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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...

5 October, 20166 October, 2016 Marek 1700-1799, 1790s, Ethan Allen Crawford, NH history, NH people, White Mountains

Ethan Allen Crawford

Spaulding's "Giant Mountaineer"...

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.

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

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

24 February, 201618 October, 2018 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, farms, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, pigs

Illumination

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

9 February, 201618 October, 2018 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history, religion

Choirmaster Power Play

Brother Joshua makes his move ...

27 January, 20169 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

Empty Rooms

Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family's new home ...

23 January, 20161 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religion

Resolved

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

19 January, 201611 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, music & dance, NH history

The Twin Buglers

Milford's most unusual marching band ...

12 January, 20169 February, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, revolutionary era

Heirloom

Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake ...

7 January, 201612 January, 2016 Marek 1800-1899, 1820s, apples, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets

Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm ... << BEFORE: Joshua's Job ... NEXT: Heirloom >> SOURCE: As told in The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896) p.8

5 January, 20167 January, 2016 Marek 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Joshua’s Job

Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley ...

4 January, 201619 January, 2016 Marek 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

Buying Burnham’s Farm

With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham's old inn ... << BEFORE: The Twin Buglers ... NEXT: Moving day >> SOURCE: The Story of the Hutchinsons Vol. I (John Hutchinson, 1896) p.8