All posts tagged "earthquake"
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3.6KMassachusettsHow Louisa May Alcott Voted for the First Time in 1880
On March 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott voted with 19 other women for the first time at the Concord Town Meeting. The...
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12.5KConnecticutThe Mysterious Moodus Noises of Connecticut
The mysterious Moodus noises in south central Connecticut for many years frightened the Puritan settlers. They weren’t alone. The Wangunk Indians had...
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7.1KMassachusettsThe 1755 Earthquake Shakes Up John Adams and All of New England
The great 1755 earthquake was part of a series of earthquakes (probably related to each other) that wracked both sides of the...
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6.1K1Religion and Social MovementsThe Destroying Angel, Gold Diggers and the Book of Mormon
Does the Book of Mormon, the sacred text of the Mormon Church, owe its existence to Nathaniel Woods, leader of an unusual...
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12.8K7MassachusettsThe Great 1727 Earthquake and the Wrath of God
Northern New Englanders ran for cover in late October as the 1727 earthquake, more powerful than any they had experienced, shook the...
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18.3K18MaineThe Red Paint People of Maine
Before the first colonists and explorers came to New England, before even the American Indian tribes lived here, there were the Red...
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10.4K6Crime and ScandalAgnes Surriage and Her Journey from Tavern Wench to Lady of the Manor
In 1742, Charles Henry Frankland, the king’s collector for the port of Boston, visited Marblehead, Mass. — probably to assess the improvements...
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4.1K14Crime and ScandalIn 1679 Rebecca Rawson Takes a Husband – And Soon Regrets It
Rebecca Rawson was a living morality tale for all Puritan New Englanders. But for vanity, she might have lived a wonderful life....
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43.6K15Arts and LeisureI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Hope Surfaces from Despair
On Christmas day in 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was inspired to write the poem we now know as the Christmas carol, I...
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21.7K13Business and LaborThe Legend of Faneuil Hall’s Golden Grasshopper Weathervane
The truth is more interesting than the legend about the golden grasshopper perched above Faneuil Hall since 1742. The real story links...
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