Category: construction

• Colby 111: Stockading

  

  The boys make good use of the warm winter weather …

  Marek

  4 March, 2015

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

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Sibley, tents, wood

• “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

• Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

  

  1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?

  Marek

  5 March, 2013

  1770s, 1780s, construction, Contoocook, government, Henniker, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bridge, Henniker, money, revolution, rum

• Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

  

  Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=Cogswell

  butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, tree

• Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay

  

  Pring’s crew find what they’re looking for on the New England seacoast …

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1600s, construction, encounter & exploration, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, Piscataqua, seacoast

  forest, fort, indians, martin pring, sailing, sassafras