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Tag Archives: NH
New Hampshire’s Old Time Christmas Traditions and Decorations
In New Hampshire’s early days, Christmas was celebrated in a much quieter and sedate manner. The early New England immigrants were stern opponents of what we consider today to be our usual Christmas pastimes. Even up until the 1870s Christmas … Continue reading
Ho, The Klondike: Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Failed Quest for Gold in 1898
Between the years 1896 and 1899 an estimated 100,000 prospectors headed to Alaska following a gold discovery there. Some Portsmouth New Hampshire men were part of that stampede of prospectors hoping to return home wealthy. Only an estimated 4,000 of … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Travel
Tagged Concord, expedition, Gold, gold rush, Hawaii, Klondike, man, men, New Hampshire, NH, nugget, Portsmouth, prospector, San Francisco, schooner, Yukon
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Manchester New Hampshire’s Rock Rimmon–The Landmark, Park and Dupont Pool
..How “The Rock” was named.. Lets go back in time about 165 years. It is obvious from the existence of the following two items, that at least as early as 1847 the great stone ledge of West Manchester was called … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Structures
Tagged candidate, children mural, Chris Pothier, Commissioner, county, democrat, Dupont, Germain, Hampshire, heart attack, Heights, Hillsborough, Laurette, Manchester, mayor, new, NH, pad, Raymond, Rimmon, rock, side, splash, west
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New Durham New Hampshire’s Educator, Lawyer, Suffragist, Humanitarian and Author: Marilla Marks (Young) Ricker (1840-1920)
“I’m going to run for governor [of New Hampshire], although I have not the slightest idea of ever becoming governor,” announced Mrs. Ricker… I’m running for governor in order to get people into the habit of thinking of women as … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged agnostic, ambassador, attorney, author, California, DC, diplomat, District of Columbia, Dover, Durham, first, free thinker, Governor, John, lawyer, Marilla, New Durham, New Hampshire, NH, poor, Ricker, right, seacoast, suffrage, suffragist, vote, Washington, woman, writer, Young
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New Hampshire’s Cranberry Bogs and Meadows
When I hear the word cranberry, I most often things of masses of bobbing, minute fruit in Massachusetts or New Jersey bogs, although I know it grows in other states too. It was not until recently that I discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Native Peoples, New Hampshire Glossary, Really Old News, Recipes
Tagged Auburn, Berlin, bog, canned, cranberry, craneberry, first, fruit, Manchester, Marcus, marsh, meadow, Native American, New Hampshire, NH, ocean, pemmican, rare, Spray, Urann
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