Science and Nature
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4.6K2Dutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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6.8K1How New England Invented Grandparents
If you wanted to know your grandparents or grandchildren back in the 17th and 18th centuries, your best bet was to live...
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6.5KHow the Quahog Became a Rhode Island Icon
If you know anything about Rhode Island, you know the quahog is sacred and peculiar to America’s smallest and wateriest state. But...
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8.3KThe Wallingford Tornado of 1878 Unleashes Terror on an Unsuspecting Town
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 ranks as one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Connecticut. It caused so much damage...
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7.1K1Black Husband, White Scientist: The Secret Double Life of Clarence King
In 1888, Clarence King started to lead two secret lives, one on each side of the Brooklyn Bridge. In Manhattan, he was...
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11.5KThe Mysterious Moodus Noises of Connecticut
The mysterious Moodus noises in south central Connecticut for many years frightened the Puritan settlers. They weren’t alone. The Wangunk Indians had...
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7.8K2The Tariffville Disaster Inspires the First Emergency Phone Call
The Tariffville disaster, a train wreck near Hartford, prompted the first-ever emergency telephone call when a doctor summoned help from a local...
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8.0K1When John Winthrop Jr. Doctored the Connecticut Colony. For Free.
Though he wasn’t even a doctor, John Winthrop Jr. diagnosed and medicated hundreds of New Englanders in the latter part of the...
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15.4K5How the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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