Rhode Island
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36.1K3Hercules Had It Easy Compared to the Great 1938 Hurricane Tree Cleanup
The Great 1938 Hurricane blew down so many trees that paper mills were still processing them nine years later. Trees downed by...
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8.6K4In the Gilded Age, Marriages Began in NY and Ended in RI, America’s Divorce Capital
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, if your wife or husband told you they wanted to spend a few winter months...
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9.6K1An American in England, 1828, Is Shocked By English Drinking Habits
America’s drinking habits were changing for the better as the new country passed its 50th anniversary, at least according to a Rhode...
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10.5KAmbrose Burnside, The Sideburned Civil War Commander Who Didn’t Want The Job
When Ambrose Burnside received his orders to take command of the Army of the Potomac in November of 1862, it was said...
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27.5K23The 1918 Flu Epidemic Kills Thousands in New England
As World War I raged in Europe, New Englanders died at home from a foe more deadly than bullets: the 1918 flu...
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21.8K7How New England Got Its Place Names
New England has six towns called Warren, one in each state, but the reason for those place names is more complicated than...
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