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Tag Archives: New Hampshire
The Hampton Beach Casino: 115 Years Old and Going Strong in New Hampshire
My interest in the Hampton Beach Casino was renewed recently when I read the following article, dated 9 April 1898 from the Portsmouth Herald. “CASINO AT HAMPTON BEACH–The Exeter Street Railway Company has received and is submitting to contractors, plans … Continue reading
They put the E&R into the Laundry Business: Manchester NH’s Eugene Caron and Robert Morin
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
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Structures
Tagged Botnick, business, Caron, Central, E&R, Gold, Laundry, Manchester, Morin, New Hampshire, NH, Street
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Goffstown NH: Villa Augustina aka St. Claudine Villa Academy
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
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, Structures
Tagged Augustin, Augustina, Augustine, boarding, Canada, Canadian, Claudine, convent, Daniel Little, farmhouse, French, Goffstown, High School, language, New Hampshire, NH, nun, Religious of Jesus and Mary, school, Villa, Villa Augustina
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A Portsmouth NH Sea Captain’s Daughter and Wife: Sarah Chase “Sallie” (Tibbetts) Salter (1792-1868)
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
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Captain, Jane Frost, John, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, Sallie, Sally, Salter, Sarah Chase, sea, Tibbetts, wife, woman, women
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A White Mountain Ghost Story
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
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History
Tagged death, ghost, haunted, monument, Mount, mountain, Mt, New Hampshire, NH, snow, snowstorm, storm, story, tale, Tip Top House, Washington
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