Tag Archives: NH

New Hampshire's Decoration Day

Posted on 26 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

New Hampshire, like many other northern states, first started celebrating what we call Memorial Day, as “Decoration Day” … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Dame’s Gore

Posted on 24 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

In colonial times a gore was the name for a strip of land not large enough to create an entire … Continue reading →

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Speechless Sunday: Three New Hampshire Mothers

Posted on 11 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

Today I celebrate three New Hampshire mothers in photographs…. Continue reading →

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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)

Posted on 8 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

Levi Woodbury was born on 22 December 1789 in Francestown NH,

named after his uncle Levi, who had been captured during … Continue reading →

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Clarks Trading Post: Celebrating 90 Years

Posted on 6 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

To tourists and natives alike Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln New Hampshire seems to have been around forever.  Taint True. 

But they've … Continue reading →

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