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Industry & Trades

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Most of the land used for farming was cleared of wood before the Revolutionary War and then used for pasture and tillage.

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The earliest powder horns retained traditional European designs, but that changed as the work of a few engravers showed evidence of a transition.

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New England rifles are noted, not only for their artistic design, but also for their accuracy and the superb quality of the workmanship.

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Luther Goddard's pioneering contribution is considered by many to be the first significant timepiece manufacturing effort in America.

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The Cook greenhouses marketed produce to local communities, but maintaining greenhouses during the off-season required an innovative mindset.  

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