All posts tagged "Dartmouth"
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12.4K1Religion and Social MovementsJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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10.1KArts and LeisureHow Mount Mitten Got Its Name
New Hampshire’s White Mountains carry many household names. But tucked among the familiar sounding Jefferson Notch and Mount Dartmouth is the oddly...
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20.8K1Arts and LeisureThe Willey Family Tragedy Starts White Mountain Tourism
When the Samuel Willey family moved to Crawford Notch in 1825, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that turned...
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15.1K1Arts and LeisureSix Epic College Pranks
College pranks have been part of the college experience since at least the 13th century, when Oxford students sent a prostitute to...
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6.3K1ConnecticutNine New England Tax Resisters
Abolition, war and injustice have inspired tax resisters in New England since even before the American Revolution. And well after the American...
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6.3KBusiness and LaborIn 1770 Silversmith Samuel Casey Narrowly Escaped the Gallows
Samuel Casey was a talented, well-respected silversmith in Kingstown, R.I in the mid-1700s. He made teapots, tankards and porringers as well as...
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