All posts tagged "trees"
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14.1KScience and Nature6 Fun Facts About Maple Syrup (and Sugar, too)
Collecting sap for maple syrup may be the best thing about early spring in New England. Which of course damns it with...
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13.7K2ConnecticutDutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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16.1KConnecticutThe 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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23.4K1New HampshireHow the Londonderry Scots-Irish Saved New Hampshire from Massachusetts
The Londonderry Scots-Irish saved New Hampshire from a Massachusetts takeover by multiplying along the border and fighting the town across from it....
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11.9K5ConnecticutThe Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Borough
For over 200 years Connecticut has had a somewhat unique type of local government – a borough, of which nine currently survive....
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10.4K1MassachusettsHow 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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