Science and Nature
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4.2KPolio Makes Its U.S. Debut in Vermont’s Otter Creek Valley in 1894
In June of 1894, a strange nervous disease attacked several children in Vermont’s Otter Creek Valley. It started as a summer cold,...
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4.4KThe Sparrow Hawk: When Indians and Pilgrims Rescued America’s First Shipwreck Victims
In 1863, a storm uncovered the bones of a ship that might have been the Sparrow Hawk, sunk off Cape Cod in...
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2.4KThe Jurassic Armored Mud Balls of the Connecticut River Valley
Among the oldest sources of local pride in the Connecticut River Valley are the rare and rarely seen Jurassic Armored Mud Balls....
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3.6KFletcher, Vermont: The Town That Escaped the 1918 Pandemic (This One, Too)
The 1918-20 influenza pandemic reached deep into every neighborhood in every town and city in the United States – well, almost. It...
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7.0KCaptain Cook’s Endeavour, World-Famous Ship, Scuttled in Newport Harbor and Forgotten
On Feb. 3, 2022, Americans probably wondered why an argument broke out between Australian and American maritime experts over the possible discovery...
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