All posts tagged "Norwich"
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13.8K4Arts and LeisureSix Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though the quintessential New England house is usually considered a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a few mid-century...
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7.2K2ConnecticutDavid Ruggles, the Go-To Conductor on the Underground Railroad
David Ruggles helped 600 enslaved people to freedom during the 1830s despite attempts to kill him, kidnap him and burn down his...
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10.9K1ConnecticutThe 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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15.2K9MassachusettsHow the Slave Trade Took Root in New England
On Feb. 28, 1638, the slave trade probably began in New England when a ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay from the West...
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4.0K3Massachusetts8 Things You Didn’t Know About New England Olympians
Ever since a Bostonian won the first event in the first modern Olympics, New England has sent more than its share of...
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9.6K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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57.8K9ConnecticutSix Mysterious Stone Structures of New England
Everyone knows that stone walls cover the New England landscape like honeycombs. But far fewer people know about the region’s hundreds of...
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19.8K6boston6 Historic Haunted Houses in New England (Plus 16 More)
Haunted houses belong to New England lore as much as Revolutionary battles or clipper ship races. New England ghosts, witches, devils and...
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9.7K5bostonHow the Greek Immigrants Came to New England
In 1860, U.S. Census takers recorded 328 Greek immigrants living in America. Among them were 40 young men and boys. They arrived...
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20.0K8ConnecticutWhen Cleveland Belonged to Connecticut
The City of Cleveland and nearly all of Northeastern Ohio once belonged to Connecticut. The land, 3.5 million acres of it, was...
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