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Category Archives: construction

Colby 111: Stockading

The boys make good use of the warm winter weather …

Posted byMarek4 March, 201531 May, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, construction, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHSTags:civil war, Freeman Colby, Sibley, tents, woodLeave a comment on Colby 111: Stockading

“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…

Posted byMarek24 August, 201323 August, 2013Posted in1870s, 2000-2099, construction, education, guest artist, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCCTags:Bea Reel, bricks, development, Dialing EL-2, Keene, school, ScotlandLeave a comment on “More Than One Million Bricks” (GUEST POST)

Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

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

Posted byMarek5 March, 2013Posted in1770s, 1780s, construction, Contoocook, government, Henniker, revolutionary era, SOURCE=CogswellTags:bridge, Henniker, money, revolution, rumLeave a comment on Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

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

Posted byMarek1 November, 20121 November, 2012Posted in1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=CogswellTags:butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, treeLeave a comment on Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay

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

Posted byMarek25 October, 20125 February, 2017Posted in1600s, construction, encounter & exploration, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, Piscataqua, seacoastTags:forest, fort, indians, martin pring, sailing, sassafrasLeave a comment on Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay

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