All posts tagged "Salem"
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1.8KMassachusettsElton John Sings The Praises of 19th-C Quackery Queen, Lydia Pinkham
In 1968, a song about a quack medicine became a No. 1 hit in the U.K. nearly a century after Lydia E....
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8.9K3Crime and ScandalSix Places Where A Gallows Once Stood
So many people died on the gallows in New England that you may well have walked over a spot where someone met...
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2.9K1MassachusettsMargaret Rule and the ‘Smutty’ Cotton Mather
In September of 1693, in the aftermath of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, a Boston girl, Margaret Rule, convinced the town that she...
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3.2KMaineSix Famous Artists Houses (Where You Can Stay, Too)
Artists gravitate toward places that inspire them creatively, so you can often find artists houses among splendid scenery or in rural isolation....
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2.0KMaineRufus Porter, the Folk Artist Who Founded Scientific American Magazine
Rufus Porter left his mark on early New England homes with stencils on their walls and Scientific American on the coffee table....
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3.6K3Massachusetts
Susannah Martin’s Witchcraft Trials Lasted Nearly 25 Years
In 1692, the witch trials in Salem finally put an end to Susannah Martin's life. It was the culmination of a 25-year-long...
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41.3K11MassachusettsHow Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
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3.2KMassachusettsPhilip Ashton Escapes Pirates and Miraculously Survives on a Deserted Island
Philip Ashton, a 19-year-old fisherman, escaped captivity by the vicious pirate Edward Low on a remote Caribbean island. For 16 months he...
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883MassachusettsThe High Tide Storm of 1723 Strands Puritans in Their Meeting Houses
During the High Tide Storm of 1723, the waters rose so high and so fast that worshipers were marooned in their meeting...
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864MassachusettsBefore Monopoly All the Kids were Wild About Pope and Pagan
In 1844, young people of Massachusetts were treated to a new board game: Pope and Pagan, or Siege of the stronghold of...