Category: Keene

• 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

• Safe House

  

  After a harrowing experience in backwoods Georgia, Jonathan Daniels arrives at Atlanta in the middle of the night ..

  Marek

  27 July, 2015

  1960s, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, Keene, NH history, Reference Links, religion

  Atlanta, civil rights, coffee, Georgia, Jonathan Daniels, Judith Upham, segregation, travel

• The Road South

  

  1965: Jonathan Daniels encounters roadside resistance on his way to help integrate Southern churches …

  Marek

  5 May, 2015

  1960s, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, Keene, NH history, Reference Links

  civil rights, coffee, gas, Georgia, Jonathan Daniels, segregation, travel

• Jonathan Daniels in Selma

  

  Here’s a 2-page church integration splash from an upcoming mini-comic:

  Marek

  30 April, 2015

  1960s, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, Keene, religion

  Alabama, church, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, segregation, Selma

• “The Stream of Love” (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Rissa (age 6) brings us this romantic parasites’-eye-view of late Summer in NH …

  Marek

  9 October, 2013

  2000-2099, food, guest artist, Keene, NH history, ticks

  Keene, Lyme Disease, parasites, ticks

• Diary of a Keene Pumpkin (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Rudy takes a whimsical pumpkin’s-eye-view of the early days of the Keene Pumpkin Festival…

  Marek

  8 September, 2013

  1990s, food, guest artist, Keene, NH history, pumpkins

  fall, farm, festival, jack-o-lantern, Keene, pumpkin

• “More Than One Million Bricks” (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Bea Reel uses her latest strip to detail the construction of the new high school in 1876…

  Marek

  24 August, 2013

  1870s, 2000-2099, construction, education, guest artist, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC

  Bea Reel, bricks, development, Dialing EL-2, Keene, school, Scotland

• Keene, 2013-??? (GUEST POST)

  

  An imaginative glimpse of Keene’s present and distant future (and past?!), drawn by guest artist Peter Fedrizzi …

  Marek

  20 August, 2013

  2000-2099, environment, guest artist, Keene, NH history

  city planning, development, environment, forests, future, Keene

• Mr. Wheelock Mistakes a Cat for a Rabbit (Keene)

  

  Here’s a double-header GUEST POST of a favorite hunting anecdote from Thomas C. Rand’s “Sketch of Keene, Gem of the Ashuelot Valley”…

  Marek

  22 July, 2013

  1850s, cats, guest artist, guns, hunting, Keene, NH history, rabbit

  cat, gun, hunting, Keene, Mr. Wheelock, rabbit, Thomas C. Rand

• Upper Crust of Keene

  

  Guest cartoonist Bea Reel drew this page from Griffin’s History of Keene, NH during our recent FAMILY COMICS WORKSHOP at Keene Public Library:

  Marek

  19 July, 2013

  1700-1799, colonial, guest artist, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=Griffin, wheat

  baking, Bea Reel, class, crust, Dialing EL-2, farm, griffin, Keene, library, pie, wheat

• White 01: To Make a String

  

  1861: A recruiter for the new Sharpshooter Regiments arrives at Keene…

  Marek

  24 June, 2013

  1860s, 2nd US Sharpshooters, Civil War, Fitzwilliam, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, turkey

  civil war, Fitzwilliam, Keene, rifle, sharpshooter, Wyman Silas White

• Milk of War (Keene)

  

  The fort’s surrounded, but the babies need milk… What’s to be done?!

  Marek

  5 December, 2012

  1750s, cows, death, dogs, French + Indian Wars, Keene, milk, SOURCE=Griffin

  John Colony, Keene, milk

• John Colony (Keene)

  

  John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…

  Marek

  1 December, 2012

  1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, French + Indian Wars, Keene, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Robert Rogers, SOURCE=Griffin, Vermont

  Fort Edward, Ichabod Fisher, Ireland, Israel Putnam, John Colony, Keene, Kilkenny, MA, ME, Melatiah Colony, Robert Rogers, Saxton’s River, VT, Wrentham

• 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

• Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

  

  An unusual hunting tale from the Keene area…

  Marek

  1 October, 2012

  1750s, bear, Chesterfield, colonial, hunting, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC, stick figures

  bear, chesterfield, hunting, spofford

• Famous Professional Dare-Devil (Keene, 1923)

  

  Tonight in downtown Keene: Stunts by a professional daredevil!

  Marek

  21 August, 2012

  1920s, entertainment, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC

  celebrity, climb, daredevil, George F. Polley, Keene, movie star, movies, stunt

• To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

  

  A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…

  Marek

  12 August, 2012

  1840s, food, Keene, mills, NH resources & industry, SOURCE=HSCC

  Colony Mill, economy, family, food, jobs, Keene, mills, work