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

Frontier Quarrels

Five reasons for the raid...

Marek 1600s, animals, bear, berries, deer, dogs, encounter & exploration, fish, forestry, fox, herbs, hunting, Journal of Martin Pring, medicine, porcupine, seacoast

Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full

Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …

Marek 1600s, encounter & exploration, fish, Journal of Martin Pring, seacoast

Pring 03 ~ Meeting the Locals

The native people of NH's seacoast take some interest in Martin Pring's sassafras harvesting expedition ...

Marek 1910s, environment, fish, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, mills, NH history, NH resources & industry, politics, Reference Links, stick figures, tourism, weather, White Mountains

The Weeks Act Story (1911)

Here's a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act of 1911 & the origins of our National Forest system! Download the printable PDF >> "John Weeks 1911" music video >> Support this work @ Patreon >> PRIMARY SOURCES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks Act itself: SOURCE: The official descriptive … Continue reading The Weeks Act Story (1911)