During the High Tide Storm of 1723, the waters rose so high and so fast that worshipers were marooned in their meeting houses. In the Massachusetts towns of Marblehead and Salem, people climbed trees to avoid drowning. The extraordinary tide ...

In 1844, young people of Massachusetts were treated to a new board game: Pope and Pagan, or Siege of the stronghold of Satan by the Christian army. The rules of the game were simple. Two players were needed. One party ...

On Feb. 28, 1638, the slave trade probably began in New England when a ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay from the West Indies. The Salem ship Desire carried enslaved Africans along with the other cargo of cotton and tobacco. After a slow ...

Don Pedro, the handsome, ruthless Spanish pirate, apparently didn’t get the memo in 1832 that piracy was over in the Atlantic Ocean. He made a reckless move on the high seas against a brig from Salem, Mass., and he paid ...

In 1662 three English Quakers arrived in Dover, N.H. It didn't take long before the Puritan townspeople spoke up about the newcomers. They petitioned Richard Waldron, the magistrate at Dover, "humbly craving relief against the spreading and the wicked errors ...

Roger Mowry started life in England and came to Boston in 1631 at about the age of 20. He moved around a bit, spending several years in Salem, Mass. While in Salem he undoubtedly became familiar with the rabble-rousing Roger ...

On the night of March 22, 1715, Jeremiah Meacham was troubled - as usual. He had secluded himself on the second story of his home in Newport, R.I. fearful that someone was planning to harm him. It was a common ...

In 1634, John Endecott and Roger Williams agreed on one thing. The first Massachusetts flag had to be changed. Endecott, of Salem, was one of the more radical of the early Puritan settlers of Massachusetts. He was reduced in power ...

Not all courageous heroes receive their due on Veterans or any other day. So many sacrifices have gone unheralded, so many men and women who risked their lives for their country were all but forgotten. For all of New England’s ...

A portrait of Roger Williams is easy to sketch in words: Baptist minister banished from Massachusetts, founding father of Rhode Island and champion of religious freedom. His achievements are literally woven into the fabric of early America. Williams accumulated many ...