New Video: History of Dutch Point Part One: House of Hope & Shipbuilding

This is the first in a series of videos about Dutch Point in Hartford, Connecticut. This peninsula, formed by the junction of the Park (or Little) River and the Connecticut River was called Dutch Point because it was near the Dutch trading post called the House of Hope that was here in the 17th century. By the 19th century, Dutch Point was the site of shipbuilding and a saw mill operation.