Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
In 1821, Revolutionary War Captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
Today we’d call it torture, but when the British tortured Ethan Allen in prison they called it ‘harsh treatment.’ On Sept. 25,...
The 1900 U.S. Senate election in Vermont pitted Governor William Dillingham against Congressman and General William Grout. As the race got nastier,...