All posts tagged "Hanover NH"
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4.3KbostonThe Book that Taught Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln How To Speak
In 1830 and 1831, a 12-year-old Maryland slave and a 22-year-old backwoods store clerk picked up the same book – the Columbian...
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24.9K3Arts and LeisureSix Historic New England Football Fields
Football, once called the Boston Game, was played on many historic New England football fields since the 19th century. An organized college...
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30.4K5Business 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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12.6K4Business and LaborHow the History of Petroleum Was Made in New England
In the history of petroleum, a chance meeting at Dartmouth College set into motion a chain of events that led to the...
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256.9K69Connecticut1816: 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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5.9KArts and LeisureThe Berlin Millworkers Who Brought Skiing Fever to New Hampshire
Bode Miller might never have won all those Olympic medals had it not been for the Berlin millworkers who started New Hampshire’s...
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