Long before it was home to ballfields and picnics, Eau Claire’s iconic Carson Park had another use: as a quarantine zone. During a smallpox outbreak in the 1860s, it became home to a hospital that locals .
The number of dams in New Hampshire most at risk of failing has increased 51% in the past three years, according to an Associated Press analysis.The state saw its numbers of high-hazard dams in either poor or unsatisfactory condition go from 37 to 56,.