All posts tagged "vermont"
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86.5K56ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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40.5K6bostonMarried to a Murderer, H.W. Mudgett
Clara Lovering eloped with 17-year-old Herman Webster Mudgett before a New Hampshire justice of the peace in 1878. She didn’t expect him...
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18.4K10Science and NatureChamp, the Lake Champlain Lake Monster
Champ, North America’s answer to the Loch Ness monster, has long been a legend around Lake Champlain. He (or she) has spawned...
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56.9K12Arts and LeisureThe Six Oldest Restaurants in New England
The six oldest restaurants in New England include taverns that served hungry travelers and a diner that fed mill workers after their...
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50.0K6New HampshireWentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere
Wentworth Cheswell is considered New Hampshire’s first archaeologist and the first African-American elected to public office in the United States. He also...
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12.8K9Politics and MilitaryJustin Morrill, Vermonter, Raises U.S. Tariffs in 1861
Justin Morrill for 30 years led the fight to raise tariffs on goods that competed with U.S. products. For that, he took...
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