All posts tagged "steamboat"
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16.4KMassachusettsThe Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857
The Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857 prostrated New England during the winter of 1856-57, one of the worst ever. Thirty-two...
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7.8K1ConnecticutBridgeport Mystery: The Bizarre Death of George Colvocoresses
The strange death of Civil War hero George Colvocoresses on a busy street in Bridgeport, Conn., reads like a Sherlock Holmes mystery...
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10.7K1ConnecticutThe SS Lexington Disaster, Worst in Long Island Sound History
Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1834 commissioned a paddlewheel steamboat called the SS Lexington to be the fastest and most luxurious in operation. She...
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9.2K2Arts and LeisureJosh Billings, The Funny Man Who Showed Mark Twain the Way
Josh Billings was one of America’s most popular funny man until his comic heir, Mark Twain, came along. He was a ‘platform...
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9.4K3MassachusettsHannah Ropes Spends 6 Months in Kansas With Loaded Pistols and Bowie Knife
On Sept. 11, 1855, Hannah Ropes, a 46-year-old single parent, stepped onto a train in Boston and headed to the ‘Far-Off Land’...
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8.2K2Business and LaborDavid Wilkinson Finds Out the Hard Way Why It’s Good To Patent Your Inventions
David Wilkinson was a genius when it came to machines, but something of a flake when it came to business. He let...
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