying that the Industrial History section should be deleted by any means. I'm saying that it's well developed enough that it can stand on its own as an independent article. It should be migrated to such leaving this survey article with a summary paragraph and a link to the main article– History of Connecticut industry, as per WP:SS. The Modernization and Industry (1818-1890) section is rather short and would be a good place for the summary paragraph. --Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 01:58, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split off section

I have split off the section History of Connecticut industry and given it its own article. It still needs a lot of work so feel free to edit away! --Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 18:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Initial CT colonies

Y'know, that wording seems... familiar. You're not supposed to cut and paste from books, especially without giving your references. - Denimadept 12:10, 25 September 2007 (UTC)