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Its main newspapers are the daily Hartford Courant and the weekly Hartford Advocate.
It is the home of Trinity College, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Seminary , the University of Hartford (in the adjoining town of West Hartford), and the University of Connecticut Law School . The Institute of Living was one of the first psychiatric hospitals in the nation.
Hartford is also a center of the insurance industry, and home to Colt Firearms and large corporations like United Technologies (which owns Pratt & Whitney, Otis ElevatorThe Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally elevators and escalators. Founded in Yonkers, New York in the United States in 1853 by Elisha Otis, the company pioneered the development of the, and Sikorsky AircraftSikorsky is an American helicopter manufacturer founded in 1923 by the Ukrainian/ Polish born American Igor Sikorsky, the inventor of the first successful helicopter design, upon which the majority of subsequent helicopters were based (though he did not i).
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe ( June 14, 1811 July 1, 1896) was an abolitionist, and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Tom's Cabin which describes life in slavery, and which was first published in serial form from 1851 to 1852 in an abolit was originally from the Litchfield, ConnecticutLitchfield is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut. As of 2000 its population was 1,328 living in an area of 57. 3 square miles (148 km²). Located southwest of Torrington, it also includes part of Bantam Lake. Litchfield was founded in 1721, and in th area, but settled in Hartford during the 1870s. Her house on Forest Street is now open to the public, right next to her famous neighbor's old mansion, Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. Mark Twain was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist. At his peak, he. Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. Mark Twain was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist. At his peak, he moved to Hartford in 1874 and lived in Hartford for many years. The Mark Twain House is a national historic site. Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, wrote many of his most famous works in Hartford, including The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom Sawyer is the protagonist of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and a character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn two Mark Twain novels. Tom Sawyer is a playful boy around the age of 10. His best friends include Joseph "Joe" Harper and Huckleberry Finn., A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The novel tells the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself mysteriously transported back in time t, Roughing It , and his most read and controversial work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Wallace Stevens, the poet, was an insurance executive here. Katharine Hepburn and Stephen Cole Kleene were born here.Hartford, Connecticut, is just south of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut; the airport also serves the Springfield, Massachusetts area.