All posts tagged "Newport"
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7.2K14Rhode IslandOld Roger Williams Tries To Stop King Philip’s War
On March 29, 1676, old Roger Williams was one of 30 men who remained in the town of Providence. Most of the...
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4.0K5New England PlacesSix Places New England Films Were Shot
New England films number in the hundreds since the turn of the last century, partly because the region provides such rich material...
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3.2K1MassachusettsEdith Wharton Offers Decorating Tips For the Rich and Famous
Before she became an acclaimed novelist, Edith Wharton was a style-setter who wrote a book called the Decoration of Houses with architect...
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9.7K6New England PlacesSix of New England’s Most Famous Writers Houses
New England is dotted with famous writers houses, a testament to the Puritan ideal of literacy and the region’s many publishing houses....
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6.0K30New 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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9.2K6New England PlacesThe Oldest Business in Each New England State
Family-owned businesses are becoming a thing of the past as Amazon and Walmart gobble up the consumer’s dollar. But there are exceptions...
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4.8K2Business and LaborThe New England Town Crier, Part Ad Man, Part Comedian
Jimmy Wilson, Boston’s town crier for 50 years, was loved by the city’s children, and was once paid to go around to...
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4.6K4New England PlacesThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Six Historic Opera Houses
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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7.4K2Rhode IslandThe Care and Feeding of Newport Cottages in 1883
In 1883, Newport cottages had yet to reach their grand peak. But the well-established cottagers at the Rhode Island resort presented many...
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11.4K2New 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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