HARTEBEEST 



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HARTFORD 



1878 he was in the consular service, holding ap- 

 pointments at Crefeld, Germany, and at Glas- 

 gow, Scotland. From 1885 until his death he 

 lived in England, where, from time to time, he 

 issued volumes of tales which showed that the 

 vivid impressions of his early life in California 

 were undimmed by time. The last of these, 

 Under the Redwoods, was published in 1901, 

 the year before his death. B.M.W. 



Consult Merwin's Life of Bret Harte; Boyn- 

 ton's Bret Harte. 



HARTE 'BEEST, an antelope of South 

 Africa, formerly roaming in herds on the plains, 

 or veldt, from the Cape of Good Hope almost 

 to the Zambezi River, but now found only in 

 the most remote districts and in very small 

 numbers. It stands about four feet high at the 

 shoulder and is grayish-brown in color, with 

 black marks on the face. The horns are 

 heavily ringed and curved sharply back at the 

 tips. The head is long and narrow. It is one 

 of the swiftest of all antelopes, and easily out- 

 runs the fleetest of greyhounds. The early set- 

 tlers in South Africa slaughtered the hartebeest 

 in great numbers for the sake of the hides, and 

 also the flesh, which is esteemed a delicacy. 

 There are several species of hartebeest, known 

 by various names, found in Central and North- 

 ern Africa, where they are less disturbed than 

 in the south. 



HARTFORD, CONN., the state capital and 

 the county seat of Hartford County, on the 

 west bank of the Connecticut River at the head 

 of river navigation, fifty miles from Long Is- 

 land Sound. It is centrally located between 

 New York and Boston; the former is 110 miles 

 southwest; the latter, 124 miles northeast. 

 Hartford is served by steam, electric and steam- 

 boat lines, all owned or controlled by the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford system. The 

 river is closed to boats usually from the middle 

 of December to the middle of March. The in- 

 habitants, of whom about fifty per cent are 

 foreign born, numbered 98,915 in 1910 and 110,- 

 900 in 1916, by Federal estimate. The area of 

 the city exceeds seventeen square miles. 



Location and Plan. Hartford is built upon 

 rolling ground, some of the higher points afford- 

 ing splendid views of the Connecticut Valley. 

 Park River, a narrow stream, flows east through 

 the center of the city and joins the Connecticut. 

 It is crossed by a number of bridges, its dams 

 supply water power and the main city sewer 

 is laid through its bed to the Connecticut. 

 Main Street, running north and south, is one of 

 the principal business thoroughfares; State 



Street, along which are large warehouses, ex- 

 tends east from Main to the river. South and 

 parallel with State is Central Row, and between 

 the two is the City Hall Square, containing the 

 old city hall (Charles Bulfinch, architect), once 

 used as the Capitol, and the post office. 



Across the Connecticut River, connecting 

 Hartford and East Hartford, is a splendid nine- 

 span granite bridge, 1,192 feet long, eighty-two 

 feet wide, the largest stone bridge in the world. 

 Its construction, including the boulevard extend- 

 ing along the river front to State Street, cost 

 nearly $3,000,000. 



Parks. Bushnell Park, named in honor of 

 Horace Bushnell, contains fifty acres in the 

 heart of the city and is separated from the 

 Capitol grounds only by the Park River. Keney 

 Park, to the north, contains nearly 664 acres; 

 Goodwin Park, to the south, contains about 200 

 acres. Elizabeth Park, on the west, which cov- 

 ers 100 acres, is the most beautiful of all in 

 flowers and trees, and supplies these to the 

 other parks. Pope, Colt, Riverside, Rocky 

 Ridge and other parks beautify various parts of 

 the city. Between Bushnell Park and the Capi- 

 tol ground are the memorial bridge and the 

 soldiers' and sailors' memorial arch. In Bush- 

 nell Park are bronze statues of General Israel 

 Putnam, Dr. Horace Wells and Colonel Thomas 

 Knowlton, and the Corning Memorial Fountain. 



Buildings. The state Capitol is a splendid 

 structure of white marble, completed in 1880 at 

 a cost of over $2,500,000. It contains many 

 historic treasures, regimental flags of the War 

 of Secession, bronze statues, including one of 

 Nathan Hale, and oil paintings of statesmen; 

 among the latter is one of Washington by Gil- 

 bert Stuart. Near the Capitol are the state 

 library and supreme court building, and the 

 state armory, both of granite. Among the 

 many other notable buildings are the Wads- 

 worth Athenaeum, containing the Hartford pub- 

 lic and other libraries; two companion build- 

 ings, the Colt Memorial, containing a valuable 

 collection of firearms, and the Morgan Art Gal- 

 lery; the Center Congregational Church; sev- 

 eral cathedrals, and the Church of the Redeemer 

 (Universalist). Some of the handsomest build- 

 ings of the city are those of well-known insur- 

 ance companies, among which are the Aetna 

 Life, Aetna Fire, Travelers' and Connecticut 

 Mutual Life. 



Institutions. Important educational insti- 

 tutions are Trinity College and the Hartford 

 Theological Seminary. Among the many be- 

 nevolent and charitable institutions are the 



