Category: death
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Willey Family Disaster
A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):
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An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…
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A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)
1835: GUEST ARTIST “E.J.P.” (of Sandwich, NH) details Larkin’s adventure in a House of Death …
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The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)
1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:
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Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View
1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings …
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I Saw You on I-93
Here’s my apocalyptic morning meditation on mortality & traffic in the “Live Free or Die” state…
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Swett 1: Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains
1865: Deaf-mute Henniker native William B. Swett begins his journey to the White Mountains…
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Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)
Here’s one from the COMICS WORKSHOP archives — an old mini-comic by Emma (grade 4) starring the only NH woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft:
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In Goshen, It WAS a War…
Now here’s something interesting we couldn’t help but notice about the John W. Gunnison roadside historical marker in Goshen…
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Young Chase at Keene
Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…
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Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)
A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…
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A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)
Out of the firing line, into the forest. 19 April 1775 SOURCE: Cogswell’s History of Henniker (p.262)
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Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)
If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:
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Kick of a Horse (Weare)
Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends. Let’s take a look at some interesting cases …
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Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)
Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions: This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman…