All posts tagged "Isles of Shoals"
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8.8KNew England PlacesThe Oldest Lighthouse in Each New England State
The oldest lighthouse in the country would have been in New England had the British not blown it up during the American...
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5.5K5New England PlacesSix Autumn Paintings of New England (And How They Look Today)
New England’s fall foliage inspires so much imagery we were pretty sure we could find six autumn paintings of New England. Then...
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6.5K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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11.7K2New England PlacesSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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16.7K8Business and LaborSix Irish Landmarks in New England
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...
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10.6K2bostonRachel Wall, New England’s Only Lady Pirate
Rachel Wall was hanged in Boston in 1789 for stealing a bonnet, but she wanted to be hanged as a pirate. She...
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9.0K4Arts and LeisureChilde Hassam Paints What He Sees (And Oh, What He Saw)
Childe Hassam liked to paint without his shirt on, and sometimes beat his chest while at work. He was fun, energetic and...
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13.1K7MassachusettsBartholomew Gosnold, the Founding Grandfather of the 13 Colonies (and Namer of Cape Cod)
When Bartholomew Gosnold and his small crew came to anchor on the Maine coast in 1602, an Indian wearing imported European shoes...
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4.8K3Arts and Leisure‘A Most Heavenly Night’ for Celia Thaxter
When Celia Thaxter realized her marriage wasn’t working, she moved back home – to a small archipelago off the coasts of Maine...
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13.2K14MassachusettsRemembering the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635
The Great Colonial Hurricane, probably the strongest storm in New England’s history, struck on Aug. 25, 1635. The Rev. Richard Mather and...
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