All posts tagged "animals"
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10.2K5ConnecticutThe Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Borough
For over 200 years Connecticut has had a somewhat unique type of local government – a borough, of which nine currently survive....
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10.5K2Arts and LeisureGrizzly Adams, Boston Shoemaker, Driven to the Mountains by Lawyers
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
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16.5K1New HampshireThe New Hampshire Volcano That Promised Untold Riches
As early as 1735, residents living along the New Hampshire-Vermont border reported a New Hampshire volcano erupted violently. The inhabitants of Fort...
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14.6KArts and LeisureWorld War I Inspires Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, who created the children’s book character Doctor Dolittle, was an MIT trained civil engineer who spent much of his life...
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6.3KArts and LeisureDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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41.0K5Arts and LeisureThe Melon Heads of Connecticut
Every New England town can claim a ghost and many have a witch in their past, but the melon heads belong to...
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