All posts tagged "vermont"
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56.6K20Business and Labor6 of the Oldest Houses in New England
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
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14.0K9Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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13.9K6Science and NatureThe Spanish Sheep Craze That Forever Changed Vermont
In 1809, a man named William Jarvis sent a flock of Spanish sheep to America and altered the landscape and the economy...
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10.9K2New HampshireThe NH Man Who Invented Old Home Days
June marks the start of Old Home Days season not just in New England, but throughout the United States, in Canada and...
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9.3K1Politics and MilitaryMelvin Dwinell – The Vermonter Who Wanted to Kidnap Abraham Lincoln
In May of 1861, Melvin Dwinell let loose a typical broadside at the North in his Rome, Georgia Courier newspaper under the headline: How...
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27.2K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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