A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885): SOURCE LINKS: I drew this comic using Frank Leavitt’s poem as my starting point. I added some details from other sources (see below) & then made up a couple of my own lines to fill out the story. I have found that the poem actually fits…
Daniel Webster’s orating again… or IS he?!?! Drawn after attending Maggie Stier’s talk “The Old Man of the Mountain: “Substance and Symbol” (NHHC-HTG catalog) hosted by the Antrim Historical Society. For more on the Old Man of the Mountain, visit NHStateParks.org or wikipedia…
Two Indian guides lead the first European expedition to the top of the White Mountains… I first encountered this account in Colin G. Calloway’s Dawnland Encounters, but the full text is available on pp. 62-63 of John Winthrop’s Journal (1630-1649). In addition to keeping such detailed notes on New England history, John Winthrop was of course a…
A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: ALSO: The Weeks Act Story >>
NH storyteller Becky Rule adds some quick cartoons to her tale of a fashionable bear encounter: (Drawn & told at the Weeks Act Centennial festivals, 2011)
Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act of 1911 & the origins of our National Forest system! PRIMARY SOURCES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks Act itself: SOURCE: The official descriptive title & text of the so-called “Weeks Act of 1911.” / 61st CONGRESS / SESSION III /…
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