All posts tagged "farming"
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262.7K69Connecticut1816: The Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June...
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28.5K7ConnecticutImages of New England Observing Memorial Day in WWII
New England observed Memorial Day during World War II with special solemnity. For many, the memory of fallen heroes was fresh, raw...
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6.7K3Business and LaborElizabeth Fuller, 15-Year-Old Spinster
As an unmarried young woman on a farm in Princeton, Mass., during the late 18th century, Elizabeth Fuller led a life preoccupied...
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43.2K5Arts and LeisureAndrew Wyeth’s First Date With Christina Olson and Her World
Andrew Wyeth met his future wife and Christina Olson, the subject of his most famous painting, on the same day – his 22nd...
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8.4K3IrregularsPoultry 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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9.8K1Business 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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