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Monthly Archives: August 2008
1786 Poem: "The Grumbling Clown"
Beneath an oak a rustick clown
Lay lounging in the shade,
Complaining loud of Fortune's gifts,
And call'd her — … Continue reading
Madison, New Hampshire: Home to New England’s Largest "Lost Rock"
Well, the Madison Boulder is not exactly lost.
Hundreds if not thousands of people take a gander at this 5,000 … Continue reading
New Hampshire Glossary: Saleratus & Other Baking Terms
Old time cooking terms, not usually heard today, can be gleaned from old New Hampshire newspapers.
A few of them … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged chafing dish, colonial, cooking, definition, gill, hogshead, noggin, old, saleratus, sweet milk, terms
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Indian Stream Republic NH Native and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Charles D. Parker (1827-1925)
When he was just nine years old, Charles D. Parker was with his father when he moved his family by cart from the Indian Stream Republic… Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Men
Tagged Charles D. Parker, Coos County, Governor, Indian Stream Republic, New Hampshire, NH, Parker, Wisconsin
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Grenier Field (or Grenier Air Base)
Back in the 1940s and 1950s residents would frequently hear airplanes and jets roar across the skies of southern New … Continue reading
Posted in Military of New Hampshire, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Aviation
Tagged air base, airplane, aviation, base, Field, fliers, flight, Grenier, pilot
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