John Colony (Keene)

John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…

NEXT: John Colony goes out for milk >>

SOURCE = Griffin’s “A History of the Town of Keene…”

MORE INFO: 

• Robert Rogers
  ~ Is this LFAD’s first mention of Rogers?!  There will be many more stories to come… 
• Rogers’ Rangers
• Israel Putnam

Keene Public Library has posted a couple postcards of the old Colony Farm from the 1880s:

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  As you can see, in the above comic I had to remove many of the trees so you could view the farmhouse.  Observant readers will not fail to note the wooden tricycle in use on the left.  
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  I especially like this one because you can see the scythe-arcs in the fresh-cut lawn.  Note the mowing bar behind the horses on the right.  And there’s the wooden tricycle again…
• And finally, this postcard presents the photographer’s position from the above cards: