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Manchester New Hampshire’s Michael Prout: He put the ‘Prout’ in ‘Prout Park’
Michael Prout was an English farmer’s son, born 24 Feb 1824 in Plymouth, Devon, England. It is not known what influenced his immigration to the United States, that occurred about 1845. What is definitively known is that Michael Prout was living … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged about, Ainsworth, Avenue, bequest, brewer, city, Hampshire, history, Jewett, Library, liquor, Manchester, new, New Hampshire, NH, park, Prout, Prout Park, saloon, Street, Young
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Gram’s New Hampshire Flower Garden
Four of my blog friends have recently written articles about flowers and old-fashioned flower gardens. Their stories made me fondly … Continue reading
Posted in Carnivals and Memes, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Addie, city, flower, garden, gram, grandmother, Hampshire, Manchester, Manning, new, New Hampshire, NH, photograph, Ryan, section, Shasta, side, southeast, Street
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New Hampshire: How the "Granite State" Got Its Name
Back in the 1820s New Hampshire residents were coasting along, not even realizing that their state needed a nickname.

Out … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men, Travel
Tagged bedrock, city, Columbia, Congress, DC, District, granite, Granite State, Jefferson, Library, memorial, moniker, name, named, Nations, new, New Hampshire, NH, origin, quarries, state, United, Washington, York
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Gilmanton New Hampshire Serial Killer: Herman Webster Mudgett (1861-1896)
Herman Webster Mudgett, using the alias of “Dr. H.H. Holmes“…
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was the first “identified” American serial killer. … Continue reading
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