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Author Archives: Janice Brown
New Hampshire Missing Places: Information Booths
Starting at least by the 1930s, about the same time that the federal government became involved in making improvements to many state-owned park properties, a small building was erected in many towns and cities, designed to be an “Information Booth, … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places
Tagged Area, Booth, building, cottage, Info, Information, Rest, Safety, tourist, town, visitor
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New Durham New Hampshire’s Educator, Lawyer, Suffragist, Humanitarian and Author: Marilla Marks (Young) Ricker (1840-1920)
“I’m going to run for governor [of New Hampshire], although I have not the slightest idea of ever becoming governor,” announced Mrs. Ricker… I’m running for governor in order to get people into the habit of thinking of women as … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged agnostic, ambassador, attorney, author, California, DC, diplomat, District of Columbia, Dover, Durham, first, free thinker, Governor, John, lawyer, Marilla, New Durham, New Hampshire, NH, poor, Ricker, right, seacoast, suffrage, suffragist, vote, Washington, woman, writer, Young
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New Hampshire’s Cranberry Bogs and Meadows
When I hear the word cranberry, I most often things of masses of bobbing, minute fruit in Massachusetts or New Jersey bogs, although I know it grows in other states too. It was not until recently that I discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Native Peoples, New Hampshire Glossary, Really Old News, Recipes
Tagged Auburn, Berlin, bog, canned, cranberry, craneberry, first, fruit, Manchester, Marcus, marsh, meadow, Native American, New Hampshire, NH, ocean, pemmican, rare, Spray, Urann
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Old Thanksgiving Recipes from New Hampshire Newspapers
Whitpot, Chow Chow, Roley-Poley, Furmity–all words used to describe recipes that were common in our grand and great-grandmother’s day. Should these once preferred foodstuffs be allowed to sink into obscurity, and to no longer grace the palates of our modern … Continue reading
Posted in History, Recipes
Tagged antique, biscuit, catsup, Chow Chow, clam soup, corn, cranberry pie, dumplings, eggs, food, fricassee, fruit cake, Furmity, german toast, Indian loaf, oyster patties, pumpkin, recipe, recipes, Roley-Poley, tea kisses, Thanksgiving, Whitpot
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The Origin of the New Hampshire Historical Society
Today the New Hampshire Historical Society has a strong presence in the state, and maintains several buildings to house the collections and the library of the society in Concord, New Hampshire. Even the collectors of history have a history of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Structures
Tagged Concord, farmer, first, historic, Historical, history, Jacob, John, Main, Merrimack County Bank, New Hampshire, NH, organization, Plumer, society, Street
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