All posts tagged "John Stark"
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13.2K1New HampshireJosiah Bartlett, Founding Father, Gets Used to Wrongness
Dr. Josiah Bartlett saved his own life in the same spirit he signed the Declaration of Independence: by questioning authority. He was...
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19.1K4Arts and LeisureThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and John Adams are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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53.4K4bostonSix Revolutionary Forts
Scattered throughout New England are dozens of revolutionary forts. Some, like Fort Halifax in Maine, date to the French and Indian wars....
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11.0K4Crime and ScandalFortunate Son: The Madness of John Stark
For nearly 200 years, from the beginnings of the nation, the Stark name, beginning with John Stark, was the gold standard of...
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13.4K7Crime and ScandalRhoda Dustin, The Butter-Stopping, Horse-Flying Witch of Weare, N.H.
To an outsider travelling through New Hampshire in the late 1700s, Rhoda Dustin seemed a peaceful innkeeper. But the tongue-wagging gossips around...
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33.5K9ConnecticutSix Military Routes Used During the American Revolution
You could do worse than look at fall foliage along old military routes in New England. Some of them, originally Indian trails,...
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