The modern apartment building on Arch Street in Hartford stands on the site of a once-famous Hartford tree: the Ledyard Elm. My latest video is about John Ledyard, the famous traveler, and the fate of the tree he planted back in 1773.

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The Ledyard Elm: A Lost Hartford Tree