Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley Travel Guide
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Fodor's New England
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Westward expansion in the New World began along the meandering Connecticut River. Dutch explorer Adrian Block first explored the area in 1614, and in 1633 a trading post was set up in what is now Hartford. Within five years, throngs of restive Massachusetts Bay colonists had settled in this fertile valley. What followed was more than three centuries of shipbuilding, shad hauling, and river trading with ports as far away as the West Indies and the Mediterranean.
Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley Hotels
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Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley Restaurants
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Things To Do in Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley
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Travel Deals in Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley
- $148* & up -- Nationwide Flights thru Fall on American, R/T American Airlines
- $245-$281 -- Downtown Boston Hotel through Summer Holiday Inn Express Boston Garden
- $119 -- Connecticut Shoreline Hotel incl. Breakfast, 60% Off Sheraton Stamford Hotel
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