All posts tagged "westward expansion"
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6.4K2New HampshireWhen Calling Someone a New Englander Was an Insult
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
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7.5K1New England PlacesSix French Place Names in Six New England States
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
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6.2K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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5.5K4ConnecticutConnecticut’s Mysterious Dave Mather – The Law of the Old West
Saybrook Connecticut’s Mysterious Dave Mather came to be a lawman in the old west pretty much by chance. Mather’s father Ulysses and...
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9.1K5Arts and LeisureRose Wilder Lane, the Secret Behind the Little House Books
In 1931, 44-year-old Rose Wilder Lane saw a manuscript of a book called Pioneer Girl. It told the story of a homesteader...
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9.9K7ConnecticutWilliam Hull Tries To Save Nathan Hale, Then Himself
As a young man, William Hull redeemed his friend Nathan Hale’s image. As an old man, Hull desperately tried to repair his...
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