All posts tagged "farming"
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14.7K6Business and Labor6 Historic Stagecoach Stops You Can Visit
The history of New England’s post roads and their stagecoach stops mirror the history of the country. The roads date back to...
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27.2K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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16.1K2MaineHelen Nearing Writes an Anti-Cookbook
Helen Nearing, a founder of the modern back-to-the-land movement, believed there were more important and interesting things to do than to cook....
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17.0K8MassachusettsThe Endicott Pear Tree, Still Alive in Massachusetts After Nearly 400 Years
Sometime around 1630, John Endecott planted a pear tree with the hope it would live for generations. He got his wish with...
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3.5KBusiness and LaborFarmers New Year Begins on March 25
A real old farmer’s almanac would have started on March 25, sometimes called Farmers New Year. Many New England farmers kept to...
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13.8K6Religion and Social Movements The Great Connecticut Polygamy Crisis of 1903
By 1903, New Haven Congregational minister Henry Learned Hutchins had spent years traveling about Connecticut on behalf of the Connecticut Bible Society,...
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