All posts tagged "Stamford"
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5.0KConnecticutElizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett Starts the 1st Scandal in Greenwich
Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett started the first scandal in Greenwich, Conn., over – what else? – infidelity and real estate. The...
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7.5K2ConnecticutDutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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5.4KConnecticutWhy Glenn Miller Has a Memorial Stone in a New Haven Cemetery
Swing bandleader Glenn Miller was born in Iowa, grew up in the Midwest, got famous in New York City, lived in New...
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8.5K3Business and LaborThe First Shopping Mall in Each New England State
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
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16.9K6ConnecticutHow the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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9.6K3MassachusettsNew England’s Yellow Day of 1881 Stokes Fears of Doomsday
On Sept. 7, 1881, Boston’s temperature hit 102 degrees, but at least New England’s latest yellow day had cleared. On Sept. 6,...
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