Revelations Of Old Almanacs
PHOTO: 1937 Old Farmer’s Almanac. “Oh, Young New Year, take not these things from me- The olden faiths; the shining loyalty Of friends the long and searching years have proved – The glowing hearthfires, and…
Category: Not So Long Ago
The Almanack Man – Dudley Leavitt
PHOTO: 1910 Leavitt’s Farmer’s Almanac. If someone mentions the word “almanac” you might think of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the one published in New Hampshire, or Poor Richard’s Almanack, a publication of the past authored…
Katherine’s Christmas Eve Vow – Part II
PHOTO: And it was then, on that Christmas Eve, as the country was recognizing the birth of Jesus Christ, that Katherine Pollock broke her silence about the mysterious man who had so recently been a…
Faithful Unto Death – Katherine’s Christmas Eve Vow
PHOTO: On that Christmas Eve as Katherine knelt at that chapel altar she pleaded to be shown the path she should take in life. Painting by Hubert Salentin – Young Girl Praying. Sometime in the…
A Puritan Who Wouldn’t Conform- Reverend Stephen Bachiler
PHOTO IMAGE: Great Boar’s Head, Hampton Beach, NH. Hampton was founded by the controversial figure Stephen Bachiler, according to many history books. He is also a distant relative of History writer Robert Hanaford Smith who…
Puritans In New Hampshire -The Coming Of A Thankful People
IMAGE: Artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris created his oil painting to depict the first Thanksgiving as a peaceful affair celebrated by the pilgrims and the Native Americans with a bounty of feasting foods, including blueberries.…
Indian Summer
PHOTO: Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., reminisces on the time of the year when fall turns back to summer. Known as Indian Summer, its history can be traced back to the 1800s. Postcard from the publisher’s…
Quacks, Peddlers, And The Militia
PHOTO: Bloodletting as a medical procedure. There are certain things and, to be honest, certain types of people, that try our patience either because they repeatedly do things that we find distasteful or they just…
Who Is Eligible To Vote? More Than Before
IMAGE: “The County Election” by George Caleb Bingham. If you were an eligible voter in Hampton, New Hampshire during the mid-1600’s you would have probably cast your votes with corn and beans.A Colonial Act in…
Results Of The 1920 Election – Decisive Victories In New Hampshire
PHOTO: Elected 100 years ago, NH Governor Albert O. Brown had strong opinions about a state income tax, and that if government couldn’t operate efficiently it would become a reality. On November 2, 1920 New…
Meeting In The Mountains -NH Publisher’s Notes
PHOTO: Joe Dodge, founder of the Appalachian Mountain Club White Mountain Hut System. Unusual happenings and astounding feats are related by those who live and work among the mountains of New Hampshire and some of…
Laconia’s Colonel Sanders And Other Businessmen Of Years Past
PHOTO: Colonel George Sanders. Newspapers sometimes print special editions to give special attention to certain events, businesses, or people.The News and Critic published a “Special Edition” booklet around the year 1892 featuring businesses and prominent…
Roads I’ve Traveled In The Granite State
PHOTO: This of the road near our home that is now classified as a Class 6 road and not maintained by the town with pass at your own risk sign at the entrance. Snow and…
Not Fair – No Fair – No Fares .. Not So For Sandwich Fair’s Jubilee Year
PHOTO: Picture in the Sandwich Fair Program of “rig” that won a blue ribbon in one of the Fairs. Owned by Ralph Scarborough of Melrose, Mass., a former summer visitor in Sandwich. On the first…
The Strawberry Pasture Murder – A September Trial
PHOTO: Picture of woodcut print of Poem on Abraham Prescott’s Confession. It was the first Tuesday of September in the year 1833 when Abraham Prescott was indicted in the Merrimack County Court at Concord for…