All posts tagged "Fall River"
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23.1K10MassachusettsSarah Bagley Avenges the New England Mill Girls
A powerful Massachusetts politician in 1845 learned the hard way not to mess with the mill girls – and especially not with...
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38.3K42Business and LaborFall River’s Famous Chow Mein Sandwich
When 17-year-old Barbara Wong arrived in Fall River, Mass., after World War II, she could hardly have known she would become the...
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9.5K2ConnecticutConnecticut Methodist Camp Meeting Leads to Murder (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. Methodist Camp Meetings were key to...
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9.9K11ConnecticutMethodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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