Tag: water

Colby at Muddy Branch

Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek …

Marek

8 February, 2016

1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

feature, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Muddy Branch, water
Colby 67: Water

1862: Water problems in camp …

Marek

8 March, 2014

1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

civil war, diarrhea, jaundice, malaria, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind
Colby 66: Rain

1862: The weather turns muddy …

Marek

6 March, 2014

1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weather

civil war, mud, Muddy Branch, rain, water, weather, wind
Colby 59: Muddy Branch

A change of scenery & water supply …

Marek

8 February, 2014

1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

civil war, Maryland, Potomac, water
Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)

Dorothy’s account of the Hurricane of ’38 continues, with some rather surprising twists…

Marek

31 October, 2012

1930s, animals, chicken, Contoocook, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, milk, mills, religion, weather

1938, animals, bridge, clean up, damage, flood, food-temp, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hopkinton, hurricane, water
Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

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: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressional…

Marek

5 October, 2012

1910s, constitution, environment, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, Lancaster, legislative branch, mills, politics, video, White Mountains

1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act