1800-1899 – Live Free and Draw 📖

7 May, 20185 March, 2025 Marek 1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markers

Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

"Once a sovereign nation"...

30 December, 201610 January, 2017 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

Captured 9th NH men march farther South ...

15 October, 20165 May, 2020 Marek 1810s, Ethan Allen Crawford, hiking, NH history, White Mountains

The First Bridle Path

Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business...

13 October, 20161 May, 2020 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, death, poetry, White Mountains

A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt's original 3-verse poem (1885): SOURCE LINKS: I drew this comic using Frank Leavitt's poem as my starting point. I added some details from other sources (see below) & then made up a couple of my own lines to fill out the story. I have found that the poem actually fits … Continue reading Willey Family Disaster

4 October, 20166 November, 2025 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White Mountains

Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828...

22 September, 20166 November, 2025 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White Mountains

The Legend of Chocorua

One version of a local legend.

20 September, 20166 November, 2025 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Art, cows, forestry, Henry Cheever Pratt, hiking, weather, White Mountains

Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

Drawn from Thomas Cole's diary.

7 September, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist, Keene, series, SOURCE=HSCC

Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

An overview of major events from Wilcox's diary & letters...

7 September, 20167 September, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 11, 1864: Eating and Marching (by Logan)

Wilcox has scarcely enough time to warm his dinner before being ordered into battle...

22 August, 201610 January, 2017 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 13, 1864: ‘We lay down on the grass to rest’ (by Sammy)

Wilcox & Co. do their best to survive as prisoners backstage at one of the war's major battles... Drawn by guest artist Sammy during COMICS CAMP at the Historical Society of Cheshire County: from the Civil War Diary of Charles W. Wilcox |< << 13-14 May 1864 >> SOURCES: Sammy draws from Wilcox's diary entries for 13-14 May: ... & from the … Continue reading May 13, 1864: ‘We lay down on the grass to rest’ (by Sammy)

16 August, 201622 August, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)

Wilcox must make an unfair trade with a Confederate surgeon...

11 August, 20167 September, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 12, 1864: Captured by Confederates! (by Zander)

Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war ...

11 August, 20167 September, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 8, 1864: Rebel Cavalry Charge (by Lee)

"Laid on our arms all night last night about a mile from the battlefield..."

11 August, 201617 August, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 7, 1864: “Picket firing nearly all night” (by Aidan)

Charles Wilcox means to keep up with his journal, but he keeps getting interrupted...

7 August, 201617 August, 2016 Marek 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

May 6, 1864: “Marched to Mine Run” (by Aidan)

Charles Wilcox and the 9th NH march southwards...

4 July, 20166 July, 2016 Marek 1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

“Almost an Accident”

Unsafe cannonades almost end in tragedy for guests at the Profile House...

24 March, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Pitch Pine

Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe ... << BEFORE: Candles from hogs ... NEXT >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896): But at times even this luxury of candle light was denied us... [p.18-19] Especially this line on Asa's reaction to sudden amputation: Oh, … Continue reading Pitch Pine