All posts tagged "woodstock"
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9.8K10Arts and LeisureSix Churches (All Gorgeous) Designed by Ralph Adams Cram
Once the most famous architect of his day, Ralph Adams Cram designed many churches (mostly Episcopal), schools and libraries in New England....
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10.0K2New HampshireThe NH Man Who Invented Old Home Days
June marks the start of Old Home Days season not just in New England, but throughout the United States, in Canada and...
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7.4K3Arts and LeisureThe Early Days of New England Skiing
When members of the Appalachian Mountain Club began hacking ski trails in New Hampshire over Barrett and Temple Mountains in 1927, New...
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3.2K5Arts and LeisureThe Biggest (But Not the Most Fun) July 4th Celebration in the U.S.
A U.S. president had to sneak a drink and a Supreme Court justice tried to get out of going to the annual...
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15.9K5New HampshireThe World War II Bomber That Crashed In New Hampshire
A B-18 bomber that crashed in New Hampshire today serves as one of New England’s most unique memorials to those who died...
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6.7K21New HampshireThe Improbable Savior of the White Mountain Forests
If you had to guess who saved the White Mountain forests from destruction, you probably wouldn’t come up with a politically ambitious...
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12.5K7Religion and Social MovementsDid Vampires Really Stalk New England Farm Families?
New England farmers in the 19th century fell prey to the belief that vampires stalked their families. They thought the dead rose...
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9185Science and NatureGeorge Perkins Marsh, The Vermont Farmer Who Founded the Environmental Movement
George Perkins Marsh, a little-known Congressman from Vermont, gave birth to the environmental movement in September 1847. On that day he gave...
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6.7K10ConnecticutMethodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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