Just after midnight on Feb. 20, 1856, the first mate of the packet ship John Rutledge began scratching out quick log entries....
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
In 1923, Senator Henry Lippitt decided it was time for him to retire. At age 66, he had served in the U.S....
Historic boats are as much a part of New England as Revolutionary battlefields and old taverns. The region has a fascinating maritime...
On July 20, 1942, Dorothy Sparks went for a cookout with friends in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The plan was to grill...
The kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh baby rocked the world in 1932. But three years earlier it was Lindbergh’s sister-in-law who faced...