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CONNECTICUT |
Connecticut,
one of the thirteen original States, is
bounded by Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Long Island Sound and New York; gross
area, 4,965 sq. miles; land area, 4,820
sq. miles; water area, 145 sq. miles;
capital, Hartford.
The surface
of the State is hilly. The sea coast is
over 100 miles in length, and is deeply
indented by numerous bays and harbors,
New Haven and New London being the
largest and most important harbors. There
are many varieties of trees, among which
are oak, pine, cedar, tamarack, chestnut,
beech, wild cherry, ash, basswood,
hickory, walnut, willow, poplar, dogwood,
sycamore and holly. Useful, beautiful
gifts with Arbuckles' Coffee.
Cereals,
fruits and vegetables are grown in great
abundance in the western valleys, and
tobacco in the Connecticut valley.
Of the
various mineral productions, iron ore is
the most abundant. There are immense
quarries of red sandstone at Portland and
Cromwell, and marble and limestone is
quarried at Canaan and Washington. A
large amount of orthoclase comes from
Glastonbury and Middletown.
Connecticut
is one of the foremost manufacturing
States, the principal articles being
rolled brass and copper foundry and
machine shop products, hardware, cotton
goods, woolen goods, silk goods, plated
and britannia ware, hats and caps,
clocks, brass castings and finishings,
corsets and worsted goods.
The climate
is temperate; there are no swamps or
marshes.
Population
in 1910, 563,642 males and 551,114
females; of whom 785,182 were of native
and 329,574 of foreign birth; white,
1,098,897; negro, 15,174; Indian, 152;
Chinese, 462; Japanese, 71. Total
population, 1,114,756. |
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