The oldest lighthouse in the country would have been in New England had the British not blown it up during the American...
When Dover mill girls went on strike against the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., they said their bosses secretly ‘abused and insulted’ them by calling...
James DeWolf died the second richest man in America after accumulating a fortune from buying, selling and – in one case –...
The American Revolution was on in 1780, but that didn’t stop Harvard professor Samuel Williams from venturing behind British lines in Maine...
Sitting on the Canadian border didn’t insulate St. Albans, Vt., from Confederate attack during the American Civil War. Canadians viewed New England...
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...