Science and Nature
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21.6K3Edward Hammond Clarke and the Chance for Girls
Education was a hot topic in the 1870s: How much one needed and who should get it. Edward Hammond Clarke sought to...
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13.8K3Six Historic Apple Orchards
Trying to pick six historic apple orchards in New England may be a fool’s errand. As Maine apple expert John Bunker explains,...
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14.2K7The Great 1727 Earthquake and the Wrath of God
Northern New Englanders ran for cover in late October as the 1727 earthquake, more powerful than any they had experienced, shook the...
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9.3K2The History of Indian Summer
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
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37.8K76 Tallest Trees in New England
Once New England had the greatest forests and the tallest trees in the world. They were a major attraction for English colonists...
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29.9K1The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846
One month after a tropical storm walloped Massachusetts, the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 blew through New England, flattening factories, collapsing houses,...
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