Reiki Attunements in Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown sits on a broad bend of the Connecticut River halfway between Hartford and Old Saybrook, a onetime wealthy West Indies sailing port that reinvented itself as an industrial center and now thrives as the college town wrapped around Wesleyan University.
Its Main Street mixes 18th-century mansions with a famously diverse food scene, and it is the improbable birthplace of Connecticut's beloved steamed cheeseburger. In the 18th century Middletown was one of Connecticut's wealthiest towns, a busy sailing port trading with the West Indies; it declined as a port after the War of 1812. The central settlement was incorporated as a distinct city in 1784, and the city and town were consolidated in 1923, giving the city unusually broad boundaries. The land was home to the Wangunk people and was known as Mattabeseck; English settlers arrived in 1650 and the town was incorporated in 1651, taking the name Middletown in 1653 for its position midway along the river. The Arrigoni Bridge (completed 1938), whose twin steel arches over the Connecticut River are among the largest in the state. The city hosts one of the largest Pride events in Connecticut. Oddfellows Playhouse youth theater and the Children's Circus of Middletown are longtime cultural fixtures. Connecticut Valley Hospital (about 1,669 employees) and FedEx (about 1,561) are major employers. Learning is remote and unhurried, a complementary practice held alongside daily life.
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How did Middletown come to be?
The central settlement was incorporated as a distinct city in 1784, and the city and town were consolidated in 1923, giving the city unusually broad boundaries. The land was home to the Wangunk people and was known as Mattabeseck; English settlers arrived in 1650 and the town was incorporated in 1651, taking the name Middletown in 1653 for its position midway along the river. Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, made the city a nationally known college town.
