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Wednesday, January 31

Hanover New Hampshire Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet, and Teacher, Richard G. Eberhart (1904-2005)

by Janice Brown on Wed 31 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

What more can possibly be said (that hasn't already been) about a man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ... more »

Keywords: teacher, poet, Newhampshire, New, Hanover, Hampshire, Dartmouth

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Monday, January 29

New Hampshire's Hellish Locations

by Janice Brown on Mon 29 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

Yes, despite New Hampshire's well-earned reputation as a place of beauty, it has at least two locations with devilish names.... more »

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Saturday, January 27

New Hampshire Glossary: Intervale

by Janice Brown on Sat 27 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

"Intervale" is a word unique to New England.

It is used to describe low-lying meadow land, usually along a river, ... more »

Keywords: river, Newhampshire, New, meadow, intervale, Hampshire

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Thursday, January 25

New Hampshire Missing Places: Ben Franklin Profile Rock

by Janice Brown on Thu 25 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

A fascinating gentleman named Jim Moore has a passion for rock formations with human-like appearances (similar to the Old Man ... more »

Keywords: Lynch, John, granite, governor, place, missing, profile, Franklin, washington, stone, rock, Newhampshire, New, Jackson, Hampshire

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Tuesday, January 23

Mason New Hampshire's Author, Teacher, and Painter, Elizabeth Orton "Twig" Jones (1910 -2005)

by Janice Brown on Tue 23 Jan 2007 01:00 AM EST

Elizabeth Orton Jones was born 25 June 1910 in Highland Park, Illinois, the daughter of George Robert & Jessie Mae ... more »

Keywords: Mason, writer, woman, Newhampshire, New, library, illustrator, history, historian, Hampshire

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I'ved Been Tagged: 5 Things You Never Wanted to Know

by Janice Brown on Tue 23 Jan 2007 12:03 AM EST

My friend Randy, at Genea-Musings, tagged me recently for the meme challenge. Now I'm supposed to reveal 5 ... more »

Keywords: challenge, meme, tagged

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Sunday, January 21

The Remick Family & Museum of Tamworth New Hampshire

by Janice Brown on Sun 21 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

If you could be teleported back into the past, to experience a bit of what life was like at ... more »

Keywords: Tamworth, museum, physician, farm, doctor

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Friday, January 19

New Hampshire Reds

by Janice Brown on Fri 19 Jan 2007 01:00 AM EST

New Hampshire has its very own breed of poultry, called New Hampshire Reds.

Somewhere around 1915, a few New ... more »

Keywords: poultry, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, chicken

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New Hampshire Historical Markers

by Janice Brown on Fri 19 Jan 2007 01:00 AM EST

Today I've added a new category to my list of topics for this blog, namely "New Hampshire Historical Markers."

I ... more »

Keywords: historical, sign, marker, Newhampshire, New, history, historic, highway, Hampshire

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Wednesday, January 17

Poem: After Apple Picking, by Robert Frost

by Janice Brown on Wed 17 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside ... more »

Keywords: apple, Robert, poetry, poet, poem, Frost

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Monday, January 15

Keene New Hampshire's Civil Rights Activist and Martyr, Jonathan Myrick Daniels (1939-1965)

by Janice Brown on Mon 15 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

Jonathan Myrick Daniels was born in 1939 in Keene, New Hampshire, son of Dr. Philip B. Daniels and his ... more »

Keywords: rights, Newhampshire, New, martyr, civil

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Saturday, January 13

New Hampshire Glossary: Selectman

by Janice Brown on Sat 13 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

Selectmen, or assessors are the elected officials of a town. This term evolved from "ten men" (c1634) to "select ... more »

Keywords: selectman, woman, town, official, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, glossary

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Thursday, January 11

Poem: "The Calf Path" by Sam Walter Foss (1895)

by Janice Brown on Thu 11 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

One day thru the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves should;
But made a trail, all bent ... more »

Keywords: poet, poem, cow

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Tuesday, January 9

Lets Replace New Hampshire's State Bird--Purple Finch

by Janice Brown on Tue 09 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

The Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, was officially named New Hampshire's state bird in 1957. The New Hampshire Federation of Women's ... more »

Keywords: state, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, bird

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Sunday, January 7

Lancaster New Hampshire Punk Rock Musician, Kevin Michael "G.G." Allin (1956-1993)

by Janice Brown on Sun 07 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

G.G. Allin's biography was not typical of those I usually research for this blog>. I've never listened to his ... more »

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Friday, January 5

New Hampshire's Role: The Cows That Went South

by Janice Brown on Fri 05 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

Quite by chance I came across a web article about cows that went south. Nope, not to Bermuda, I mean ... more »

Keywords: guernsey, publisher, Peterborough, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, cow

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