Category: weather

• Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

  

  Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.

  Marek

  20 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, Art, cows, forestry, Henry Cheever Pratt, hiking, weather, White Mountains

  Chocorua, cow, curse, diary, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White Mountains

• “All About the Snowmobile” by Juan (GUEST POST)

  

  Nashua 4th grade guest artist Juan draws the history of his favorite mode of transportation for the NH winter:

  Marek

  28 April, 2015

  1950s, Allenstown, guest artist, weather

  allenstown, snow, snowmobile, winter

• Colby 100: Warm Weather

  

  Enjoy it while it lasts, and send home for treats!

  Marek

  16 January, 2015

  1860s, 39th MA, apples, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, herbs, milk, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, food, Freeman Colby, jonas bacon, mail, sparerib

• Colby 93: Medicine Enough

  

  Colby’s health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last …

  Marek

  11 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, bread, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, Freeman Colby, health, hospital, Maryland

• Colby 87: Awaiting Sunshine

  

  The 39th MA’s casualty cases are going nowhere fast …

  Marek

  6 November, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  Freeman Colby, hospital, newton colby, rain

• Colby 84: Offutt’s Crossroads

  

  Colby enjoys the lovely fall weather … for a little while.

  Marek

  7 July, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  fall, Freeman Colby, Offutt’s Crossroads

• Colby 81: Camp Desolation

  

  The regiment prepares for Winter Quarters …

  Marek

  20 May, 2014

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

  civil war, clothes, Freeman Colby, mail, Muddy Branch, newton colby, Offutt’s Crossroads, snow, weather

• Colby 80: Stoves

  

  Finally, a fire in the tent! …

  Marek

  9 May, 2014

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

  civil war, fire, firewood, Freeman Colby, snow, stoves, weather

• Colby 79: Warmth

  

  1862: Cotton just isn’t warm enough for the southern Winter …

  Marek

  8 May, 2014

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

  cotton, Freeman Colby, jonas bacon, newton colby, underclothes, weather

• Colby 67: Water

  

  1862: Water problems in camp …

  Marek

  8 March, 2014

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

  civil war, diarrhea, jaundice, malaria, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind

• Colby 66: Rain

  

  1862: The weather turns muddy …

  Marek

  6 March, 2014

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

  civil war, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind

• Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

  

  1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War…

  Marek

  29 April, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  cannon mountain, snow, war, white mountains, william b

• Colby 21: The Wait

  

  1862: Colby’s long slow journey to the front continues …

  Marek

  20 February, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Connecticut, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  civil war, Freeman Colby, New London

• Colby 20: On Parade

  

  1862: Discipline stretches in the hot noonday sun …

  Marek

  16 February, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, Massachusetts, SOURCE=HHS, weather

  Boston, civil war, Freeman Colby

• Hawks 5: A Most Grateful Party

  

  1862: Amidst tempest, terror, & rumors of a wreck, Dr. Esther’s ship somehow pulls into Hilton Head …

  Marek

  31 January, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, music & dance, weather

  civil war, Esther Hill, Hilton Head, New York, south carolina, U.S.S. Delaware, Vanderbilt

• Hawks 4: Unfit for Ocean Travel

  

  1862: To South Carolina, by leaky boat full of diseased soldiers …

  Marek

  29 January, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Maine, Reference Links, weather

  Cape Hatteras, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, Mrs. General Hawley, New York, south carolina, U.S.S. Delaware

• Swett 5: Spring Blizzard

  

  1865: A late-spring snow storm surprises Swett in his seat on the roof of the stage…

  Marek

  17 January, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Franconia, horses, Littleton, mines, SOURCE=HHS, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  Franconia, Littleton, Mount Lafayette, stage coach, William B. Swett

• Swett 2: Concord Train Station

  

  1865: In which we meet a colorful local character…

  Marek

  2 January, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Concord, Henniker, Pembroke, SOURCE=HHS, weather, William B. Swett

  concord, Pembroke, train, William B. Swett

• Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

  

  One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…

  Marek

  7 December, 2012

  1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather

  snow, winter

• Cold Friday (Henniker, 1810)

  

  A severe cold snap means opportunity for this punctual young lady…

  Marek

  6 December, 2012

  1810s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  Henniker, James Bartlett, Rebecca Ramsdell

• We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)

  

  Rogers recounts recent experiences & dispenses domestic advice for the home front …

  Marek

  20 November, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Letters of Joseph Rogers, pigs, SOURCE=WHS+Warren, Warner, weather

  civil war, frank rogers, Joseph Rogers, letter, ruth rogers, Warner

• Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin

  

  Mr. Belknap at war …

  Marek

  9 November, 2012

  1770s, 1780s, Dublin, revolutionary era, Rhode Island, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward, weather

• Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)

  

  Dorothy’s account of the Hurricane of ’38 continues, with some rather surprising twists… 

  Marek

  31 October, 2012

  1930s, animals, chicken, Contoocook, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, milk, mills, religion, weather

  1938, animals, bridge, clean up, damage, flood, food-temp, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, hurricane, water

• Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 2)

  

  More bloodcurdling details from the ’38 Hurricane:

  Marek

  30 October, 2012

  1930s, Contoocook, Henniker, weather

  1938, bridge, contoocook, damage, flood, Henniker, hurricane, rain, storm