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Category Archives: cows

Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid…

Posted byMarek10 January, 201710 January, 2017Posted in1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markersTags:1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah dustonLeave a comment on Frontier Quarrels

Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.

Posted byMarek20 September, 201622 September, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Art, cows, forestry, Henry Cheever Pratt, hiking, weather, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, cow, curse, diary, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White MountainsLeave a comment on Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

Colby 108: Place of Honor

More maneuvers along the Potomac …

Posted byMarek5 February, 201525 February, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHSTags:civil war, Edward's Ferry, Freeman Colby, Poolsville, Potomac, SiegelLeave a comment on Colby 108: Place of Honor

Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Colby observes Christmas festivities far from his native New Hampshire …

Posted byMarek2 February, 20155 February, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, corn, cows, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:chickens, christmas, civil war, corn, cows, Freeman Colby, slavesLeave a comment on Colby 107: Holidays at the South

Peculiar Calf (Henniker)

1894:  Quality journalism in an age of miracles.

Posted byMarek26 December, 201231 December, 2012Posted in1890s, cows, dogs, food, Henniker, SOURCE=HHSTags:calf, cow, Walter Chase1 Comment on Peculiar Calf (Henniker)

Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)

Here’s one from the COMICS WORKSHOP archives — an old mini-comic by Emma (grade 4) starring the only NH woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft:

Posted byMarek23 December, 2012Posted in1600-1699, colonial, cows, death, guest artist, Hampton, seacoast, witchesTags:Goody Cole, HamptonLeave a comment on Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)

Milk of War (Keene)

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

Posted byMarek5 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1750s, cows, death, dogs, French + Indian Wars, Keene, milk, SOURCE=GriffinTags:John Colony, Keene, milk1 Comment on Milk of War (Keene)

Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

Dublin neighbors rally to support each other in time of war…

Posted byMarek8 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1770s, corn, cottage industries, cows, Dublin, potatoes, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardLeave a comment on Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

Mr. Peabody just wants to drive his oxen from Maine to his new home in Henniker, NH…

Posted byMarek4 November, 20129 December, 2012Posted in1780s, animals, cows, Henniker, Hopkinton, Maine, religion, sabbath1 Comment on Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

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