History of Danvers State Hospital
Danvers State Hospital was one of many hospitals built in Massachusetts during the industrial revolution. Danvers State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital built in 1874 on Hathorne Hill, where the… Read more »
Danvers State Hospital was one of many hospitals built in Massachusetts during the industrial revolution. Danvers State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital built in 1874 on Hathorne Hill, where the… Read more »
In 1863, after John Wilkes Booth made a small fortune as a popular stage actor, he bought property in the newly created Back Bay neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts intending to… Read more »
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and grew up in Indiana yet he had deep New England roots. Although Lincoln was never able to confirm it during his lifetime, he… Read more »
On April 30, 1844, Henry David Thoreau accidentally started a major forest fire in the Concord woods after his campfire got out of control. The fire burned 300 acres of… Read more »
In September of 1858, Henry David Thoreau and his friend, John Russell of Salem, embarked on a walking tour of the North Shore which concluded with a stop at the… Read more »