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Tag Archives: Francestown
New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Francestown
Francestown was, and still is, a rural community southwest of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1910 before the World War the town’s population was 602. Just a few years after the war in 1920 the census had drastically dropped to 363, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, action, buried, cemetery, died, disease, Francestown, Hampshire, Historical, I, killed, Kitson, memorial, miitary, monument, new, New Hampshire, NH, One, photograph, service, society, Theo, war, world, Wounds, WW1, WWI
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New Hampshire Glossary: Soapstone
Soapstone is a metamorphic rock, usually called Steatite by mineralogists, that formed from 300 to 400 million years ago under … Continue reading
Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Glossary
Tagged bed, bedwarmer, Francestown, Hampshire, marker, new, New Hampshire, NH, quarry, rock, soap, soapstone, stone, stove, warmer
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Francestown New Hampshire Attorney, Governor, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and Navy, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Levi Woodbury (1798-1851)
Levi Woodbury was born on 22 December 1789 in Francestown NH,
named after his uncle Levi, who had been captured during … Continue reading
Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Politics
Tagged attorney, Francestown, Governor, Justice, navy, NH, Supreme Court
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Francestown New Hampshire Motorcycle Inventor: Sylvester H. Roper (1823-1896)
The Smithsonian Museum defines a motorcycle as, “a self-propelled, engine-powered, two-wheeled vehicle.”
That time-honored institution gives Sylvester H. Roper credit for creating the earliest known example … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 1867, first, Francestown, inventor, motorcycle, New Hampshire, steam, Sylvester Roper, velocipede
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Motorcycle Invented in New Hampshire
Invented in 1867 by Francestown New Hampshire native, Sylvester Howard Roper, it was powered by coal. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged coal, Francestown, invention, motorcycle, New Hampshire, Roper
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