All posts tagged "Willimantic Conn."
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12.5KConnecticutArchduke Leopold, the Connecticut Factory Worker Who Might Have Been King
Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, spent most of his life in exile trying to chase down money — at least...
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11.5K7Business and LaborWhen Pratt Met Whitney the Sparks Flew – Literally
Amos Whitney came from American industrial royalty. His father was a locksmith, his grandfather a blacksmith and another wing of the family...
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33.7K8ConnecticutThe Great Windham Frog Fight of 1754
The bizarre story of the Great Windham Frog Fight spread across the United States and all the way to Europe during the...
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