All posts tagged "newspapers"
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10.6K1ConnecticutThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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9.6K3Politics and MilitaryThe Surprising German U-boat Visit to Newport, RI, During WWI
A surprise German U-boat visit to Newport Harbor during World War I started with pleasantries and ended with mayhem just south of...
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11.1K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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4.7KCrime and ScandalNotorious Tom Bell – Minister, Teacher, Pirate, Thief . . .
In 1742 Tom Bell was probably the most well known product of Harvard College in America. The entire nation knew how he...
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8.4KNew England PlacesThe Oldest Newspaper in Each New England State
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
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4.2KArts and LeisureDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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19.8K1Business and LaborHow French-Canadian Textile Workers Came to New England
The story of a French-Canadian textile worker named Phillippe Lemay is the story of thousands of Quebecois farmers who came to New...
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41.4K6Business and LaborJ.P. Morgan, The Robber Baron With the Disturbing Facial Feature
J.P. Morgan, the Gilded Age’s most powerful and feared financiers, had an Achilles heel – or nose, rather. He became so rich...
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14.7KArts and LeisureLillian Nordica – An Opera Diva With a Tragic Flair for the Dramatic
In 1914, all the the world, including her hometown of Farmington, Maine, strained its ears for any word that the voice of...
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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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