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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Concord New Hampshire: A Year of Celebration in 2015
Concord is a city with a complex past. Its not surprising that people aren’t quite sure what anniversary, or even which ‘founder,’ to celebrate historically. In the case of anniversaries–they celebrate them all. Anyone who was present for Concord New … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, New Hampshire Men, Really Old News
Tagged anniversary, celebrate, celebration, centennial, Concord, Eastman, family, first, founder, founding, Henry, jubilee, Malden, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, NH, origin, Penacook, Pennycook, Richard, Rolfe, Rumford, settler, Uran, Urann, Urin
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New Hampshire’s Old Time Christmas Traditions and Decorations
In New Hampshire’s early days, Christmas was celebrated in a much quieter and sedate manner. The early New England immigrants were stern opponents of what we consider today to be our usual Christmas pastimes. Even up until the 1870s Christmas … Continue reading
Popular Superstitions of the Winter Season: 1840
POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE WINTER SEASON From: Saturday, December 26, 1840; Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth NH) page 2 Associated with Christmas and the New Year are many of the popular superstitious rites and ceremonies of former times, … Continue reading
Ho, The Klondike: Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Failed Quest for Gold in 1898
Between the years 1896 and 1899 an estimated 100,000 prospectors headed to Alaska following a gold discovery there. Some Portsmouth New Hampshire men were part of that stampede of prospectors hoping to return home wealthy. Only an estimated 4,000 of … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Travel
Tagged Concord, expedition, Gold, gold rush, Hawaii, Klondike, man, men, New Hampshire, NH, nugget, Portsmouth, prospector, San Francisco, schooner, Yukon
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