All posts tagged "Worcester"
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7.3KRhode IslandCharley Parkhurst, the Gold Rush Legend With a Secret Identity
On Dec. 18, 1879, a short, stocky rancher named Charley Parkhurst lay dying in his two-room cabin in Santa Cruz County, Calif.....
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9.2KArts and LeisureA Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo
Don Featherstone made landscape history in 1957 when he designed the plastic pink flamingo for a Leominster, Mass., plastics company. Little did...
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7.9KbostonSix Fun Facts About New England Olympians
Hundreds of New England Olympians have won, lost and placed in the summer games since they restarted in Athens in 1896. New...
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6.6KBusiness and LaborHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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6.8K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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6.8KMassachusettsWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton Met Lucretia Mott, the Women’s Movement Began (Supposedly)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a skilled propagandist who sometimes creatively remembered events in order to make a point. Or, to put it...
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