All posts tagged "salt"
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10.5K9Business and LaborSleepy John Sears and the Revolutionary White Gold of Cape Cod
Cape Cod’s once-great salt industry was the brainchild of a retired sea captain nicknamed Sleepy John Sears because of his tendency to...
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29.0K10MassachusettsBlack Cats, Lucky Bones and Superstitious New Englanders
New England Puritans were a superstitious lot who believed luck ruled their lives. They took measures to ward of bad luck, attract...
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9.9K7Business and LaborRules for Living From an Old Massachusetts Farmer
Jared David Busby was a 78-year-old Massachusetts farmer who had the solution to ending the Great Depression: Work. So he told his...
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8.3K4Business and LaborBrownie Schrumpf, The First Foodie of Maine
Brownie Schrumpf was only 4’11” but she had a monumental impact on the way Mainers eat. Over a 70-year career she was...
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7.3K3New HampshireCount Rumford, Woburn’s Answer to Ben Franklin
Benjamin Thompson played a part in the American Revolution and the revolution in thermodynamics – and then became the German Count Rumford,...
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63.4K16ConnecticutSurprising 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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