Too bad John Colt didn’t use one of his brother Sam’s revolvers to kill...
On a frosty New Year’s Day in 1711, the York County coroner was summoned...
In 1692, Wilmot Redd died on the gallows because her neighbors didn’t like her....
Plenty of people in early New England were persecuted for witchcraft, and not just...
The Wide Awakes Help Elect Lincoln With Shiny Capes and Torchlight Parades
Abigail Adams Attacked Thomas Jefferson As No One Else Dared To Do
Proposed Ban on ‘Bitch’ Only the Latest in Boston Censorship
George Perkins Marsh, a little-known Congressman from Vermont, gave birth to the environmental movement in September 1847. On that day he gave...
The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 1903 with the musical help of a raucous fan club called the...
There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth upon which two Martha’s Vineyard men would build...
A camera made an improbable weapon against the growing evil of child labor in the early 20th century. Then, children as young...
As evening arrived in Boston on August 2, 1907, Chinatown merchants began closing their shops and laundries for the day. Breaking through...
A jury convicted Styles Bridges, a U.S. senator from New Hampshire, of attempting to blackmail Wyoming Sen. Lester Hunt. Under the deal,...
The chance to board the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic was too great a thrill to pass up for the adventurous...
To get an idea of the how intense the feuding between the British loyalists and the Colonial rebels was in 1774 in...
John Cheever, the sadly elegant chronicler of New England WASPdom, spent a year working for Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. He spent...
New York Harbor -- September 6, 1776, 11 p.m. At the foot of Whitehall Street in New York City, where the Staten...
On Sept 28, 1859, James Worster led 50 angry farmers, mill operators, loggers and laborers in a vain effort to destroy a...
More than 200 years after his death, a Waterbury, Conn., slave received a proper burial. His name is Fortune, and his journey...
Whether you’re a Pawn Stars fan or Antiques Roadshow is more your speed, the story is the same. Money-hungry owner of a...
From about 1750 to 1850, New England had at least 31 elected black kings and governors. They were elected on 'Negroes Hallowday'...
On the morning of May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus slipped beneath the storm-tossed surface of the Atlantic on a sea...
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last century and some have shot classic movies here....
The world’s first known department store Santa Claus owned his own store and paid his employees good wages. He gave them shares...
Today the remnants of the colonial Dutch in New England are pretty much limited to the region’s outer rim: At Smith’s Castle...
If you want to talk like a Mainer, there’s a lot more to it than ‘ayuh’ and ‘Bah Hahbah.’ And if you’re...
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the other author who wrote a favorite holiday song...
Jacques Pepin and Julia Child were serving up mashed sweet potatoes during a televised cooking show just before Thanksgiving in 2000. Julia...
In 1858, young men from Hartford, Conn., organized bodyguards for Republican candidates campaigning through the streets of the Democratic city. They called...
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and 18th centuries, your best bet was to live...
In 1804, Abigail Adams attacked Thomas Jefferson in an angry letter unlike any he had ever received. No one else ever addressed...
George Perkins Marsh, a little-known Congressman from Vermont, gave birth to the environmental movement...
The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 1903 with the musical...
There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth...
A camera made an improbable weapon against the growing evil of child labor in...
As evening arrived in Boston on August 2, 1907, Chinatown merchants began closing their...
A jury convicted Styles Bridges, a U.S. senator from New Hampshire, of attempting to...
The chance to board the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic was too great...
To get an idea of the how intense the feuding between the British loyalists...
John Cheever, the sadly elegant chronicler of New England WASPdom, spent a year working...
New York Harbor -- September 6, 1776, 11 p.m. At the foot of Whitehall...
On Sept 28, 1859, James Worster led 50 angry farmers, mill operators, loggers and...
More than 200 years after his death, a Waterbury, Conn., slave received a proper...
Whether you’re a Pawn Stars fan or Antiques Roadshow is more your speed, the...
From about 1750 to 1850, New England had at least 31 elected black kings...
On the morning of May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus slipped beneath the...
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most...
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last...
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the...
In 1804, Abigail Adams attacked Thomas Jefferson in an angry letter unlike any he...
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and...
If you want to talk like a Mainer, there’s a lot more to it...
Jacques Pepin and Julia Child were serving up mashed sweet potatoes during a televised...
In 1858, young men from Hartford, Conn., organized bodyguards for Republican candidates campaigning through...
Every year New England offers a host of opportunities to mix holiday cheer with...
How New England Invented Grandparents
How the Quahog Became a Rhode Island Icon
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 Unleashes Terror on an Unsuspecting Town
How To Talk Like a Mainer
Over the River and Through the Wood: 7 Fun Facts
Jacques Pepin, French From Connecticut
A Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
The Branded Hand of Jonathan Walker: Emblem of Slave Stealing or Slave Savior?
Robert Roberts Tells All – About How To Be a House Servant in 1827
