All posts tagged "swimming"
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4.3KArts and LeisureThe Miraculous Rescue of Dorothy Sparks in 1942
On July 20, 1942, Dorothy Sparks went for a cookout with friends in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The plan was to grill...
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7.7KCrime and ScandalPhilip Ashton Escapes Pirates and Miraculously Survives on a Deserted Island
Philip Ashton, a 19-year-old fisherman, escaped captivity by the vicious pirate Edward Low on a remote Caribbean island. For 16 months he...
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9.8K3Arts and LeisureMaxine Elliott: The Maine Starlet and Winston Churchill
In all the movies, books and histories that explored the life of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, only a short excerpt from...
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7.2K2ConnecticutThe Blandings House in Conn. Inspires the Ultimate Movie Premiere
Seven decades after the premiere of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, fans still sometimes make pilgrimages to the Connecticut home that inspired the classic...
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10.0K1MassachusettsRocky Marciano, the Real Rocky, Came From Massachusetts
Rocky Marciano, a favorite of working-class boxing fans in the 1950s, inspired the fictional Rocky Balboa in the films from 1976 to...
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9.0K3Today's History Highlights ArchiveNeshobe Island, The Algonquin Round Table Summer Home in Vermont
During the 1920s and 1930s, rumors about the crazy doings on Neshobe Island flew through the resort hotels along Vermont’s Lake Bomoseen....
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6.6K2New England PlacesThe Rise and Fall of the New England Motel
The family-owned motel that flowered along New England’s roads after World War II has grown increasingly scarce. Today, there are one quarter...
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5.8KArts and LeisureHow the Balsams Resort Was Built on a Railroad Seat
The story of the Balsams Resort – one of New Hampshire’s great old resort hotels north of the notches – begins with...
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15.7K10Science and NatureChamp, the Lake Champlain Lake Monster
Champ, North America’s answer to the Loch Ness monster, has long been a legend around Lake Champlain. He (or she) has spawned...
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6.2K5MassachusettsYoung John Adams Struggles With School, Vexes His Parents
Young John Adams frustrated his pious father and vexed his hot-tempered mother with his dislike of school and love of the outdoors....
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