All posts tagged "farming"
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7.2K3IrregularsPoultry Pride Came to the Boston Garden in 1849
November 15 is a red-letter day in the history of poultry breeding; it was on that day in 1849 that the first...
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8.4K1Business and LaborHow Maine’s Samuel Mayall Brought America its First Woolen Mill
Samuel Mayall didn’t just bring the first woolen mill to America. He gave Maine two of its first businesswomen, and a statesman...
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7.8K1Science and NatureRemembering Wilson Bentley, The Snowflake Photographer
Were he alive today, Wilson Bentley would be likely putting an end to his travels and speaking schedule for the year and...
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11.0K11Business and LaborThe Winnipesaukee Water War and the 1859 Fight for NH Property Rights
On Sept 28, 1859, James Worster led 50 angry farmers, mill operators, loggers and laborers in a vain effort to destroy a...
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13.2K4Business and LaborNew England Good Life: The Great Madness of Scott Nearing
The announcement of their wedding was that of a classically trained musician to an academic economist and political provocateur. So naturally, when...
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7.5K1MassachusettsMammoth Cheese Rolls from the Berkshires to Washington
If you were in Washington on New Year’s Day, 1802, you would undoubtedly recall the Big Cheese of the time. No, not...
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