Category Archives: History

New Hampshire Missing Places: Janesville

Posted on 6 October, 2014 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire has had very few places named after women.  In fact, I don’t know of any others beside Janeville (Janesville in some documents).  Leave it to the city “fathers” to obliterate the name of the only ancient village in … Continue reading →

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They put the E&R into the Laundry Business: Manchester NH’s Eugene Caron and Robert Morin

Posted on 27 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

E&R Laundry has been a mainstay of the Manchester New Hampshire Laundry business since 1921.  It was not the first laundry company in the city, nor will it be the last, but it has grown into one of the largest … Continue reading →

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Goffstown NH: Villa Augustina aka St. Claudine Villa Academy

Posted on 22 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

In 1907 or 1908 the Religious of Jesus and Mary purchased part of the farm formerly owned by David Little, and a few years later purchased the Charles A. Upham place, and even later two hundred acres of land adjoining.  … Continue reading →

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A Portsmouth NH Sea Captain’s Daughter and Wife: Sarah Chase “Sallie” (Tibbetts) Salter (1792-1868)

Posted on 18 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

Her lovely, wrinkled face looks out at you from an ancient photograph, taken about the time of the Civil War.  Sallie Tibbetts was born the daughter of a sea captain, and she married a sea captain.  In addition to the … Continue reading →

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A White Mountain Ghost Story

Posted on 14 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

The wind whistled mournfully around the hotel as the story was being told, and the hearers involuntarily clustered nearer one another and waited the next gloomy reminiscence. It came from an elderly gentleman who wouldn’t vouch for its truthfulness, but … Continue reading →

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