1862: Newton takes charge …
Category Archives: horses
Colby 42: A Hundred Feet of Rope
1862: As far as Newton is concerned, the longer the rope, the bigger the tangle …
Colby 41: Newton & the Georgetown Mules
1862: Freeman’s hapless brother Newton Colby seems to have a knack for getting himself into trouble …
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:
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 …
Swett 5: Spring Blizzard
1865: A late-spring snow storm surprises Swett in his seat on the roof of the stage…
Plummer’s Willow (Henniker)
We all start small and grow from there…
The Witch’s Ride (Weare)
Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!
Kick of a Horse (Weare)
Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends. Let’s take a look at some interesting cases …
Second Horse in Town (Henniker, 1767)
Because sometimes being FIRST doesn’t really count…
