All posts tagged "Winchester"
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4.0K1Business and LaborNot Just From the South: the Great Black Migration to New England
In the early part of the 20th century, entire church congregations from Americus, Ga., moved to Hartford during the great black migration...
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4.6K2MassachusettsNew England’s Gun Valley, Child of the Springfield Armory
New England’s Gun Valley began with George Washington, who in 1777 scouted the site on an old Puritan muster ground in Springfield,...
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24.9KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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26.9K2New England PlacesSix Stunning Gothic Revival Buildings By Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan didn’t leave much in the way of paper records, but he did change the face of Puritan New England with...
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8.4K3Crime and ScandalMonhegan Murder Mystery: What Did the Artist Know?
In 2013, artist Jamie Wyeth painted a portrait of Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island with his paintbrush and palette in hand. In...
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28.9K10MaineThe Smock Wedding, or Getting Married Naked in Early New England
Some brides in early New England actually got married while naked. Or maybe they just wore their underwear, or smock, which is...
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