Category: animals

• 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

• 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

• 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

• “The Adventure of the Fisher Cat in New Hampshire” by Adam (GUEST POST)

  

  Nashua guest artist Adam draws a detailed overview of a fisher cat’s life…

  Marek

  12 April, 2015

  animals, guest artist, Nashua

  animal, fisher cat, predator

• Colby 108: Place of Honor

  

  More maneuvers along the Potomac …

  Marek

  5 February, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Edward’s Ferry, Freeman Colby, Poolsville, Potomac, Siegel

• Colby 107: Holidays at the South

  

  Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …

  Marek

  2 February, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  chickens, christmas, civil war, corn, cows, Freeman Colby, slaves

• Colby 106: Reassurances

  

  Colby writes to tell his family it’s not all that bad …

  Marek

  27 January, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, duck, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, ducks, Freeman Colby, mail, Maryland, Potomac

• Colby 91: Tea

  

  A dipper of hot tea brings back memories of home …

  Marek

  7 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, chicken, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, turkey

  civil war, Freeman Colby, mail, sage, sweet flags, tea, Thanksgiving

• Colby 90: Unpacking

  

  1862: Now that the holiday boxes have finally arrived, the boys choose to look on the bright side…

  Marek

  5 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, chicken, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, turkey

  boots, chicken, civil war, Freeman Colby, mail, newton colby, peter warren, Thanksgiving, tobacco, turkey

• Curse of the Dead Dog Ballot Photo

  

  Here’s a spooky (true) NH tale to carry you over from Halloween to Election Tuesday…

  Marek

  31 October, 2014

  2000-2099, constitution, dogs, elections, government, NH history

  Akira, Andrew Langlois, constitution, curse, dog, election, free speech, Halloween, law, politics, RSA, voting

• Colby 43: Newton Takes Charge

  

  1862: Newton takes charge …

  Marek

  12 November, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, animals, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, horses, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Maryland, mules, newton colby, Potomac

• Colby 42: A Hundred Feet of Rope

  

  1862: As far as Newton is concerned, the longer the rope, the bigger the tangle …

  Marek

  10 November, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, animals, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, horses, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  accident, civil war, georgetown, Maryland, mules, newton colby, Potomac

• Colby 41: Newton & the Georgetown Mules

  

  1862: Freeman’s hapless brother Newton Colby seems to have a knack for getting himself into trouble …

  Marek

  7 November, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, animals, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, horses, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, georgetown, Maryland, mules, newton colby, Potomac

• Colby 38: The Picket Line

  

  1862: How they guarded the Potomac River, border between Union and Rebellion …

  Marek

  25 October, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, peaches, pigs, SOURCE=HHS

  Freeman Colby, Maryland, pickets, Potomac

• “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

• 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

• 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

• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

  

  1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…

  Marek

  11 May, 2013

  1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

  burleigh jones, chicken, civil war, contoocook, goose, letter, Thanksgiving, turkey, wood

• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

  

  1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving… (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

  Marek

  13 April, 2013

  1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, chicken, civil war, contoocook, ice skating, letter, shooting, Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

  

  1860: Burleigh’s recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can’t wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook:

  Marek

  10 April, 2013

  1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, Civil War, food-temp, pie, Thanksgiving

• Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

  

  1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:

  Marek

  20 March, 2013

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, graves & memorials, horses, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, civil war, fair oaks, graves, letter, virginia

• Colby 22: Philadelphia by Mule

  

  1862: With the war raging next door in Maryland, the city of Philadelphia STILL insists on certain inconvenient city ordinances …

  Marek

  23 February, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, horses, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Jersey City, mules, Philadelphia

• Hawks 8: Miserable Night

  

  1862: Dr. Esther’s party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters …

  Marek

  19 February, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, graves & memorials, Reference Links, vermin

  beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, south carolina

• 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