Category: stick figures

• 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

• 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

• The Weeks Act of 1911

  

  Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial, drawn at the intersection of environmental science, government policy, activism, & private industry… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> DOWNLOAD: printable 2-page PDF >> ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> REFERENCE IMAGES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks…

  Marek

  10 August, 2012

  1910s, environment, fish, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, mills, NH history, NH resources & industry, politics, Reference Links, stick figures, tourism, weather, White Mountains

  1911, environment, forests, John Weeks, legislation, mountains, NH resources & industry, Weeks Act

• 5th NH: First Mission (1862)

  

  The 5th NH’s first mission into rebel territory!

  Marek

  2 August, 2012

  1860s, 5th NH Volunteers, Civil War, SOURCE=Pride & al, stick figures

• 5th NH: Deployment (1861)

  

  The 5th NH suffers its first casualty on the train from Concord, long before the first battle…

  Marek

  2 August, 2012

  1860s, 5th NH Volunteers, Civil War, Concord, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=Pride & al, stick figures

  1861, casualties, civil war, deployment, doctor, doctors, medicine, soldiers, trains, travel