All posts tagged "conservation"
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31.4K6New HampshireA German POW Escapes the WWII Prison Camp in Stark, N.H.
On Aug. 1, 1944, German POW Franz Bacher escaped the World War II prison camp in Northern New Hampshire, eluding a manhunt...
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15.0K5MaineTo Discover the Real Bambi, Walt Disney Goes to Maine
When Walt Disney told his artists to model Bambi on a California mule deer, Jake Day insisted the real Bambi had to...
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6.0K7MassachusettsHow Henry David Thoreau Studied Climate Change (Without Realizing It)
Henry David Thoreau studied climate change unintentionally when he recorded in his journal the exact dates that plants, shrubs and trees blossomed...
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12.3K3Arts and LeisureThe Early Days of New England Skiing
When members of the Appalachian Mountain Club began hacking ski trails in New Hampshire over Barrett and Temple Mountains in 1927, New...
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34.9K35Flashback PhotosThe Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm
The Great 1938 Hurricane took almost everyone by surprise. Sept. 21, 1938, was supposed to be a breezy fall day in New...
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7.3K3ConnecticutGifford Pinchot Loses His Forestry Job, Splits GOP in Two
Gifford Pinchot was chief forester for William Howard Taft when a scandal over Alaska coal got him fired. It also angered Theodore...
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