Zachary Bennett
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Zachary Bennett
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Asst. History Professor at Norwich University in Vermont. Writing about rivers and all that flow through them.
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Contested Currents provides a new explanation for the social and environmental changes that transformed America into the industrial capitalist society that would sweep across the continent.
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Rivers were the primary energy source in early America; like the pipelines and coal plants of our time, controversy and conflict surrounded them. By uncovering the violent story behind the first dams to cross American rivers...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I thought Corey Booker had claim to the Mr. PH throne. We seem to have a challenger.
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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would gun laws have prevented this tragedy?
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Congratulations to Kid!
September 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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great Simpsons reference! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYS4...
Kippers for breakfast? Is it St. Swithin's Day already?
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July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Father Rales' strongbox is a classic in this genre: www.mainememory.net/record/7917
Sebastien Rasles strongbox, Norridgewock, ca. 1721
Father Sebastien Rasles (1657-1724) was a French Jesuit missionary who moved to Canada in 1689. He learned many of the customs and languages of Wabanaki peoples, and advised Wabanaki peoples. Rasles...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM