1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …
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Sabbath Hawks (Weare)
What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!
Fox Chase (Weare)
This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…
Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
Bunny Hugs (Weare)
WARNING: It’s not as cute as it looks.
“Rabbit” Stew (Weare)
“The boys” cook up a clever plan to secure some cider from (and play a culinary joke on) Mrs. Wadleigh…
Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)
Even religious law can have loopholes…
Drowning (Weare, 1824)
Oh no, another disaster down by the Piscataquog… Or IS it?!?!
Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft
How did they know the “Great Witch of Weare” was really a witch?
The Witch’s Ride (Weare)
Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!
Haunted House (Weare)
Let’s peek into another Weare haunting…
The Great Witch of Weare
What lively places these NH towns must have been, back in the early days with the witches and ghosts!
Terribly Troubled with Ghosts (Weare)
In which strange noises emanate from the unfinished room above …
Ghost in the Corn Field (Weare)
Weare historian William Little has little patience for rumors of hauntings. Here, John Hodgdon boldly investigates a spooky shade in his corn field … More
More Deaths (Weare)
More tragic ends for some of Weare’s early citizens:
Kick of a Horse (Weare)
Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends. Let’s take a … More
Rats (Weare)
You can’t snag rats and pinch pennies at the same time…
Snakes (Weare)
Let’s see what the old timers were up to in Weare, as related in William Little’s exhaustive History… (1888):
