All posts tagged "Yale"
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19.7K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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14.8K1Arts and LeisureVarick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever
In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people would die in the filming, including...
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33.8K1ConnecticutRevolutionary War Veterans Reminisce (And Get Their Pictures Taken)
During the Civil War, a Connecticut minister named E. B. Hillard went on a quest to collect the reminiscences of the Revolutionary...
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37.8K8ConnecticutSix Historic One-Room Schoolhouses
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
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13.9K1ConnecticutWhy Connecticut Sent Henry Obookiah Back To Hawaii, 175 Years After He Died
Henry Obookiah, a young Hawaiian, caused a stir in the spring of 1815 when he sat in front of the white worshippers...
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18.5K1New HampshireThe New Hampshire Volcano That Promised Untold Riches
As early as 1735, residents living along the New Hampshire-Vermont border reported a New Hampshire volcano erupted violently. The inhabitants of Fort...
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