The history of epidemics in New England teaches us that they arrive with terrifying swiftness. They also don’t get less lethal with...
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
Is black sheep a fair description of Rev. John Cotton, Jr.? His father, after all, condoned casting Anne Hutchinson out of the...
Town Meeting dates to the European settlement of New England, and it persists today in town halls, schools and auditoriums. Not to...
Some of the oldest courthouses in New England have had revolutionaries argue cases in them. Patriots, heroes and traitors walked within their...
New England cities and towns used to vie for colonial and state capitals the way they now court sports stadiums, with the...