Category: mills

• 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

• Violent Deaths (Antrim)

  

  Here’s a look at fatalities during the early days of Antrim, NH:

  Marek

  28 October, 2012

  1780s, 1810s, Antrim, death, mills

• Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

  

  A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressional…

  Marek

  5 October, 2012

  1910s, constitution, environment, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, Lancaster, legislative branch, mills, politics, video, White Mountains

  1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act

• To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)

  

  A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…

  Marek

  12 August, 2012

  1840s, food, Keene, mills, NH resources & industry, SOURCE=HSCC

  Colony Mill, economy, family, food, jobs, Keene, mills, work

• The Weeks Act of 1911

  

  Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial, drawn at the intersection of environmental science, government policy, activism, & private industry… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> DOWNLOAD: printable 2-page PDF >> ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> REFERENCE IMAGES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks…

  Marek

  10 August, 2012

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

  1911, environment, forests, John Weeks, legislation, mountains, NH resources & industry, Weeks Act