Category Archives: N.H. Missing Places

A Manchester, New Hampshire Small Grocery: Morency’s Market & the Morency Family

Posted on 20 June, 2013 by Janice Brown

Over the past two hundred plus years, these shops have been called by many names: grocer, grocery & provision store, fruit & grocery, grocery company, market, retail store, corner store, convenience store. The corner grocery store has been an essential … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: The Old Man of the Mountain

Posted on 30 April, 2013 by Janice Brown

  “He the eldest son of Time, has not changed in form or place since the floods retired.  Yet even he shall crumble away. But when the man of granite rock is dissolved, the men of granite soul shall stand … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Bleachery

Posted on 23 August, 2012 by Janice Brown

When textiles were King (or Queen depending on your view) in New Hampshire, the Bleachery served an important function–to whiten or clean fabric, and other materials which needed lightening.  Back in the day when men wore straw hats and women … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Washington County

Posted on 3 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

For a brief span of time several New Hampshire towns along the Connecticut River were considered to be located in Washington County. . . Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Grenier Field (or Grenier Air Base)

Posted on 17 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Back in the 1940s and 1950s residents would frequently hear airplanes and jets roar across the skies of southern New … Continue reading →

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