Category: 1910s

• The Wood-Pile (Robert Frost)

  

  I spent the afternoon exploring the winter woods on the mountain, and came back home to spend the evening with this poem by Robert Frost…

  Marek

  3 February, 2013

  1910s, birds, firewood, hiking, NH Poetry, poetry, Robert Frost

  firewood, poetry, Robert Frost, work

• Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

  

  A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressional…

  Marek

  5 October, 2012

  1910s, constitution, environment, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, Lancaster, legislative branch, mills, politics, video, White Mountains

  1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act

• The Weeks Act of 1911

  

  Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial, drawn at the intersection of environmental science, government policy, activism, & private industry… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> DOWNLOAD: printable 2-page PDF >> ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> REFERENCE IMAGES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks…

  Marek

  10 August, 2012

  1910s, environment, fish, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, mills, NH history, NH resources & industry, politics, Reference Links, stick figures, tourism, weather, White Mountains

  1911, environment, forests, John Weeks, legislation, mountains, NH resources & industry, Weeks Act