Travel in Time with Dan | Albany, New York — 1754 ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was a printer, inventor, diplomat, philosopher, and one of the most consequential minds in American history. In 1754, he traveled to Albany, New York, as a delegate to the Albany Congress […]
Travel in Time with Dan | Bennington, Vermont — the Bennington Mob Era ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Ethan Allen (1738–1789) and Seth Warner (1743–1784) were real American patriots who led the Green Mountain Boys — a militia that began as a rough frontier resistance group and evolved into a
Travel in Time with Dan | The Davis Log House, Winooski River, Montpelier, Vermont ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Colonel Jacob Davis and his nephew General Parley Davis were real pioneers who became the first people of European descent to permanently settle in the area that would become Montpelier, Vermont.
Travel in Time with Dan | Bar Harbor, Maine ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874–1960) — son of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller Sr., who was one of the most influential figures in Bar Harbor’s Gilded Age history. He spent summers here among the “rusticators,”
Travel in Time with Dan | Fort Knox, Prospect, Maine ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Major General Henry Knox (1750–1806) was a real American military officer, statesman, and self-taught military genius who began his career as a Boston bookseller. In the winter of 1775–76, he led the legendary “Noble Train
Travel in Time with Dan | Mount Washington, New Hampshire ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Sylvester Marsh (1803–1884) was a real American inventor and entrepreneur who, after nearly dying in a storm on Mount Washington in the mid-1800s, became convinced that a mechanical railway to the summit was not only
The Character of Care: The Rise and Fall of the Mansfield Training School Located in Mansfield, Connecticut, the Mansfield Training School and Hospital stands as a sprawling 350-acre historic district containing over 80 buildings. While it is often remembered today through the lens of urban exploration or ghost stories, its history offers a profound
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Patriotism, Profit, and the Whaleboat Wars: The Hidden History of Connecticut’s Privateers When you think of “pirates,” your mind might drift to the Caribbean or the high seas, but some of the most daring maritime history happened right in Black Rock Harbor in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During the American Revolutionary War and the War of
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