Comics inspired by NH’s historical highway markers:
- Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001) - "Once a sovereign nation"...
- Frontier Quarrels - Five reasons for the raid...
- Hannah Dustin in the Snow - A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre...
- Hannah Dustin (1697) - "Famous example of frontier heroism." (sic)
- Swett 4: Wheel Trouble - 1865: Swett's train ride to the mountains goes smoothly ... until the wheels come off!
- In Goshen, It WAS a War… - Now here's something interesting we couldn't help but notice about the John W. Gunnison roadside historical marker in Goshen...
- Historic Handshake (Claremont, 1995) - In a way, this might be one of NH's strangest Highway Historical Markers...
- Young Chase at Keene - Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…
- Wanted: Your Artwork! - (Slightly re-touched photo from recent LFAD tour of NH Highway Historical Markers…) Send us your “LIVE FREE AND DRAW” image
- Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen) - A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…
- Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842) - The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England.
- Moses Trussell (New London) - Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after...
Resources:
- Official site: NHDHR’s “NH Historical Highway Markers” page >>
- NHPR’s marker-inspired series: “Marking History” >>
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Roadside Markers of Northern New England:
In case your travels carry you beyond NH’s borders, here’s a map of roadside markers for Northern New England: