Directory of Coltsville National Historical Park Resources

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Seventeen-acre site of the former Colt Armory complex, which is listed as a National Landmark and is under Congressional study to become a National Park.

Resources in This Category

• Are the stars aligning over Coltsville?

  http://ctmirror.org/2011/10/07/are-stars-aligning-over-coltsville/
  Article from The Connecticut Mirror.

• Coltsville

  http://www.hartfordpreservation.org/coltsville/
  Information from the Hartford Preservation Alliance.

• Coltsville

  http://ctmirror.org/tag/coltsville/
  Recents posts about plans for Coltsville National Park, provided by the CT Mirror.

• Coltsville National Historical Park Wins Final Approval

  http://touch.courant.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82270489/
  Reprint of article by Gregoary B. Hladky from December 13, 2014.

• Coltsville National Park plans discussed during shutdown

  http://ctmirror.org/2013/10/03/coltsville-national-park-plans-discussed-during-shutdown/
  Reprint of October 3, 2013 article by Ana Radelat in The CT Mirror.

• Coltsville Project Status

  http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/rpt/2008-R-0653.htm
  Information from the Connecticut General Assembly.

• Coltsville Study Act of 2003

  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr437
  Information fon bill that was originally introduced on January 29, 2003 and is sponsored by Rep. John Larson (D-CT1).

• Coltsville, a Great Candidate for the National Park System

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8M9W4Kop_E
  U.S. Congressman John B. Larson is joined by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and other Connecticut officials in front of the old Colt Factory in this YouTube video.

• Coltsville: A National Historic Landmark

  http://www.cttrust.org/index.cgi/7518
  Information provided by the Connecticut Trust For Historic Preservation.

• Gun Valley: New Coltsville National Historic Park in Hartford to partner with Springfield Armory |

  http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/03/gun_valley_new_coltsville_national_park_hartford_partner_springfield_armory.html
  Article by Jim Kinney from March 10, 2015 edition of MassLIVE.

• Learning from Coltsville

  http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2002/Learning-from-Coltsville.htm
  Reprint of 2002 article by Dave Kopel and Michael Brotherton in the National Review.

• Making a Success of Coltsville

  http://www.hogriver.org/issues/v04n01/coltsville.htm
  Article by William Hosley in the Hog River Journal.

• Off Like a Shot: A developer steps forward to rejuvenate Hartford's historic Colt Armory.

  http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2003/off-like-a-shot.html
  Reprint of 2003 article by Tricia Vita from Preservation Magazine.

• S. 1347: Coltsville National Historical Park Act

  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1347
  A bill in the U.S. Congress to establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes. Information from govtrack.us.

• Senate puts Coltsville on verge of national park status

  http://ctmirror.org/2014/12/11/senate-vote-ending-debate-puts-coltsville-on-verge-of-national-park-status/
  Article by Ana Radelat from the December 11, 2014 issue of The CT Mirror.

• Sheldon/Charter Oak~Coltsville

  http://hartford.omaxfield.com/neighborhoods/coltsville.html
  Contemporary color photos and historical information on area of the city once dominated by Colt's Firearms Factory.

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