All posts tagged "senators"
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20.4K1ConnecticutThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s grandmother once said, “Thirty below this morning. Seems like it might get cold.” It does get cold...
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9.9K2New HampshireWhen Calling Someone a New Englander Was an Insult
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
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12.1K2ConnecticutHiram Bingham, Connecticut’s Indiana Jones, Stumbles onto Machu Picchu
In July of 1911, Hiram Bingham raced to climb to the top of South America’s tallest mountain before a 60-year-old schoolteacher named...
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11.8K2MassachusettsThe New England Fat Men’s Club
In the beginning years of the 20th century, the tiny village of Wells River, Vt., was invaded annually by hordes of fat...
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4.5K7Business and LaborMaine’s Duchess of Dix Island and The Rise and Fall of The Great Granite Ring
The story of the Duchess of Dix Island begins with a bad investment. In 1839 Horace Beals became a partner in the...
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17.7KArts and LeisureTeddy Roosevelt Gets Snarky About the Harvard Classics
In the fall of 1909, a big-game hunter in Africa perused a list of books that would become the Harvard Classics and...
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