What fun fact does Connecticut have?

Answer 1

Hartford

Answer 2

The Dutch first explored Connecticut.

Part of the Northeast region.

Hartford is the capital.

Nickname: The Constitution State.

Was the 5th state in the USA on January 9th 1788.

Answer 3

Cochegan Rock is a boulder of a stone type that does not belong to the New England region. It is thought to have been carried in a glacier and eventually deposited in its current location.
the founder is Thomas Hooker

Answer 4

Connecticut is a New England state, on the northern US Atlantic coast. It is immediately south of Massachusetts (along with Rhode Island to its east) and faces south on Long Island Sound. To its west is New York state's Hudson River valley.

Answer 5

I know these are more than 20 but

• Garnet is Connecticut's state mineral.
• Eubrontes is the state fossil, visit Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill to learn more.
• The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain.
• The highest elevation in Connecticut is the slope of Mount Frissel at 2380' (the peak, 2,453' is in MA).
• The most remote site in Connecticut is Mount Bradford in Canaan.
• Connecticut, was only 10% forested in 1800 is about 60% forested today.
• Pachaug State Forest is Connecticut's largest state forest at 29,292 acres.
• Connecticut has 332 miles of jagged coastline, including bays, harbors and coves. If all salt-water influenced watercourses are included, Connecticut has 1,065 miles of coastal shoreline.
• Approximately 82 miles of Connecticut's coastline has been protected through public or private conservation ownership.
• All three rock types are found in Connecticut: Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous.
• Dinosaur tracks in Rocky Hill were discovered in 1966.
• Connecticut was covered by two glaciations: 150,000 and 26,000 years ago.
• The last glacier melted 15,000 years ago, making the present Connecticut landscape very young compared to much of the world.
• Sassafras was the colonists' first export to England.
• Deposits are paid on approximately 1.8 billion cans and bottles in Connecticut each year.
• The average Connecticut motorist drives about 24,000 miles annually; up from 17,000 in 1980.
• All the steel products in CT are made from at least 25% recycled steel.
• Connecticut's air is virtually free of airborne lead due to no-lead gas and emissions controls.
• Best striped bass fishing occurs in the Sound from spring to fall at all major reefs and shoals and at mouths of large rivers.
• Best trout fishing in CT is late April through May.
• Each year, over 400,000 anglers spend nearly $300,000,000 on fishing in Connecticut.
• 750,000 recreational anglers from New York and Connecticut use the LI Sound each year.
• Hunters spend more than $40,000,000 annually in Connecticut.
• Approximately 85,000 boats utilize LIS each boating season. About 10,000 boats may be out on LIS on a nice summer day.
• Connecticut has 57 pumpout and dump stations for boaters to use to protect Long Island Sound's water quality.