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Tag Archives: Lyndeborough
New Hampshire’s Last Highwaymen
New Hampshire doesn’t seem like a hot-spot for highwaymen, and indeed there have not been many. In the early history of the State, travelers either did not have much coin or they didn’t travel with it. Because the roads were … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
Tagged Bashan, Boscawen, Concord, England, executed, footpad, Hampshire, hanged, high, highway, highwayman, highwaymen, Huse, Irish, John, Karr, Lyndeborough, Maine, man, Martin, Massachsuetts, men, Michael, new, New Hampshire, NH, Portland, road, robber, thief, way, Wilton
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New Hampshire’s First Female Aviator, Well-Known Photographer and Philanthropist: Bernice Blake Perry (1905-1996)
Bernice Gertrude Blake was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on 2 March 1905, one of four children born to Edward C. & Gertrude (Hurd) Blake. Her father was an English-Canadian immigrant who had founded Blake’s Creamery, originally as a milk … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Aviation, New Hampshire Women
Tagged aviator, Bernice Blake, Bernice Perry, Blakes Creamery, charter member, first, license, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Milford, music, ninety-nines, philanthropist, philanthropy, photo, photographer, photography, pilot, scholarship, Wilton, Winthrop
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