All posts tagged "six"
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19.0K4Arts and LeisureSix Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though people usually think of the quintessential New England house as a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a...
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17.4K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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12.2K1Arts and LeisureVarick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever
In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people would die in the filming, including...
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32.1K8ConnecticutSix Historic One-Room Schoolhouses
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
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52.5K1MassachusettsSamuel Whittemore, The Oldest, Bravest and Maybe Craziest American Revolutionary
On April 19, 1775, British soldiers left Samuel Whittemore in a pool of blood alongside a stone wall in Menotomy, Mass. As...
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38.7K7IrregularsNew England’s Six Wealthiest Towns (And How They Got That Way)
The wealthiest towns in each New England state all have good schools, beautiful homes and well-preserved historic districts. They are also, unsurprisingly,...
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