Category: 1800-1899

• Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

  

  “Once a sovereign nation”…

  Marek

  7 May, 2018

  1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markers

  Canada, constitution, Indian Stream, markers, Pittsburg, United States

• May 18, 1864: Marching (by Molly)

  

  Captured 9th NH men march farther South …

  Marek

  30 December, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, march, prisoners, virginia

• The First Bridle Path

  

  Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business…

  Marek

  15 October, 2016

  1810s, Ethan Allen Crawford, hiking, NH history, White Mountains

  Ethan Allen Crawford, mount washington, path, tip-top house, White Mountains

• Willey Family Disaster

  

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

  Marek

  13 October, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, death, poetry, White Mountains

  avalanche, disaster, Frank Leavitt, poetry, rain, White Mountains, Willey

• Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

  

  Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828…

  Marek

  4 October, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White Mountains

  Chocorua, drawing, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White Mountains

• The Legend of Chocorua

  

  One version of a local legend.

  Marek

  22 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White Mountains

  Chocorua, curse, hunter, indians, money, White Mountains

• Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

  

  Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.

  Marek

  20 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Art, cows, forestry, Henry Cheever Pratt, hiking, weather, White Mountains

  Chocorua, cow, curse, diary, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White Mountains

• Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

  

  An overview of major events from Wilcox’s diary & letters…

  Marek

  7 September, 2016

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

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war

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

  

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

  Marek

  7 September, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, prisoners, Spottsylvania Courthouse, virginia

• 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…

  Marek

  22 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, mud, prisoners, rain, Spottsylvania Courthouse, virginia

• May 12, 1864: Overcoat (by Keegan)

  

  Wilcox must make an unfair trade with a Confederate surgeon…

  Marek

  16 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, blanket, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, coat, prisoners, rubber, virginia

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

  

  Wilcox & 48 fellow officers become prisoners of war …

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, prisoners, virginia

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

  

  “Laid on our arms all night last night about a mile from the battlefield…”

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, cavalry, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, George Root, music, virginia

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

  

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

  Marek

  11 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, pickets, virginia

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

  

  Charles Wilcox and the 9th NH march southwards…

  Marek

  7 August, 2016

  1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, march, Mine Run, virginia

• “Almost an Accident”

  

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

  Marek

  4 July, 2016

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

  cannon, Echo Lake, explosion, Franconia Notch, horse, profile house, white mountains, William B. Swett

• Pitch Pine

  

  Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …

  Marek

  24 March, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

  amputation, Asa Hutchinson, Ben Hutchinson, candles, John Hutchinson, pine

• Colby 116: Patient Patient

  

  Newton’s story, continued …

  Marek

  8 March, 2016

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Henniker, hospital, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Thompson, washington

• Illumination

  

  Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…

  Marek

  24 February, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, farms, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, pigs

  candles, David Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Noah Hutchinson, pig, polly hutchinson, Rhoda Hutchinson, whale

• Colby & Bacon on a Night March

  

  The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency …

  Marek

  12 February, 2016

  1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH history

  antietam, civil war, coffee, Freeman Colby, jonas bacon, sugar, walking, washington

• Choirmaster Power Play

  

  Brother Joshua makes his move …

  Marek

  9 February, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history, religion

  1820s, church, joshua hutchinson, Milford, music

• Colby at Muddy Branch

  

  Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek …

  Marek

  8 February, 2016

  1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  feature, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Muddy Branch, water

• Empty Rooms

  

  Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …

  Marek

  27 January, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

  1820s, Milford, music, polly hutchinson

• Resolved

  

  Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …

  Marek

  23 January, 2016

  1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religion

  1800s, abolition, alcohol, baptist, Milford, prayer, school, slavery, temperance