1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …
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Sabbath Hawks (Weare)
What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!
Fox Chase (Weare)
This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…
Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
Bunny Hugs (Weare)
WARNING: It’s not as cute as it looks.
“Rabbit” Stew (Weare)
“The boys” cook up a clever plan to secure some cider from (and play a culinary joke on) Mrs. Wadleigh…
Raccoon Hunting (Weare)
What’s this secret “fluid bait” ingredient that all the “coon hunters” swear by?
Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)
The only way to travel in those 18th century snows…
Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)
One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…
You Never Know…
… WHAT you’re going to find in these old town history books. I mean, just LOOK at this stuff:
Drowning (Weare, 1824)
Oh no, another disaster down by the Piscataquog… Or IS it?!?!
Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft
How did they know the “Great Witch of Weare” was really a witch?
Live Free and Draw 