All posts tagged "railroads"
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4.0K2MaineA Canoe Trip Down the Allagash, July 6, 1911
The spell of the woods stayed for weeks with Henry Withee and Horace Bailey after they canoed down the Allagash River for nine...
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61.8K16ConnecticutSurprising Stories: The Great White Hurricane of 1888
The Great White Hurricane of 1888 struck on the night of March 11 and continued furiously for two days, dumping as much...
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18.8K10Business and LaborAnother Look at Hetty Green, The Witch of Wall Street
That Hetty Green hoarded her vast Gilded Age fortune and lived like a pauper there can be no doubt. That she was...
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19.7K16Business and LaborThe Middlesex Canal, New England’s Incredible Ditch
The Middlesex Canal, now largely forgotten, was a 27-mile waterway that drove the industrialization of the Merrimack Valley for 50 years starting...
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7.7K3Business and LaborLewis Downing Conquers the West With the Concord Coach
The Concord Coach might have been called the Lexington Wagon had Lewis Downing decided against visiting his fiancee in New Hampshire. A...
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11.2K8Business and LaborAustin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
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