Tag Archives: NH

New Hampshire’s Deadly Thunder-Boomers

Posted on 7 January, 2011 by Janice Brown

No one seems to be certain when the term “thunder boomer” was first used. 

Cassell's dictionary of slang (Jonathon Green) … Continue reading →

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Rindge New Hampshire Teacher, Historian, Genealogist, Editor, Legislator, NH Secretary of State: Ezra Scollay Stearns, A.M. (1838-1915)

Posted on 2 January, 2011 by Janice Brown

Anyone performing genealogy research extensively in New Hampshire and Massachusetts is bound to run into a reference, or a book … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: Top Ten List For 2010

Posted on 29 December, 2010 by Janice Brown

It has been said that the very first “Top Ten” list originated in People magazine

 (although similar lists were also … Continue reading →

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1786 Poem: "The Grumbling Clown"

Posted on 25 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Beneath an oak a rustick clown
 Lay lounging in the shade,
Complaining loud of Fortune's gifts,
 And call'd her — … Continue reading →

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Madison, New Hampshire: Home to New England’s Largest "Lost Rock"

Posted on 23 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Well, the Madison Boulder is not exactly lost. 

Hundreds if not thousands of people take a gander at this 5,000 … Continue reading →

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