The Turnaround
PHOTO: The turnaround is Sanbornville/Wakefield is a circle of cut granite placed block to block in a round pit about four feet below ground level. (Claudia Stephens Photos) by Dolores Beal StephensContributing Writer There is…
Tag: NH History
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…
Boat Museum Announces Free Admission Days
The New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro will offer free admission for residents of NH on Saturday, September 19th and for residents of the town of Wolfeboro on Saturday September 26th.“We want anyone who has…
September Comes As Normal In 1902 – Goings On Around The Area
PHOTO: Laconia Fair Ad from September 6, 1902 issue of Ashland Citizen. Here in the year 2020 people are talking about the “new normal” brought about by the onslaught of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Actually what…
Ernest Thompson Will Narrate 14th Annual Boathouse Tour
WOLFEBORO – Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, director, actor and songwriter Ernest Thompson will narrate the New Hampshire Boat Museum’s first virtual Boathouse Tour. “Mr. Thompson lives in New Hampshire and cherishes our lakes, which is why…
A Town’s Effort To Educate Its Children
An 1878 Lesson On How To Do Better As New Hampshire schools open for a new school year in this year of 2020 students and teachers are experiencing changes to their usual expectations of the…
Historic State House Chair Donated To Archives
PHOTO: NH Rep. John Plumer (right) with his wife, Denise and NH Secretary Of State Bill Gardner stand by the chair used by Plumer’s great-grandfather Charles Nathaniel Plumer when he was in the state legislature.…
The Anti-Suffrage Movement The Home, Hearth, And Mother Crowd
PHOTO: Not all women were on board with the 19th Amendment which would give them the right to vote. When Dr. Anna Shaw, the President of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association, was asked why…
Laconia High School Class Of 1920
PHOTO: Laconia High School Class of 1920. In this unusual year of 2020 in mid-summer there is still celebrating happening for the graduation of this year’s class of seniors, so I guess it is not…
Prelude To Prohibition – NH Changed Its Drinking Habits
During much of the first half of the 19th century (1800’s) the consumption of alcoholic beverages, particularly rum and hard cider, was almost universal in New Hampshire with both men and women consuming large amounts.At…
Another Preservation Success Story
PHOTO: A class photo taken at the Gale School in Belmont, NH. After a decades long effort, the 1894 stick-style building has been saved. It has been moved to a new location and will be…
When Rum Ruled – NH Had A Drinking Problem
Eight cents for a pint of rum, sixteen cents for a quart, 29 cents for two quarts, and 54 cents for a gallon of the alcoholic beverage.A New Hampton merchant who, as was customary in…
Spruce Pond Conservation Camp – The Old Guy Still Remembers
PHOTO: One of Bob H. Smith’s memories of conservation camp was that one afternoon or evening was reserved for learning how to shoot a bow and arrow.. I had my initiation into a summer camp…
Ashland R.R. Station Museum Open For Summer
The Ashland Railroad Station Museum, one of the best preserved railroad stations in the state, opened for its summer season on July 4. The station was built in 1869 for the Boston, Concord & Montreal…