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Manchester New Hampshire’s Michael Prout: He put the ‘Prout’ in ‘Prout Park’ 17 Aug 2013 | 06:04 am
Michael Prout was an English farmer’s son, born 24 Feb 1824 in Plymouth, Devon, England. It is not known what influenced his immigration to the United States, that occurred about 1845. What is defi...
1844: How a Yankee Weathervane Caused a Chinese Riot 18 Jul 2013 | 09:18 am
Another New Hampshire Blogger, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of Nutfield Genealogy, inspired this story. Her photographic collection of weather vanes and the stories that go with them caused me to ponder t...
Prominent Events in Early America (and New Hampshire) History 13 Jul 2013 | 10:34 am
PROMINENT EVENTS in Early America, New England and New Hampshire (including the American Revolution) The following was gleaned from the History of Barnstead NH from its first settlement in 1727 to 18...
1873-1890: How New Hampshire’s Weather Was Foretold 8 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
We take many things for granted, including weather forecasts. With the quickly changing elements in New Hampshire, there have been times I’ve felt badly for our local meteorologists. How can they pos...
New Hampshire’s 4th of July: Freedom to those who have virtue to defend it 3 Jul 2013 | 10:42 am
“Freedom to those who have virtue to defend it.” – one of the toasts offered by the Provincial Congress to his Excellency General Washington, and his suite, the General and Staff Officers, and the Com...
New Hampshire’s 250 Year Old Towns 30 Jun 2013 | 02:50 pm
Happy Sestercentennial, Semiquincentennial, or Quarter-millennial to you! In 1763 thirteen towns in New Hampshire were considered official by proclamation of then Provincial Governor Benning Wentwort...
Ancestry.com: Why Is A Good Idea Going the Way of the Flash Mob? 28 Jun 2013 | 03:45 am
It’s close to midnight Some sap is dripping from my family tree Under computer screen light You see search results that make you want to flee You try to shriek But a zillion family hits just blur your...
Immigrant to New Hampshire: Cora Alvina Parnell (1868-1913) 25 Jun 2013 | 12:29 pm
The lovely face of Cora Alvina Parnell stared back at me from the computer screen. She was probably not a relative, I thought, at least based on her surname. But for whatever reason, I clicked “buy” ...
A Manchester, New Hampshire Small Grocery: Morency’s Market & the Morency Family 20 Jun 2013 | 11:50 am
Over the past two hundred plus years, these shops have been called by many names: grocer, grocery & provision store, fruit & grocery, grocery company, market, retail store, corner store, convenience s...
New Hampshire’s Fathers’ Day History 16 Jun 2013 | 09:20 pm
The celebration of Fathers’ Day in New Hampshire is over 100 years old, unofficially that is. The anniversary date hinges really on which year you consider as the advent of Fathers’ Day in our state....
