Monthly Archives: January 2007

New Hampshire Reds

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

Somewhere around 1915, a few New … Continue reading

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Poem: After Apple Picking, by Robert Frost

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

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

Jonathan Myrick Daniels was born in 1939 in Keene, New Hampshire, son of Dr. Philip B. Daniels and his … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Glossary: Selectman

Selectmen, or assessors are the elected officials of a town. This term evolved from “ten men” (c1634) to “select … Continue reading

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


One day thru the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves should;
But made a trail, all bent … Continue reading

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