When French-Canadians came to work in New England’s textile mills in the later 19th century they sparked conspiracy theories of an immigrant...
Back in the day, products were made in New England — a lot of products. The early cod fishermen and Yankee traders...
Outside of Ireland, New England may be one of the best places to explore Irish history. After all, many people of Irish...
Between 1840 and 1860, a great wave of Irish immigrants washed up on the shores of Lake Champlain. So many, in fact,...
In 1923, Senator Henry Lippitt decided it was time for him to retire. At age 66, he had served in the U.S....
America’s first factory strike happened just 30 years after America’s first successful textile mill started churning out cotton cloth in Pawtucket, R.I....