Mountain Path, Franconia Notch, NH, Detroit Publishing Company postcards, Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, NYPL Digital Library
One day thru the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves should;
But made a trail, all bent askew,
A crooked trail, as all calves do.
Since then 300 years have fled,
And I infer the calf is dead.
But still, he left behind his trail
And thereby hangs my mortal tale. Continue reading
The Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, was officially named New Hampshire’s state bird in 1957. The New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs selected it, by popular vote, as their club’s state bird in 1927.
According to netstate, “The bill to adopt the purple finch as the state bird, was filed by Representative Robert S. Monahan of Hanover, then Dartmouth College forester, on February 12, 1957. He had support from the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs and, not surprisingly, the State Federation of Women’s Clubs.” Continue reading
Photograph from Carroll Davidson Wright, A Memorial by Horace G. Wadlin, 1911
G.G. Allin’s biography was not typical of those I usually research for this blog. I’ve never listened to his music, nor seen one of his performances. Nor do I wish I had. Up until a few months ago, I had never heard of him.
Be forewarned: If you do not wish to read disturbing material, please refrain from selecting the links below. I have been careful, but truthful, in my presentation of this material.
If I solely wrote about New Hampshire’s history and people that I find comfortable, or politically correct, then I would not be honest with myself, or with you. I sometimes complain that our history books are sugar-coated, and that they contain selective topics supporting a single point of view. Therefore history honesty has to begin with me. Continue reading
Quite by chance I came across a web article about cows that went south. Nope, not to Bermuda, I mean FURTHER south. Try Antarctica.
In 1894 William H. Caldwell brought the American Guernsey Cattle Club to Peterborough. In 1933 the Guernsey Cattle Club arranged with Admiral Richard E. Byrd, to take three Guernsey cows along with him on his 1933 trip to provide fresh milk. The cow’s names were Deerfoot, Emmadine and Klondike. Continue reading
