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Category Archives: Vermont

Swett 4: Wheel Trouble

1865: Swett’s train ride to the mountains goes smoothly … until the wheels come off!

Posted byMarek10 January, 201329 March, 2015Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Connecticut, SOURCE=HHS, SOURCE=roadside markers, Vermont, William B. SwettTags:train, well's river, William B. SwettLeave a comment on Swett 4: Wheel Trouble

John Colony (Keene)

John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…

Posted byMarek1 December, 201221 December, 2014Posted in1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, French + Indian Wars, Keene, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Robert Rogers, SOURCE=Griffin, VermontTags:Fort Edward, Ichabod Fisher, Ireland, Israel Putnam, John Colony, Keene, Kilkenny, MA, ME, Melatiah Colony, Robert Rogers, Saxton's River, VT, WrenthamLeave a comment on John Colony (Keene)

Young Chase at Keene

Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

Posted byMarek28 November, 201230 December, 2012Posted in1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, VermontTags:Keene, nh, Salmon P. ChaseLeave a comment on Young Chase at Keene

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