Once, when people traveled by rail, there was a delicacy that you simply had to have if you could get it: the...
Boston riots during the 18th century happened so often you could have called the town Riot City. Between 1700 and 1764, 28...
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
In 1821, Revolutionary War captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
Charles Goodyear might have live out his life as an obscure hardware store owner if the Great India Rubber Panic never took...
Many New England cities and towns have been renamed over the years. When the European settlers arrived, they usually changed Indian names...