All posts tagged "utopian communities"
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3.3KConnecticutBridgeport Elects a Socialist Mayor Again and Again and Again
Bridgeport, Conn., elected for 24 years a socialist mayor named Jasper McLevy, beloved in the city despite his friendship with a notorious...
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5.7K1Religion and Social MovementsJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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11.6K5Business and LaborSix Historic Barns
Thousands of the historic barns of New England have survived severe weather, westward migration, suburban sprawl and competition from corporate agribusiness. Often...
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2.6K5MaineThe Sabbathday Lake Shakers and the Fancy Hotel
For many years during the 19th century, the simple, self-sufficient Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine, mingled happily with the luxury-loving guests and...
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32.2K40MassachusettsThe Maypole That Infuriated the Puritans
Had it not been for his May Day party with a giant Maypole, Thomas Morton might have established a New England colony...
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3.1K1Arts and LeisureA New Age Retreat in Eliot, Maine, Saves the Career of Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley called himself ‘the artist of Maine.' He was a renowned Modernist artist who painted manly, rugged scenes of fishermen, mountains...
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