All posts tagged "Westward Migration"
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3.4KMassachusettsEdward Fitch, a Massachusetts Martyr in Bleeding Kansas
During the long struggle to abolish slavery in America, Edward Fitch did not hold political office. Nor did he serve as an...
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7.2KRhode IslandCharley Parkhurst, the Gold Rush Legend With a Secret Identity
On Dec. 18, 1879, a short, stocky rancher named Charley Parkhurst lay dying in his two-room cabin in Santa Cruz County, Calif.....
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19.8KMassachusettsThompson Maxwell, the Forrest Gump of the American Revolution
In 1820 at the age of 78, Thompson Maxwell rode his horse more than 1,600 miles from Detroit to New England and...
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11.9KbostonThe 1790 Census: New England by the Numbers
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
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16.7K1Religion and Social MovementsThe Vermont Eugenics Survey Purifies the Population’s Polluted Protoplasm
The Vermont eugenics survey began with the rural exodus of Vermont farmers and didn’t end until well after Hitler used its ‘philosophy’...
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8.6K1Arts and LeisureFrom Soups to Nuts – Ten Eponymous New England Classic Foods
What could be a better guarantee that your name will never be forgotten than having a food named after you? Here, in...
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