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New Hampshire Tidbits: Portsmouth’s Haven Park and Porter Statue
I’ve taken the tour many times–a relaxed horse-drawn carriage ride taken through historic Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and right by Haven Park with the statue of General Fitz John Porter. It is the real history that interests me more than whether … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, NH Tidbits, Really Old News, Structures, Travel
Tagged Civil War, Eliza, Fitz, Fitz-John, Gen, General, Hampshire, Haven, John, Livermore, Maj, Major, marsh, military, new, NH, park, photograph, Pleasant, Porter, Portsmouth, Richard, Samuel, statue, Street
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The Celebrated Ventriloquist and Professor of Legerdemain & Namesake of Potter Place, New Hampshire: Richard Potter (1783-1835)
I was reading a 1968 article in the Nashua Telegraph about how Potter Place, New Hampshire is reportedly haunted. I suppose anywhere mankind has lived and died is haunted–Potter Place not less so. Besides, the official New Hampshire state marker … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, N.H. Historical Markers, R.I.P, Travel
Tagged black, black art, buried, cemetery, conjure, dark arts, first, ghost, grave, Harris, haunt, haunted, illusion, legerdemain, magician, mesmerism, mesmerist, mulatto, necromancer, perform, performance, performer, Potter, Potter Place, Richard, Sally, stage, throw, tricks, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, voice
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Franconia New Hampshire’s Indian Head Profile
An enormous stone face peers from a cliff on Mount Pemigewasset, in Franconia, New Hampshire. It sits not far from where its brother rock, The Old Man of the Mountains, once ruled the valley from his own prominence. The website, … Continue reading
Posted in Boulders and Profiles, History, Native Peoples, Structures, Travel
Tagged boulder, Cliff, Flume, Franconia, Hampshire, head, hike, hiking, Indian, Mount, Mt, new, New Hampshire, NH, observation, Pemi, Pemigewasset, profile, rock, stone, tourist, tower, Trail
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New Hampshire’s Rock Profile: The Watcher aka Old Woman of the Notch
New Hampshire rocks are often like the clouds in its skies–if you stare at them long enough they start to look like something else. She has been known by several names: The Watcher, the Old Woman of the Notch, the … Continue reading
Posted in Boulders and Profiles, History, Humor, New Hampshire Women, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, Structures, Travel
Tagged Cliff, Crag, Eagle, Franconia, lady, Lafayette, Mount, mountains, Mt, notch, old, Old Man, The, Watcher, woman
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