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4.7KJohn Margolies Photographs Roadside America
John Margolies in 1970 caused a stir, and not a good one, in highbrow architectural citcles. He did it by putting on...
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6.9KThe Great Lakeport Fire of 1903 Destroys a New Hampshire Village
Laconia, N.H., suffered several devastating fires over the centuries, but none so damaging as the Great Lakeport Fire of 1903. A fire...
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5.6KThe She-She-She Camps of the Great Depression
The Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men a job and their families a lifeline with money they sent home every...
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8.8KThe Worst Train Wreck in New Hampshire History – The 1907 Canaan Disaster
The worst train wreck in New Hampshire history started in the predawn hours of September 15, 1907. The Quebec Express gently pulled...
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8.4KSix Paintings of New England Spring
Artists have probably created far fewer New England spring paintings than of any of the three other seasons. After all, New England...
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6.3KHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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