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Category Archives: History
Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Charity Worker and Suffragist: Sarah Whittier “Sallie” Hovey (1872-1932)
Sallie W. Hovey was the daughter of a prominent New Hampshire minister, and the sister of a navy Ensign who lost his life in the Philippines. In her own right she worked tirelessly to make sure that the poor and … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged admendment, Hovey, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, right, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, vote, voting, women
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1823: An Awful Casualty in Hopkinton NH
It was a chance encounter with the Silver family. If you research genealogy you are familiar with how it happens. I was researching an entirely different family, gleaning tidbits from old newspapers. And then this story leaped out from the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, R.I.P
Tagged accident, casualty, chimney, Hopkinton, Silver
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Hoping for that Aha Moment in Genealogy
Genealogy and history are naturally connected. History is made up of a series of events on a time line. Events consist of activities of people in a specific location, on a certain date. In order to be engaging, a well-created … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Personal History
Tagged aha!, story-telling, time capsule
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New Hampshire Missing Places: The Old Man of the Mountain
“He the eldest son of Time, has not changed in form or place since the floods retired. Yet even he shall crumble away. But when the man of granite rock is dissolved, the men of granite soul shall stand … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places
Tagged curator, Daniel Webster, face, fell, Franconia, Gauddes, granite, Great Stone Face, Guy Roberts, Hawthorne, makes men, mountain, New Hampshire, Nielsen, Old Man, profile, sign, trade, valet
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New Hampshire’s Fishing, Fisheries and Firsts
“Where, in many straggling group, Gnarled and crooked willows By a chaffing streamlet stoop, And their yellow branches droop, Tow’rd its tiny billows; Near the banks are little whirls,– Whirles of fretted water,– And beneath those rings of pearls Trout … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History
Tagged dams, depletion, fish, fishery, fishing, fishway, mills, Nashua, National, trouble, water power
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