All posts tagged "Holyoke"
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10.8K1MassachusettsSeven Fun Facts About Frederick Douglass
He rose from slavery in the South to international prominence as a writer, orator and anti-slavery activist. Frederick Douglass didn’t spend a...
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7.4KCrime and ScandalA Senator’s Son and the Murder of School Teacher Marietta Ball
On July 24, 1874, a Friday, Marietta Ball – a school teacher in St. Albans, Vt. – left school at 3:30 in...
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8.2KArts and LeisureFrederick Tuckerman, the Man Who Would Be Emily Dickinson
If Frederick Tuckerman had been born a woman, you might think he was Emily Dickinson’s twin. Like Emily, Frederick Tuckerman came from...
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12.0K9Business and LaborRiver Gods of the Connecticut River Valley Create A World of Their Own
During the 150 years before the American Revolution, a series of aristocrats known as the River Gods ruled the Connecticut River Valley....
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6.0K1UncategorizedThe Land Rush that Started the Hartford Riot of 1722
In 1721, the Connecticut General Assembly ordered Jeremiah Fitch to begin paying rent to John Clark for land he lived on near...
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4.7K1MassachusettsSix Quick Facts About the Valentine in History
The Valentine has pleased and perturbed people since Charles, Duke of Orleans, sent one to his wife from the Tower of London...
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