All posts tagged "mountains"
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6.8K2Crime and ScandalThe Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie’s daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...
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4.8KArts and LeisureSamuel Bemis, America’s 1st Photography Nut
Samuel Bemis was a Boston dentist who bought one of the first cameras in America in 1840 and took the first known...
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6.1KArts and LeisureHow Mount Mitten Got Its Name
New Hampshire’s White Mountains carry many household names. But tucked among the familiar sounding Jefferson Notch and Mount Dartmouth is the oddly...
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11.4K2Arts and LeisureSix Iconic Paintings From the New England States
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
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9.8K1Arts and LeisureThe Willey Family Tragedy and a Painting Create White Mountain Tourism
When the Samuel Willey family moved to Crawford Notch in 1825, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that turned...
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5.7K1New England PlacesThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
April in New England may seem cold, but it’s nothing like the months when the coldest temperature is reported. Look for the...
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4.6KNew England PlacesSix Places Renamed Out of Spite
Many New England cities and towns have been renamed over the years. When the European settlers arrived, they usually changed Indian names...
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6.2K3New England PlacesSix Gilded Age Gentleman Farms in New England
During the Gilded Age, gentleman farms were an important element of the upper-class lifestyle. They served as formal summer mansions and working...
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5.0K2MassachusettsFive Extraordinary Midnight Rides in New England
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere took the most famous of all midnight rides in American history. He was famous because Henry...
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7.2K3MaineHow John Marin, America’s Greatest Artist, Vanished from Sight
John Marin, voted America’s greatest artist in 1948, looked like an aging Beatle. An admirer described him as having bangs that reached...
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