Connecticut
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10.3KThe Legend of Deep River’s XYZ Bank Robber
The letters XYZ are chiseled into a small grave marker in a corner of a cemetery in Deep River, Conn. Underneath lies...
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8.0K1Six Places an Iconic Food Was Born
New England has given birth to many an iconic food. The exact birthplace, however, of such beloved treats as the fluffernutter sandwish,...
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6.1KBridgeport 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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9.3KAlfred Winslow Jones, The Unlikely Inventor of the Hedge Fund
Alfred Winslow Jones had been a spy, a sociologist, a magazine writer and a Communist before he invented the modern hedge fund...
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9.4KThe 1790 Census: New England by the Numbers
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
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8.0K2Saving the Historic Gas Station
Once New Englanders decided to save the historic Old South Meeting House in 1876, they began to preserve other kinds of historic...
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