Tag Archives: New Hampshire

Henniker New Hampshire Poet: Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923)

Posted on 7 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

Edna Dean Proctor was born in Henniker NH in 1827, on Proctor’s Hill overlooking the Contoocook River. She was educated in early years at home by her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Seminary and at Concord NH. Her life’s professions … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Women, Poetry | Tagged bioggraphy, bridge, Contoocook, Edna Dean Proctor, Framingham, genealogy, governess, Henniker, Henry Ward Beecher, MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, NH, poem, poet, poetess, Proctor, river, teacher, woman | 9 Comments

Gram’s New Hampshire Flower Garden

Posted on 5 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

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 | 2 Comments

New Hampshire Slanguage: Hornpout

Posted on 12 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

No self-respecting New Hampshire fisherman (or woman) can ply their leisure pastime for long…

before they end up with a … Continue reading →

Posted in New Hampshire Slanguage | Tagged bullhead, cat, catfish, fish, Hampshire, horn, horned, hornpout, Identification, identify, language, new, New Hampshire, NH, pout, slang, slanguage | 2 Comments

North Hampton New Hampshire: Fuller Gardens

Posted on 11 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

In the early 1920's, construction of Fuller Gardens, a formal estate garden in the Colonial Revival style, in North Hampton … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Irish in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Women | Tagged Alvan, Alvin, Davenport, estate, flowers, Fuller, garden, Hampshire, Hampton, Irish, new, New Hampshire, NH, north, North Hampton, Tufts, Viola | 2 Comments

New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Cog Railway

Posted on 9 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

The Mountain Washington Cog Railway is unique–it is the first cog railway built in the world, and it has the … Continue reading →

Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Glossary, New Hampshire Men, Structures, Travel | Tagged built, cog, Hampshire, history, inventor, marsh, Mount, mountain, Mt, new, New Hampshire, NH, railroad, railway, Sylvester, Washington, when | 4 Comments

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