Rural Free Delivery – Mail To The Country Homes
PHOTO: A 1905 mail vehicle. The first mailing address that I remember knowing about, assigned to the place where I lived, had no street number, no street mentioned, and a town listed on it that…
Tag: NH History
More Of Summer Days Of Old
Summertime in New Hampshire for a young boy in the 1940’s and 1950’s was not always fun. We had our pandemic then, though I don’t remember it being called such. It was polio, and I…
Celebrating The Mount’s 150th Anniversary
At The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum
The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum is now welcoming visitors to this season’s recently opened special exhibition focusing on the 150th anniversary of the Mount Washington.
Memories Of Our Trips To The Weirs
& Cavalry Building In The 1930s
PHOTO: Rosalie Lombard, fourth from left in second row, along with family and friends on the steps of the Cavalry Building in the Weirs in 1948. Rosalie, who now lives in Florida, has visited the…
A Living Place Honoring Those Who Served
PHOTO: Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Hirtle, one of the volunteer buglers who plays taps regularly at the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery, kneels with his herald trumpet at the tomb of his son,…
Anticipating Spring In NH 1745 – Danger Lurking In The Woods
PHOTO: Fort #4 was first settled by 10 families in 1736 and the fort that became an important refuge was made up of six houses that were connected and included a tower with a view…
Popular Laconia Sled Dog Races – Winter Sports In 1934
PHOTO: Leonhard Seppala the winner of the first Laconia race in 1929. Because it was the Laconia Evening Citizen instead of a morning publication the Laconia newspaper was able to print the results of the…
Treasure Trove Of Motorcycle History Goes Up In Smoke
PHOTO: The charred remains of some of the “salvageable” artifacts damaged in the fire at the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association office in Laconia on Christmas Day. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in memorabilia of the…
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…
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…
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…