All posts tagged "Boston Harbor Islands"
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10.8KMaineIsland 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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54.2K22MassachusettsExactly 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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28.3K3Crime and ScandalWilliam Fry, Pirate, Finds a Permanent Home – Gibbeted on Nixes Mate
In July of 1726, William Fry stood trial in Boston for murdering a ship’s captain and embarking on a monthlong piracy spree....
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15.2K13MaineFlying Santa: Dropping Gifts on Lighthouses Since 1929
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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