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Fort Good Hope, circa 1639 L. F. Tantillo, 2023 © By Historical Artist, Len Tantillo Since no one alive today has seen Fort Good Hope—once...
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The site of Mason’s massacre of Pequots in 1637 Pequot village diorama, from the Mashantucket Peqout Museum. Source: The tribe-owned Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research...
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In 1614, Adriaen Block named Rodenbergh after red hills near a promising harbor. Though Dutch traders visited, English settlers soon dominated, founding a town led by minister John Davenport.
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In 1633, Dutch forces at House of Hope watched as Englishman William Holmes defied threats and sailed upriver to found Windsor—the first permanent European settlement in Connecticut.
