All posts tagged "Nashua NH"

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  The Brahmin Rough Riders of New England

  Some people believe that the Rough Riders were almost all cowboys from out West. After all, it had earned the nickname “The...

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  Russian Dressing Invented in … New Hampshire?

  Russian dressing was invented in Nashua, N.H., the news media reported after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the condiment in...

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  Crime and Scandal

  Fortunate Son: The Madness of John Stark

  For nearly 200 years, from the beginnings of the country, the Stark name, beginning with John Stark, was the gold standard of...

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  6 New Deal Projects Still in Use

  The New Deal put tens of millions of people to work and changed the landscape in every New England city and town....

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  Hugh Manity, Depression-Era Love Cult Leader, Caught in the Garish Grip of the Law

  Boston’s own love-cult leader, Dr. Hugh Manity, gave New England’s newspapers plenty of fodder in 1933 when he was arrested in his...

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  Pass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!

  For many, many years, le reveillon was the way Franco-Americans ushered in New Year’s Day in New England’s Little Canadas. The reveillon...