Category: SOURCE=Cogswell

• 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

• Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)

  

  GUN SAFETY IN THE 1770s: If you come to visit, DON’T take that shortcut through the cornfield…

  Marek

  23 January, 2013

  1770s, bear, colonial, corn, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bear, guns, Henniker, Sarah Peters, William Peters

• Liberty-Pole (Henniker)

  

  1829: Never mind all the war heroes and noisy demonstrations, HERE’s the big story of the day…

  Marek

  8 January, 2013

  1820s, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell

  flag, Henniker, Jacob Gordon

• Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

  

  The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…

  Marek

  7 January, 2013

  1820s, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, music & dance, Peterborough, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, War of 1812, Warner

  Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, Judge Darling, Perley Howe, Phineas Campbell

• Plummer’s Willow (Henniker)

  

  We all start small and grow from there…

  Marek

  17 December, 2012

  1780s, forestry, Henniker, horses, SOURCE=Cogswell

  Henniker, Joseph Plummer, tree

• Wolves Around a Fire (Henniker)

  

  Early settlers in Henniker come up with an efficient way to reduce a predator population.

  Marek

  12 December, 2012

  1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell, wolves

  Ammi Brook, David Connor, Henniker, Jacob Whitcomb, wolf

• 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

• A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)

  

  Out of the firing line, into the forest. 19 April 1775 SOURCE: Cogswell’s History of Henniker (p.262)

  Marek

  3 November, 2012

  1770s, death, forestry, Henniker, Massachusetts, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

• 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

• Second Horse in Town (Henniker, 1767)

  

  Because sometimes being FIRST doesn’t really count…

  Marek

  21 October, 2012

  1760s, Henniker, horses, SOURCE=Cogswell

  1767, animals, early, Henniker, horse

• Snow Storm (Henniker, 1804)

  

  A freak Autumn snow storm disrupts the apple and potato harvests…

  Marek

  16 October, 2012

  1800s, apples, harvest, Henniker, potatoes, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  1804, apple, fall, harvest, Henniker, potato, snow, weather

• Shooting Stars (Henniker, 1833)

  

  The greatest astronomical exposition in town, as of 1880… 13 November, 1833

  Marek

  13 October, 2012

  1830s, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  astronomy, cogswell, Henniker, night, shooting, sky, stars

• Marriage Announcement (Henniker, 1815)

  

  How they announced a marriage in the early days…

  Marek

  11 October, 2012

  1810s, Henniker, marriage, SOURCE=Cogswell

  announcement, church, cogswell, custom, Henniker, marriage

• First Elephant (Henniker)

  

  An exotic event provides performance opportunities for a local character…

  Marek

  8 October, 2012

  1810s, elephant, entertainment, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell

  1815, animal, elephant, first, Henniker, show

• Mr. Barnes & the Bear (Henniker)

  

  In honor of the start of hunting season, we continue with (what else?) another action-packed story of ursine urgency! … << BEFORE: Fishing for bear in Chesterfield. *”BY THIS TIME, BARNES BEGAN TO REALIZE…” ~ I just love that line. (source = Cogswell) Elisha Barnes was a leading figure in the early days of Henniker; for…

  Marek

  2 October, 2012

  1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell

  axe, bear, fight, forest, hunt, wounds

• Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

  

  In Henniker’s early days, a resourceful farmwife prepares dinner for her bear-hunting husband:

  Marek

  21 September, 2012

  1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, NH history, SOURCE=Cogswell, stick figures

  bears, cogswell, cooking, dressing, farm, food-temp, Henniker, hunting, nh, supper, wife, woman

• The First Voter Check-List (Henniker, 1813)

  

  In 1813, NH tests out a strange new voting procedure: keeping track of voters with an official checklist! 

  Marek

  9 September, 2012

  1810s, elections, Henniker, NH history, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, sources, stick figures

  checklists, county, democracy, elections, history, local, nh, politics, state, vote, voter registration, voting