Vicky & Del Kuhn
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Vick & Del's Fall Foliage Adventure
New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Time
to hop a plane and go to Boston to see the turning of the leaves.
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. The largest city in New England, Boston is
considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New
England region.
The city of Boston, which had an estimated population of 596,763 in 2006, lies at the center of America's eleventh-largest metropolitan area, known as Greater Boston, home to over 5.8 million people.
It is also part of a wider region that includes the nearby cities of Worcester, Providence, and Manchester, with a population of 7.4 million. Residents of Boston are called Bostonians.
Part One: Salem, Bar Harbor, and Quebec
Into the hot rod Chrystler 300 and off we go!
Salem is just outside Boston so that was our first destination. Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census.
We decided to go to Quebec and the best way was to go through Bar HArbor Maine. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,820. A port of entry for Bay Ferries from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Bar Harbor is a famous summer colony in the Down East region of Maine.
Quebec - Quebec in French, Québec is a province in Canada, and the only one whose people have been declared a nation within Canada.
Please join us on the adventure as we have posted about 80 pictures of the sights and activities we enjoyed.
Part Two: Robert Frost, Billings Farm, Franconia and The Shaker Village
The
oral tradition of the Shakers, gathered at the death of Mother Ann Lee,
insists on two dates for the origin of their movement: 1706, the coming
of five "French prophets" to London, well recorded in historical sources
as camisards from Cévennes in the south of France after a five-year
against the king of France, prophesying the end of times to gather
English popular Puritans for the final Armageddon. The second one, 1747,
is the first contact of Mother Ann Lee with James Wardley, a preacher
who maintained in a small group the "possession by the spirit" of the
French prophets. This oral tradition has not found written confirmation,
but is consistent with the 18th-century history of English
Protestantism, the relegation of popular Puritanism to small groups very
reluctant to appear in public as did their Elizabethan ancestors.
Part Three: Hartford, Mark Twain, and H,B, Stowe
After
Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the area in 1614, fur traders from
the New Netherland colony set up trade at Fort Goede Hoop (Good Hope) at
the confluence of the Connecticut River and the Park River[5] as early
as 1623 but abandoned their post by 1654. The neighborhood near the site
is still known as Dutch Point. The first English settlers arrived in
1635. The settlement was originally called Newtown, but was renamed,
Hartford in 1637. One theory about the origins of the name "Hartford"
was to honor the English town of Hertford.
Part Four: Cambridge & Boston
In
1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut
Peninsula. During the late eighteenth century Boston was the location of
several major events during the American Revolution including the Boston
Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battles of the American
Revolution, such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston,
occurred within the city and surrounding areas. After American
independence Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing
center, and its rich history now attracts 16.3 million visitors
annually. The city was the site of several firsts, including America's
first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and first college,
Harvard College (1636), in neighboring Cambridge. Boston is also home to
the first subway system in the United States.