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?
The Witch’s Ride (Weare)
Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!
Haunted House (Weare)
Let’s peek into another Weare haunting…
The Great Witch of Weare
What lively places these NH towns must have been, back in the early days with the witches and ghosts!
Powers of Witches (Weare)
Here’s an overview of witches and their supernatural powers, from the early days of Weare:
Terribly Troubled with Ghosts (Weare)
In which strange noises emanate from the unfinished room above …
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 … More
More Deaths (Weare)
More tragic ends for some of Weare’s early citizens:
Deaths (Weare)
How folks died in the early days of Weare…
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 … More
The Hessian (Weare)
What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, … More
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 … More
Rats (Weare)
You can’t snag rats and pinch pennies at the same time…
