All posts tagged "travel"
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4.4K1Arts and LeisureOlivia Langdon Cleans Up Mark Twain’s Act — And His Copy
Just one look at a photograph of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain was done for. Love at first sight is how he...
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9.1KArts and LeisureThe Mark Twain Fantasy Menu
Mark Twain liked a good meal, a good cigar and a good cocktail. During a trip to Europe in the 1880s, he...
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10.7KConnecticutThe Wallingford Tornado of 1878 Unleashes Terror on an Unsuspecting Town
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 ranks as one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Connecticut. It caused so much damage...
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9.4K1Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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6.1K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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7.3K2MassachusettsWhen Massachusetts Was a Paradise for Tramps
So many tramps rode the rails into Massachusetts after the Civil War that in 1899 a group of charity administrators published a...
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