All posts tagged "railroads"
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19.9K8ConnecticutThe First Town Meeting Still Going in Six States
Town Meeting dates to the European settlement of New England, and it persists today in town halls, schools and auditoriums. Not to...
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40.5K2Business and LaborThe Ghost Locomotives of the Great Maine Wilderness
Deep in the heart of Maine’s Allagash region sit two ghost locomotives silently rusting in the wilderness. Only a few intrepid canoes,...
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10.3K4Crime and ScandalFortunate Son: The Madness of John Stark
For nearly 200 years, from the beginnings of the nation, the Stark name, beginning with John Stark, was the gold standard of...
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10.8K1Arts and LeisureEnglish Jack Journeys From London Pauper to White Mountain Hermit
John Alfred Vials – better known as English Jack or the Hermit of the White Mountains – was a fixture for decades...
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13.3K13Crime and ScandalThe Halifax Explosion – One Sketchy Plea for Help, and Massachusetts Goes the Limit
On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a curious telegraph arrived at the offices of Hornblower & Weeks, a Boston investment banking...
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20.1KCrime and ScandalFrederick Small Commits the Imperfect Murder of 1916
Frederick Small, an awful little man, thought of himself as an astute businessman. He wasn’t. An abusive husband, he thought he committed...
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