All posts tagged "Boston Harbor Islands"
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6.7KMaineIsland Castaways, New England’s Huddled Masses Yearning to Get Well
Island castaways don’t have it easy. Just ask Robinson Crusoe. Yet, for centuries, medical and political authorities relied on the general inaccessibility...
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46.4K22MassachusettsExactly How New England’s Indian Population Was Decimated
Even before European colonists thinned the Indian population in New England, war and disease had already begun their dirty work. A team...
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16.1K3Crime and ScandalWilliam Fry Finds a Permanent Home – On Nixes Mate
In July of 1726, William Fry stood trial in Boston for murdering a ship’s captain and embarking on a month-long piracy spree....
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10.3K13MaineHow Flying Santa Saw New England Lighthouses in 1936 (From the Sky, Of Course)
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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