Category: SOURCE=HSCC

• Wilcox Timeline (by Jess & Molly)

  

  An overview of major events from Wilcox’s diary & letters…

  Marek

  7 September, 2016

  1800-1899, 1860s, 9th NH, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Charles Wilcox, guest artist, Keene, series, SOURCE=HSCC

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, civil war

• “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

• White 01: To Make a String

  

  1861: A recruiter for the new Sharpshooter Regiments arrives at Keene…

  Marek

  24 June, 2013

  1860s, 2nd US Sharpshooters, Civil War, Fitzwilliam, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, turkey

  civil war, Fitzwilliam, Keene, rifle, sharpshooter, Wyman Silas White

• Bear Ferry (Chesterfield)

  

  A color splash page based on that old Chesterfield story, “Fishing for Bear”:

  Marek

  1 February, 2013

  1700-1799, bear, Chesterfield, hunting, posters, SOURCE=HSCC

  bear, chesterfield, hunting, lake, spafford, spofford

• Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

  

  An unusual hunting tale from the Keene area…

  Marek

  1 October, 2012

  1750s, bear, Chesterfield, colonial, hunting, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC, stick figures

  bear, chesterfield, hunting, spofford

• Famous Professional Dare-Devil (Keene, 1923)

  

  Tonight in downtown Keene: Stunts by a professional daredevil!

  Marek

  21 August, 2012

  1920s, entertainment, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC

  celebrity, climb, daredevil, George F. Polley, Keene, movie star, movies, stunt

• Trunks Like Black Bones (Marlow, 1825)

  

  Grandpa remembers “what happened to all the forests” in the Keene area…

  Marek

  14 August, 2012

  1820s, environment, forestry, Marlow, SOURCE=HSCC

  Elgin Jones, forestry, grandpa, Keene, lumber, marlow, slash and burn, trees

• 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

• Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)

  

  Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions:  This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman…

  Marek

  8 August, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

  casualties, civil war, doctors, grave, illness, medicine, soldiers, stoddard, unknown soldier

• Ground Observer Corps (Marlow, 1941)

  

  Citizens of Marlow volunteer to defend their town’s night skies…

  Marek

  7 August, 2012

  1940s, Marlow, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, WWII

  cold, dog, farm, planes, volunteer, winter, wwii

• Paying the Doctor (Nelson, c. 1750)

  

  Nelson’s own Ezra Carter accepts a rather unusual means of payment…

  Marek

  5 August, 2012

  1750s, colonial, medicine, Nelson, SOURCE=HSCC

  cats, doctor, health, kittens, medicine, poverty