Marek 1940s, guest artist, Henniker, WWII

Thanksgiving in Henniker, 1941 (Guest Post)

An 8th grade cartoonist explores changing attitudes leading up to World War II via an imagined Thanksgiving dinner in Henniker in 1941:

Marek 1930s, 1938 Hurricane Letter, animals, chicken, Contoocook, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, milk, mills, religion, weather

Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)

Dorothy's account continues, with some rather surprising twists...

Marek 1930s, 1938 Hurricane Letter, Contoocook, Henniker, weather

Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 2)

More bloodcurdling details from the '38 Hurricane...

Marek 1930s, 1938 Hurricane Letter, Contoocook, Henniker, weather

Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 1)

A Henniker schoolteacher wrote this letter to her mother during the Hurricane of '38...

Marek 1760s, Henniker, horses, SOURCE=Cogswell

Second Horse in Town (Henniker, 1767)

Because sometimes being FIRST doesn't really count...

Marek 1800s, apples, harvest, Henniker, potatoes, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

Snow Storm (Henniker, 1804)

A freak Autumn snow storm disrupts the apple and potato harvests... Source: Cogswell's History of the Town of Henniker 7 October 1804

Marek 1830s, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

Shooting Stars (Henniker, 1833)

The greatest astronomical exposition in town, as of 1880... 13 November, 1833

Marek 1810s, Henniker, marriage, SOURCE=Cogswell

Marriage Announcement (Henniker, 1815)

How they announced a marriage in the early days...

Marek 1810s, elephant, entertainment, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell

First Elephant (Henniker)

An exotic event provides performance opportunities for a local character... One of my favorite parts of Cogswell's Victorian-era narrative style is the telling little details he supplies, and the many ways we can interpret them.  For example, note in the final panel how only "some" of the town's older residents recall Bowman's antics with pleasure.  (We … Continue reading First Elephant (Henniker)

Marek 1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, NH history, SOURCE=Cogswell, stick figures

Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

A resourceful wife prepares dinner for her hunting husband:

Marek Civil War, education, Freedmen, Henniker, NH people, NH places, politics

James Willis Patterson

Drawn from a portrait in the reading room at Tucker Free Library (Henniker, NH): Patterson taught school in New Hampshire, and later served as a Republican member of Congress during the Civil War, where he supported the establishment of Freedmen's Schools in the South. [Also see James W. Patterson on Wikipedia]