All posts tagged "Saybrook"
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8.3K1ConnecticutWhen John Winthrop Jr. Doctored the Connecticut Colony. For Free.
Though he wasn’t even a doctor, John Winthrop Jr. diagnosed and medicated hundreds of New Englanders in the latter part of the...
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4.9KNew England PlacesSix Places Renamed Out of Spite
Many New England cities and towns have been renamed over the years. When the European settlers arrived, they usually changed Indian names...
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7.7KNew England PlacesSix Historic Love Nests
In honor of Valentines Day, the New England Historical Society chose to highlight six love nests. Love nests can be lavish mansions...
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3.5K1New England PlacesSix Places Where a Revolutionary Hero Lived
You didn’t have to show courage in battle to be a revolutionary hero. But if you were, it probably took more than...
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9.6K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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20.0K8ConnecticutWhen Cleveland Belonged to Connecticut
The City of Cleveland and nearly all of Northeastern Ohio once belonged to Connecticut. The land, 3.5 million acres of it, was...
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39.6K59ConnecticutHurricane Carol, So Deadly Her Name Was Retired
Hurricane Carol, one of the worst to hit New England, was so ferocious the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retired the name...
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7.3K9Business and LaborDuryea Bros. Build 1st US Motorcar, Despite Themselves
Frank Duryea and his brother Charles somehow managed to overcome their sibling rivalry to build the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America. Charles...
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7.9K3ConnecticutGeorge Washington’s Submarine: Made in Connecticut
New York Harbor — September 6, 1776, 11 p.m. At the foot of Whitehall Street in New York City, where the Staten...
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