Category: NH places

• Freeman Colby Vol. 2, Episode 1: New Year’s Day, 1863

  

  January, 1863: Writing home while on picket duty.

  Marek

  8 April, 2019

  39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker

  Civil War, Freeman Colby, Maryland, picket, Poolesville, Potomac, slavery, virginia

• Frontier Quarrels

  

  Five reasons for the raid…

  Marek

  10 January, 2017

  1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston

• Hannah Dustin in the Snow

  

  A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre…

  Marek

  5 December, 2016

  1600-1699, 1690s, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markers

  Hannah Dustin, highway, history, markers, Penacook, truth

• Hannah Dustin (1697)

  

  “Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)

  Marek

  4 December, 2016

  1600-1699, 1690s, death, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1697, abenaki, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston, haverhill, Massachusetts, massacre, raid

• 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

• Ethan Allen Crawford

  

  Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…

  Marek

  5 October, 2016

  1700-1799, 1790s, Ethan Allen Crawford, NH history, NH people, White Mountains

  Ethan Allen Crawford, fire, Giant’s Grave, Guild Hall, Vermont, White Mountains

• 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

• Civil War Comics Camp

  

  Middle school students research & draw original comics based on local Civil War era primary sources…

  Marek

  6 September, 2016

  Keene, projects

  6th NH, 9th NH, cheshire county, civil war, Hardtacks, historical society, Keene, music, Wilcox

• August 5, 1862: Wilcox Enlists (by Abby)

  

  Charles Wilcox makes his fateful decision …

  Marek

  24 August, 2016

  Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist, Keene

  9th NH, Arthur Sprague, Babbit, Central Square, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war, Keene

• “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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The Twin Buglers

  

  Milford’s most unusual marching band …

  Marek

  19 January, 2016

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

  1820s, caleb hutchinson, joshua hutchinson, Milford, militia, music, polly hutchinson

• Heirloom

  

  Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …

  Marek

  12 January, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, revolutionary era

  1820s, apples, Burnham, feature, George Washington, jesse-hutchinson-jr, Milford, polly hutchinson, revolution

• Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets

  

  Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm … 

  Marek

  7 January, 2016

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

  1820s, apples, Burnham, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford

• Joshua’s Job

  

  Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …

  Marek

  5 January, 2016

  1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

  1820s, Asa Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, joshua hutchinson, Milford, polly hutchinson

• Buying Burnham’s Farm

  

  With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn … 

  Marek

  4 January, 2016

  1820s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history

  1820s, Burnham, Jesse Hutchinson Sr., Milford