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"The ongoing invisibility of women and girls is a serious issue for our country, and for the world. The invisibility of our history, heroes, stories, challenges, and success handicaps the future of all Americans, and it deeply affects our economy and our communities."--Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerWhat History Isn’t
“History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”
— Jodi Picoult, The StorytellerNovember 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Recent Comments
- Janice Brown on Littleton New Hampshire: Kilburn Stereoscopic Views
- Valley News - Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest – Westlebanon Valley News on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Friday’s Family History Finds | Empty Branches on the Family Tree on Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire
- “Mowed down like a pack of cards”: Carrie M. Hall, nurse. | American Women in World War I on Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing Founder, National Association President and Pioneer of American Nursing: Nashua New Hampshire’s Carrie May Hall (1873-1963)
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Category Archives: Genealogy
North Conway New Hampshire: Hotel Randall–Before It Was Eastern Slope Inn
Built prior to 1864 on the spot where Eastern Slope Inn now sits, was first a small summer boarding house of Jonathan Melvin Seavey, a Conway NH carpenter. In 1864 this structure was sold to James T. Randall. In 1888 … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Structures, Travel
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Inventor of the First American Alarm clock: Concord New Hampshire’s Levi Hutchins (1761-1855)
First, lets be clear–Levi Hutchins did not make the world’s very first alarm clock. He did however appear to make the first American alarm clock. Earlier alarm clocks include one made by Leonard Da Vinci, and those made in later … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Men
Tagged Abel, alarm, American, apprentice, Bunker Hill, clock, clockmaker, equipment, fifer, first, Gordon, Hannaford, Hutchins, Levi, maker, Phebe, revolution, surveyor, watch
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The Depressing End to the Life of W. Lebanon New Hampshire’s Express Clerk, Edward Payson Craft (1848-1882)
Edward Payson Craft’s story is a convoluted one. I purchased his photograph on one of the popular online auction websites. The seller’s ad stated: Here’s a great gem tintype (about the size of a postage stamp) of a young man … Continue reading
A Wounded Survivor of the War of 1812: Nottingham New Hampshire’s Colonel Joseph Cilley (1791-1887)
There were several men by the name of Joseph Cilley in the early annals of New Hampshire’s military history. To clarify–“The elder son [of Greenleaf Cilley] was known as Colonel Joseph Cilley, his grandfather was General Joseph Cilley, and his … Continue reading
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Deeds of Valor–Spanish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient: Bradford New Hampshire’s Walter Scott West (1872-1943)
He was born Scott Walter West, but used the name Walter Scott West when he enlisted for service in Company C, United States Marine Corp., assigned to the U.S.S. Marblehead (C-11). His native town was Bradford, New Hampshire, though his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradford, Cable, Cienfuegos, Cuba, cut, Hillsboro, Hillsborough, honor, Marblehead, marine, medal, Scott, US, Walter, west
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