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Photo:
The Burlingham House Visitor Center
and daffodils, courtesy National Parks Service
Famous Nutmeggers
Connecticut Trivia
Connecticut State Parks
State Bird:
Robin
State Game Bird:
State Insect: European or Praying Mantis
State Marine Mammal: Sperm
Whale
State Tree: White Oak
State Flower: Mountain Laurel
State Mineral: Garnet
State Fossil: Dinosaur Tracks, Eubrontes giganteus,
Triassic period
State Poets Laureate: John Hollander,
Marilyn Nelson
State Song: Yankee Doodle,
Words & Music by Francis
Hopkinson
State Motto:
Qui transtulit sustinet, He who transplanted, sustains us.
State Capital: Hartford
State Nickname: The Constitution State
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Flag: Connecticut is our 5th state of the
orignal 13 colonies, becoming a state on January
9, 1788. Clusters of grapes and grape vines on
the flag represent the settlements of English
people as they moved out from Massachusetts.
Origin of state's name: From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning
“beside the long tidal river”
Highest Point: Mt. Frissell; 2,380 feet,
Lowest Point: Long Island Sound; Sea level,
Agriculture:
Nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle.
Industry: Transportation equipment,
machinery, electric equipment, fabricated
metal products, chemical products,
scientific instruments.
National Forests:
None.
National Parks:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Quinebaug &
Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage
Corridor, Weir Farm National Historic Site
State Parks: click here for
list of
Connecticut State Parks
Native American Tribes:
The original
Algonquian-speaking inhabitants of the area that
is now Connecticut included the
Mahican
tribes (including the
Pocomtuc),
The Minisink
(Munsee) tribe, The
Mohegan
tribes (including the
Niantic),
The Pequot
tribe, The
Nipmuc tribe,
The Quiripi
tribes (Mattabesic, Paugusett, and Schaghticoke).
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