Category: 1810s

• 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

• Cold Friday (Henniker, 1810)

  

  A severe cold snap means opportunity for this punctual young lady…

  Marek

  6 December, 2012

  1810s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  Henniker, James Bartlett, Rebecca Ramsdell

• Live Free and Draw Wood (Keene, c.1812)

  

  An example of how NH town governments kept costs low 200 years ago: the annual minister’s firewood bee!

  Marek

  29 November, 2012

  1810s, forestry, harvest, Keene, SOURCE=Griffin

• Young Chase at Keene

  

  Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

  Marek

  28 November, 2012

  1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, Vermont

  Keene, nh, Salmon P. Chase

• Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)

  

  A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1810s, 1830s, 1850s, death, education, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  CO, goshen, Hopkinton, John Gunnison, massacre, St. Louis, UT, West Point

• Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)

  

  If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:

  Marek

  29 October, 2012

  1810s, Antrim, death, graves & memorials, Lyndeborough

  antrim, burial, death, grave, lyndeborough, missing, stone, woman

• Violent Deaths (Antrim)

  

  Here’s a look at fatalities during the early days of Antrim, NH:

  Marek

  28 October, 2012

  1780s, 1810s, Antrim, death, mills

• Deaths (Weare)

  

  How folks died in the early days of Weare…

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1810s, 1820s, 1830s, death, dogs, hunting, milk, SOURCE=Little, squirrel, Weare

  death, Enos Baker, Hasket Eaton, John Robie, Jonathan Atwood

• 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 …

  Marek

  24 October, 2012

  1810s, death, horses, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  death, horse, kick, regret, swear, weare

• Marriage Announcement (Henniker, 1815)

  

  How they announced a marriage in the early days…

  Marek

  11 October, 2012

  1810s, Henniker, marriage, SOURCE=Cogswell

  announcement, church, cogswell, custom, Henniker, marriage

• First Elephant (Henniker)

  

  An exotic event provides performance opportunities for a local character…

  Marek

  8 October, 2012

  1810s, elephant, entertainment, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell

  1815, animal, elephant, first, Henniker, show

• The First Voter Check-List (Henniker, 1813)

  

  In 1813, NH tests out a strange new voting procedure: keeping track of voters with an official checklist! 

  Marek

  9 September, 2012

  1810s, elections, Henniker, NH history, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, sources, stick figures

  checklists, county, democracy, elections, history, local, nh, politics, state, vote, voter registration, voting