Category Archives: Creatures

New Hampshire Tidbits: Beware the Little Red Devil in the Tree Above

Posted on 24 February, 2021 by Janice Brown

Depending on where you live in the United States you may call these furry creatures: tiny beasts, chickarees, fairy diddles, cute, squacks, pests, little red devils, pine squirrels, red squirrels, or even Tamiasciurus hudsonicus if you are the brainy sort. … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s First Cattle: Captain Mason’s Yellow Cowes

Posted on 1 June, 2018 by Janice Brown

June 1st is World Milk Day and this is National Dairy Month, so it’s the perfect day to write about cows and cattle. It is also time for a confession of sorts–the black and white Holstein cow that I have … Continue reading →

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Barking Up the Family Tree Again: How Pets Humanize Our Genealogy

Posted on 18 July, 2016 by Janice Brown

It is easy to view our more recent ancestors, our parents and grandparents, in a humanistic light. Many times we knew them personally, we remember them from a first-person experience. We know how they looked, sounded, felt, reacted. Based on … Continue reading →

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Cow Stories: Claremont New Hampshire’s American Mammoth Ox and Hon Isaac Hubbard

Posted on 8 December, 2015 by Janice Brown

My regular readers know, due to my blog title, that it is mandatory for me to throw in a bovine story from time to time. I came across a marvelous lithograph of a great ox, and heard a tale immediately … Continue reading →

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No Goot! Its a New Hampshire Coot!

Posted on 10 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

The Daily Herald newspaper of Provo Utah printed an interesting blurb on 19 February 1954: NO GOOT! BOSCAWEN, N.H. (UP) — James Lee, chief state research biologist, asked to identify a bird shot by a hunter, replied: “It’s a coot, … Continue reading →

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