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Tarzan Brown, The Narragansett Indian Who Twice Won the Boston Marathon

Minutes before the 1939 Boston Marathon, a Narragansett Indian named Tarzan Brown was seen eating ho...
Celia Thaxter: ‘So Still and Heavenly and Fresh and Full of Promise’

On April 15, 1894, Celia Thaxter sat down in her cottage on the Isles of Shoals and wrote a letter ...
King of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman

In the vanished days of log drives, the riverman was the most special of the special breed of men wh...
Joshua Hempstead of New London Keeps A Diary … And Keeps It … And Keeps It

New London, Conn., resident Joshua Hempstead made an entry in his diary on April 9, 1715, as he did ...
Massasoit Visits Plymouth for Trade and a Peace Treaty

Around 11 am on March 22/April 1, 1621, a fine warm day, two Wampanoag Indians appeared in the villa...
Maxfield Parrish, A Mechanic Who Painted Fantastically

Maxfield Parrish in 1922 was inspired by New Hampshire’s scenery to create the lush, romantic painti...
The Great New England Flood of 1936

The rain started pouring in New England on March 11, 1936 and didn’t stop for 14 days, unleashing a ...
Surprising Stories: The Great White Hurricane of 1888

The Great White Hurricane of 1888 struck on the night of March 11 and continued furiously for two da...

Religion and Social Movements

Alice Holway, New England Farmerette of World War I

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New farmerette Alice Holway, excited but terrified, waved goodbye to her strict ...
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Harriet Low Endures Easter Sunday in Macao, 1830

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What They Said About Easter in New England

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Flashback Photo: Miles Morgan, Springfield Pioneer

Flashback Photo: Miles Morgan, Springfield Pioneer

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Flashback Photo: Sam Slater Mill, 1870

Flashback Photo: Sam Slater Mill, 1870

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Flashback Photo: The Italian Fishing Fleet Is in for Easter, 1930

Flashback Photo: The Italian Fishing Fleet Is in for Easter, 1930

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Chauncey Jerome, the Connecticut Man Who Loved To Make Clocks

Chauncey Jerome, the Connecticut Man Who Loved To Make Clocks

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Flashback Photo: Pioneer Parachute Co., July 1942

Flashback Photo: Pioneer Parachute Co., July 1942

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Flashback Photo: J.P. Morgan Canes a Photographer

Flashback Photo: J.P. Morgan Canes a Photographer

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Ann Smith Franklin, First Lady of Rhode Island Journalism

Ann Smith Franklin, First Lady of Rhode Island Journalism

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King of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman

King of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman

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Horace Greeley Writes ‘Go West, Young Man,’ and Lots of Other Things

Horace Greeley Writes ‘Go West, Young Man,’ and Lots of Other Things

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Joshua Hempstead of New London Keeps A Diary … And Keeps It … And Keeps It

Joshua Hempstead of New London Keeps A Diary … And Keeps It … And Keeps It

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Flashback Photo: Beautiful Mill Girl, Coventry, R.I., 1909

Flashback Photo: Beautiful Mill Girl, Coventry, R.I., 1909

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Flashback Photo: Westminster and Dorrance, Providence, 1930s

Flashback Photo: Westminster and Dorrance, Providence, 1930s

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April 23, 2014 at 9:30 pm

Imagine having to cross a flooded river to deliver a baby in frontier Massachusetts (now Maine) … in 1789. Fifty-four-year-old Martha Ballard did, and she wrote about it in her diary. Find out what she wrote: http://bit.ly/1iO41Bw

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April 23, 2014 at 2:17 pm

Why on earth would Springfield, Mass., honor an early selectman and highway surveyor with a bronze statue in Court Square? Here's a hint: His last name was Morgan. Read more:
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April 23, 2014 at 7:23 am

Connecticut's Charter Oak lives on in legend -- and on the back of quarters, in more than 10,000 wooden souvenirs and in the names of products and businesses from breweries to vinyl siding.

But just what was the legend all about? Find out: http://bit.ly/1jL2J8z

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April 22, 2014 at 9:04 pm

On April 22, 1730, New London farmer Joshua Hempstead participated in one of the three holidays Puritans celebrated. Find out which one: http://bit.ly/1idVZxa

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April 22, 2014 at 6:26 pm

Orator Jim O’Rourke was a 25-year-old rookie when he got the first hit in Major League baseball history on April 22, 1876. The team he played for would last one season. Orator Jim would play until he was 54, becoming the oldest player to hit safely in the Major L... http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/flashback-photo-orator-jim-orourke/

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April 22, 2014 at 7:40 am

World War I drained Yankee farms of labor, as young men went off to war or worked in munitions factories. Young women of all social classes filled the void by joining the Woman's Land Army. They were called farmerettes. Seventeen-year-old Alice Holway left her home in Worcester for the first time to work as a farmerette in Vermont. It changed her life. http://bit.ly/1kWiaNR

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April 21, 2014 at 7:50 pm

On April 21, 1865, Charlie George was a member of the 10th Vermont Volunteer Infantry regimental band. He wrote to his wife back home to tell her he had just gotten the news about the assassination of President Lincoln, who he met days before in Petersburg. And there was something Charlie really wanted to do. http://bit.ly/1lycYCz

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April 21, 2014 at 3:23 pm

Sam Slater's first textile mill opened for business in 1793, but it was still in operation when this photo was taken in 1870. You may have learned in school how Slater smuggled the plans for textile machinery out of England. Read more:
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April 21, 2014 at 7:06 am

Ellison Brown went by the nickname 'Tarzan,' but to his Narragansett people he was known as 'Deerfoot.' He won the Boston Marathon twice, dominating the sport of long-distance running with Les Pawson and John A. Kelley in the 1930s. Tarzan Brown was known as a free spirit because of his antics during the race.
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April 20, 2014 at 8:24 pm

This Boston neighborhood was as crowded as it ever got in 1930 -- and the old T-Wharf got pretty crowded, too, when the fishing fleet came in. Any idea why T-Wharf was so crowded on April 20, 1930?
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April 20, 2014 at 6:46 pm

harriet Low was a 20-year-old Puritan in 1830, enjoying the social whirl of Macao with her aunt while her uncle pursued the China trade 60 miles away in Canton. Harriet kept a diary, in which she recorded her thoughts about the way the Portuguese celebrated Easter. Read more: http://bit.ly/1nBkIRf

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April 20, 2014 at 3:36 pm

Chauncey Jerome loved to make clocks, and he made millions of them in Connecticut before his death in 1868. As late as the 1940s, clocks could be found 'in Kentucky, in Indiana, in Illinois, in Missouri, and here in every dell in Arkansas, and in cabins where there was not a chair to sit on.' Read more: http://bit.ly/Pktgjx

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April 20, 2014 at 8:33 am

Back in the day, New Englanders believed that eggs laid on Easter wouldn't rot and hot cross buns could prevent shipwrecks. There was a lot more lore and superstition about the holiday in New England. Read about it here:
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April 19, 2014 at 7:59 pm

Mary Saverick helped out the war effort in 1942 by sewing parachute harnesses at the Pioneer Parachute Co. in Manchester, Conn. One of her co-workers made another remarkable contribution to the war effort. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/1eMDvZR

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April 19, 2014 at 1:41 pm

Sarah Bagley was an early champion of the rights of working women. A Lowell mill girl, she fought for the 10-hour day and safer working conditions. Her nemesis, William Schouler was a Lowell, Mass., politician and newspaper editor who decided to tangle with Sarah. Find out what happened: http://bit.ly/1jkzwkx

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April 19, 2014 at 7:51 am

News traveled fast about the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Boston merchant John Rowe, fortunately for history, wrote down what he learned about those battles -- and how he felt -- in his diary. Read what he wrote:
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April 18, 2014 at 9:42 pm

Can you identify where this photo was taken? Here's a hint: The date was Patriot's Day, 1921. And there's a house in the picture you should be able to identify.
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April 18, 2014 at 7:26 pm

Want to know what really happened on the night Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride? Paul Revere tells the story in his own words. We trust he is what he tells the British major he is: A man of truth. http://bit.ly/1lgrw9R

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April 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm

Eighty six years and one day before the American Revolution broke out, Massachusetts colonists overthrew the hated royal governor, Edmund Andros. He had really started to tick them off on Good Friday. Read more:
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April 18, 2014 at 7:03 am

On April 18, 1933, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America called for a nationwide strike of non-unionized shirtmakers. Within a week, the New Haven shirt companies were nearly all shut down. Strikers picketed with signs that said, 'We are fighting for a living wage.' Find out if they prevailed: http://bit.ly/1iwcpWj

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April 17, 2014 at 9:06 pm

Two days before the shot heard round the world, the Massachusetts Committee of Safety had a pretty good idea of what was coming: http://bit.ly/Qshrsd

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April 17, 2014 at 1:58 pm

J.P. Morgan was closely identified with Wall Street, which he dominated, but he was born and buried in Hartford. Though he was physically imposing, he hated having his picture taken, as this photo of him caning a photographer shows. Find out the reason he didn't like being photographed: http://bit.ly/1kEHrft

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