Tag Archives: Merrimack

Merrimack New Hampshire Post Office History and Its First Woman Postmaster.

Posted on 28 September, 2021 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire has a long and interesting post office history dating back to 1673. This story is specific to the area that is now the town of Merrimack in Hillsborough County. For New Hampshire’s early post office and post road … Continue reading →

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NH Tidbits: Merrimack’s Special (Police) Officer Division

Posted on 7 May, 2021 by Janice Brown

On May 11, 2013 the Merrimack (NH) Police Department held an Open House and special event to honor all of the men and women who had served the town as police officers, special officers, auxiliary officers and constables. According to … Continue reading →

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Merrimack New Hampshire’s Educator, Artist, Civic Leader, Librarian: Emma Augusta Cross (1850-1933)

Posted on 27 April, 2021 by Janice Brown

Today few residents of Merrimack New Hampshire can remember a time without their iconic ‘Lowell Library‘ on the corner of Route 3 and Baboosic Lake Road. However, that structure was not erected until 1925.   Emma Cross was not the first … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: Merrimack’s Old Passaconaway Tree

Posted on 22 April, 2021 by Janice Brown

“The old trunks of trees rise round, Like pillars in a church of old; And the wind fills them with a sound As if a bell were tolled.” — The Angler’s Song — Isaac McLellan, Jr. The Nashua Telegraph of … Continue reading →

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Merrimack NH Missing Places: Great Dane Knitting Mill

Posted on 17 April, 2021 by Janice Brown

I happened across an October 1962 newspaper article when the Nashua Telegraph announced a visit by John W. King, then Democratic candidate for governor to various Merrimack NH companies including one called Great Dane Knitting Mills [see other locations he … Continue reading →

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