All posts tagged "woodstock"
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17.5K3Arts 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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5.7K5Arts 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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24.6K5New 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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11.4K22New HampshireJohn Wingate Weeks, the 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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18.7K7Religion and Social MovementsThe Great New England Vampire Panic
New England farmers in the 19th century fell prey to a vampire panic. They thought the dead rose from the grave to...
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5.1K5Science 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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