Still looking for more? Try one of our destination guides to Hartford.Hartford At the outset, Hartford seemed destined for greatness. Established during the 17th Century in a colonial region (of what would be the US) nicknamed the "Constitution State," this city positioned itself to be the premier location for all important governmental operations on the nation's east coast, though in all fairness, at the time there was only an east coast colonial complex. Throughout the 19th century, Hartford dwindled amongst larger brethren (i.e.: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia), and was thus hardly useful as anything but a center for matters of trivial importance. Today,...more