All posts tagged "transportation"
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10.6K7ConnecticutThe Railroading of Silas Deane, or How To Destroy a Patriot’s Reputation for 225 Years
Early in the American Revolution, Silas Deane worked without salary and spent much of his own money persuading the French to send...
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24.6K5Arts and LeisureGeorge Francis Train, One of the Few Sane Men in a Mad, Mad World
George Francis Train, a nutty, attention-seeking businessman, in 1871 traveled around the world in 80 days. The feat caused a sensation, but...
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5.7K11bostonFrancis Lovelace Founds the Boston Post Road in 1673
Francis Lovelace languished in the Tower of London in 1675, unaware he had created the Boston Post Road two years earlier...
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3.6K2Business and LaborGinery Twichell Raced Steam Engines on Horseback … and Won
Ginery Twichell rode into legend on horseback in 1846 when he brought the news of the British elections from Boston to New...
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13.5K18Business and LaborThe Glory Days of the Berlin Turnpike
In the early 1950s, the king of Connecticut’s roads was the Berlin Turnpike, lined with colorful kitschy roadside architecture. It was the main...
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5.1K6ConnecticutPrudence Crandall, Connecticut’s Heroic Schoolteacher
In 1831, Prudence Crandall bought a large empty house in Canterbury, Conn., setting off a national controversy. She had the effrontery to educate...
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9.1K15Business and LaborThe Glory Days of Springfield’s Indian Motocycle
For nearly two decades the Indian Motocycle made Springfield, Mass., the center of the global motorcycle business. From 1902, when the first...
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2.3K9Flashback PhotosFlashback Photo: Before the Interstate, 1922
The Interstate Highway System exists today because a young Dwight D. Eisenhower took a memorable transcontinental trip in 1919 — three years before...
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18.5K3Business and LaborFlashback Photo: The Maine Stagecoach Driver Who Got a $100 Tip
Sumner Davis discovered a way to make money in the stagecoach business that didn’t involve passengers or mail – but it did...
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4.6K4Business and LaborFlashback Photo: Connecticut Cracks Down on the Horseless Carriage With the 1st Speed Limit
On May 21, 1901, the Connecticut Legislature passed a speed limit law aimed at mitigating a brand-new menace on the roads: the...
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