In 1884, a French parish in Fall River, Mass., locked its Irish pastor out of the church and made his life a...
Samuel Tarbox and his wife are still remembered nearly 200 years after they froze to death in a fearful March snowstorm. To...
Louisa May Alcott called Little Women some ‘rubbish’ she ‘scribbled.’ When she gave her manuscript to her publisher, she hoped for a...
In 1789, Ephraim Kirby, Jebediah Strong, David Buel and more than 100 of their neighbors decided to swear off strong drink. They...
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
The Little Ice Age changed New England history in ways that historians are only beginning to understand. Though scientists don’t agree on...