All posts tagged "Westward Migration"
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31.3K8bostonThe 21 New England Colonial and State Capitals
New England cities and towns used to vie for colonial and state capitals the way they now court sports stadiums, with the...
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6.3KBusiness and LaborA Cape Codder Among the Cannibals – Benjamin Bourne’s Fantastic Voyage
As word of the California gold rush reached Cape Cod in 1848, Benjamin Bourne decided he couldn’t pass up such a good...
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18.7K4Business and LaborDaniel Webster Tells Dr. Samuel Merritt to Go West. He Does, With No Regrets.
In 1849, Samuel Merritt was making a name for himself as a physician in Plymouth, Mass. Merritt, originally from Harpswell, Maine, completed...
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4.6KMassachusettsLydia Bacon Goes to the Western Wilderness (of Pittsburgh)
Boston native Lydia Bacon decided to join Army Lt. Josiah Bacon — her brand-new husband — in the Pittsburgh wilderness in 1811....
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7.2K1Flashback PhotosJulia Archibald Holmes Climbs Pikes Peak
Julia Archibald Holmes ignored people who told her not to do it, and on Aug. 5, 1858 became the first woman on...
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14.1K4MassachusettsAmelia Stewart Knight: ‘No fool of a job to be mixed up with several hundred head of cattle’
In the spring of 1853, Boston-born Amelia Stewart Knight, her husband Dr. Joel Knight and their seven children set out from Monroe...
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