Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
On a week-end trip to New England, we stayed in a lovely B&B along a beautiful inlet of Narragansett Bay, In an antique shop nearby these two cards called to me. I know you will enjoy them, too!
Devil’s Tower stood all alone in the foothills of Wyoming for millions of years and no one thought they would like to climb it until the 1890s. Guess what? In 1894, a guy named Bill did it on the 4th of July and it became an annual event. Read all about it.