All posts tagged "Truro"
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5.9K1MassachusettsThe Portland Gale of 1898, and the Cat that Saved a Life
Of all the storms that struck New England over the centuries, only one was named after its victim: The Portland Gale of...
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8.9K2New England PlacesSix Places Workers Were Killed in New England
Over the course of New England history many thousands of workers were killed on the job. Some, like Vermont quarry workers, died...
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12.4K3MassachusettsMr. Marconi Builds a Radio Station on Cape Cod and Comes to the Rescue of the Titanic
On Jan. 18, 1903, Guglielmo Marconi sent a message from his Cape Cod station, the first radio transmission to cross the Atlantic...
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7.1K1MassachusettsTiny Militia Captures Crew of Huge British Warship HMS Somerset
In one of the most remarkable engagements of the American Revolution, the tiny militia of Truro captured more than 400 sailors and...
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12.0K8ConnecticutThe Deadly October Gale of 1841
So many Cape Cod fishermen perished in the Great October Gale of 1841 that the peninsula’s young women refused to court men...
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14.0K4Arts and LeisureEdward Hopper in New England
Edward Hopper is known for his paintings of urban isolation, and yet he did some of his best loved work in rural...
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38.5K12Arts and LeisureFlashback Photos: Tourists Visit Provincetown, 1940
Edwin Rosskam took these photos of Provincetown, Mass., in August 1940. Rosskam, with his wife Louise, chronicled American life during the Great...
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2.1K1MassachusettsApril 5, 1776: Capt. Robert Campbell Pleads for Help
On April 5, 1776, Robert Campbell wrote to the Massachusetts General Court begging for help. His ship was damaged and stuck off...
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3.0KFlashback PhotosFlashback Photo: The Kate Harding, Nov. 30, 1892
On Nov. 30, 1892, the British bark Kate Harding ran aground on Nauset Beach in Orleans, Mass during a fierce gale and dangerous seas. Surfmen...
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