The industrious colonial Yankee would be at home today in this business-minded state with the nation's second highest per capita income. Many firms whose products include robotic and fiber-optic equipment have their corporate headquarters in Stamford. Hartford, the nation's insurance capital, rises above the cleaned-up Connecticut River, again a spawning ground for Atlantic salmon. Hartford is also home to the Hartford Courant, the oldest (1764) newspaper in the U.S. that is still being published.