CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY SCATTERED OVER THE LANDSCAPE LIKE SO MANY MATCHSTICKS FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR. THESE OLD STRUCTURES GIVE OFF A FORLORN AIR OF ABANDONMENT. RELICS OF SOME DISTANT AGRARIAN PAST.

Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum touches on the long history of tobacco growing in the state. Jim Daniels, president of the museum, and Duane Adams, a member of the board of ...

If you grew up on a farm that raised tobacco, you probably had a love-hate relationship with the crop. It was a lot of physical work and labor intensive. Everything seemed to be done by hand. Much of ...