Category: SOURCE=Little
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Bank of John Gillet (Weare)
1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …
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Fox Chase (Weare)
This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…
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Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
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“Rabbit” Stew (Weare)
“The boys” cook up a clever plan to secure some cider from (and play a culinary joke on) Mrs. Wadleigh… << BEFORE: Hunting raccoon … NEXT: Snuggling bunnies >> Great greasy gut-strings, some of these animal tales are downright ghastly! What an unsatisfying joke; “in bad taste,” you might even say… On the other hand,…
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Raccoon Hunting (Weare)
What’s this secret “fluid bait” ingredient that all the “coon hunters” swear by?
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Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)
One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…
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You Never Know…
… WHAT you’re going to find in these old town history books. I mean, just LOOK at this stuff:
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The Witch’s Ride (Weare)
Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!
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The Great Witch of Weare
What lively places these NH towns must have been, back in the early days with the witches and ghosts!
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Powers of Witches (Weare)
Here’s an overview of witches and their supernatural powers, from the early days of Weare:
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Terribly Troubled with Ghosts (Weare)
In which strange noises emanate from the unfinished room above …
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Ghost in the Corn Field (Weare)
Weare historian William Little has little patience for rumors of hauntings. Here, John Hodgdon boldly investigates a spooky shade in his corn field …
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Kick of a Horse (Weare)
Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends. Let’s take a look at some interesting cases …
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The Hessian (Weare)
What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, and (B) really knew how to party! …
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Bounds of New Hampshire (Mason Grant, 1629)
This 1629 land grant by the Plymouth Company caused many headaches when everyone realized they’d ALREADY granted some of the same land to other people… not to mention the inhabitants already living thereupon!
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