All posts tagged "Amherst"
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18.2K13Connecticut16 Fun Facts About Noah Webster, the Dictionary Writer Who Was Slightly Nuts
Noah Webster was an odd duck, a famously fussy lexicographer who not only Americanized the English language but created the idea of...
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20.4KToday's History Highlights ArchiveThe First Black Phi Beta Kappas of New England
The Phi Beta Kappa Society, established at the College of William and Mary in 1776, is America’s oldest and most prestigious honor...
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6.7KMassachusettsWhy an Eclipse Can Only Last Eight Minutes, by Mabel Loomis Todd
Mabel Loomis Todd is best known for editing and publishing the poems of Emily Dickinson, but she also knew a lot about...
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12.4K2New England PlacesSix Strange Rocks of New England, From the Eubrontes to the Man-eating Stone of Glastonbery
It should be no surprise that New England’s stony soil should produce a goodly number of strange rocks. They have such nicknames...
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17.6K6New England PlacesSix of New England’s Most Famous Writers Houses
New England is dotted with famous writers houses, a testament to the Puritan ideal of literacy and the region’s many publishing houses....
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16.2K7New England PlacesThe Oldest Business in Each New England State
Family-owned businesses are becoming a thing of the past as Amazon and Walmart gobble up the consumer’s dollar. But there are exceptions...
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