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Author Archives: Marek

Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

January, 1863: Writing home while on picket duty.

Posted byMarek8 April, 20198 April, 2019Posted in39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, HennikerTags:Civil War, Freeman Colby, Maryland, picket, Poolesville, Potomac, slavery, virginiaLeave a comment on Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

Historical New Hampshire Vol. 71 No. 1

Featuring “Drawing Freeman Colby,” an 18-page full-color article about the “Live Free & Draw” comics creation process.

Posted byMarek6 July, 20188 April, 2019Posted inbooks, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, newsTags:arts education, education, Freeman Colby, NH Historical Society, primary sourcesLeave a comment on Historical New Hampshire Vol. 71 No. 1

Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

“Once a sovereign nation”…

Posted byMarek7 May, 201815 May, 2018Posted in1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:Canada, constitution, Indian Stream, markers, Pittsburg, United StatesLeave a comment on Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid…

Posted byMarek10 January, 201710 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah dustonLeave a comment on Frontier Quarrels

May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

Captured 9th NH men march farther South …

Posted byMarek30 December, 201610 January, 2017Posted in1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artistTags:9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, march, prisoners, virginiaLeave a comment on May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

Hannah Dustin in the Snow

A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre…

Posted byMarek5 December, 201610 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:Hannah Dustin, highway, history, markers, Penacook, truth2 Comments on Hannah Dustin in the Snow

Hannah Dustin (1697)

“Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)

Posted byMarek4 December, 201610 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, death, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston, haverhill, Massachusetts, massacre, raid2 Comments on Hannah Dustin (1697)

The First Bridle Path

Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business…

Posted byMarek15 October, 20165 May, 2020Posted in1810s, Ethan Allen Crawford, hiking, NH history, White MountainsTags:Ethan Allen Crawford, mount washington, path, tip-top house, White MountainsLeave a comment on The First Bridle Path

Willey Family Disaster

A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):

Posted byMarek13 October, 20161 May, 2020Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, death, poetry, White MountainsTags:avalanche, disaster, Frank Leavitt, poetry, rain, White Mountains, WilleyLeave a comment on Willey Family Disaster

Ethan Allen Crawford

Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…

Posted byMarek5 October, 20166 October, 2016Posted in1700-1799, 1790s, Ethan Allen Crawford, NH history, NH people, White MountainsTags:Ethan Allen Crawford, fire, Giant's Grave, Guild Hall, Vermont, White MountainsLeave a comment on Ethan Allen Crawford

Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828…

Posted byMarek4 October, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, drawing, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White Mountains1 Comment on Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

The Legend of Chocorua

One version of a local legend.

Posted byMarek22 September, 20165 October, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, curse, hunter, indians, money, White MountainsLeave a comment on The Legend of Chocorua

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