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Tag Archives: hunting

Mr. Wheelock Mistakes a Cat for a Rabbit (Keene)

Here’s a double-header GUEST POST of a favorite hunting anecdote from Thomas C. Rand’s “Sketch of Keene, Gem of the Ashuelot Valley”…

Posted byMarek22 July, 201322 July, 2013Posted in1850s, cats, guest artist, guns, hunting, Keene, NH history, rabbitTags:cat, gun, hunting, Keene, Mr. Wheelock, rabbit, Thomas C. RandLeave a comment on Mr. Wheelock Mistakes a Cat for a Rabbit (Keene)

Bear Ferry (Chesterfield)

A color splash page based on that old Chesterfield story, “Fishing for Bear”:

Posted byMarek1 February, 201313 January, 2015Posted in1700-1799, bear, Chesterfield, hunting, posters, SOURCE=HSCCTags:bear, chesterfield, hunting, lake, spafford, spoffordLeave a comment on Bear Ferry (Chesterfield)

Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

Posted byMarek27 January, 201330 January, 2013Posted in1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weareLeave a comment on Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

Snakes (Weare)

Let’s see what the old timers were up to in Weare, as related in William Little’s exhaustive History… (1888):

Posted byMarek19 October, 201223 October, 2012Posted in1800-1899, hunting, snakes, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:garden, hunting, killing, snakes, weareLeave a comment on Snakes (Weare)

Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

An unusual hunting tale from the Keene area…

Posted byMarek1 October, 201212 March, 2014Posted in1750s, bear, Chesterfield, colonial, hunting, Keene, SOURCE=HSCC, stick figuresTags:bear, chesterfield, hunting, spofford7 Comments on Fishing for Bear (Chesterfield)

Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

In Henniker’s early days, a resourceful farmwife prepares dinner for her bear-hunting husband:

Posted byMarek21 September, 20125 October, 2012Posted in1780s, bear, Henniker, hunting, NH history, SOURCE=Cogswell, stick figuresTags:bears, cogswell, cooking, dressing, farm, food-temp, Henniker, hunting, nh, supper, wife, woman1 Comment on Mrs. Huse & the Bear (Henniker)

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