A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):
Category: 1820s
Ravages of the Wind-Fiend
Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828…
The Legend of Chocorua
One version of a local legend.
Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua
Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.
Pitch Pine
Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …
Illumination
Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…
Choirmaster Power Play
Brother Joshua makes his move …
Empty Rooms
Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …
The Twin Buglers
Milford’s most unusual marching band …
Heirloom
Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …
Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets
Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm …
Joshua’s Job
Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …
Buying Burnham’s Farm
With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn …
Liberty-Pole (Henniker)
1829: Never mind all the war heroes and noisy demonstrations, HERE’s the big story of the day…
Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)
The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…
Young Chase at Keene
Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…
Drowning (Weare, 1824)
Oh no, another disaster down by the Piscataquog… Or IS it?!?!
Deaths (Weare)
How folks died in the early days of Weare…
Trunks Like Black Bones (Marlow, 1825)
Grandpa remembers “what happened to all the forests” in the Keene area…
