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New Hampshire Tidbits: Famed Baseball Player Ted Williams liked Cow Hampshire

Posted on 6 May, 2016 by Janice Brown

Perhaps the title of this story is slightly misleading. I am not sure whether Ted Williams LIKED the term ‘Cow Hampshire’ but he did seem to enjoy using it.  Apparently to Ted Williams ‘Cow Hampshire’ was a place where hicks … Continue reading →

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Cow Hampshire: Celebrating my 10th Year Blogging Birthday

Posted on 16 March, 2016 by Janice Brown

Happy 10th Birthday Cow Hampshire.  My first post on this blog was made on March 16, 2006. On that date I posted this photograph, taken by my sister Kathi Webster at Shaker Village in Canterbury, New Hampshire.  She had passed … Continue reading →

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Cow Stories: A New Hampshire Toreador of 1920

Posted on 6 January, 2016 by Janice Brown

Bull fights are illegal in New Hampshire, but the animals involved in this story were cows. It happened when a flock of cows with “one track minds” congregated on the Boston & Maine line between here and York Harbor and … Continue reading →

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Cow Hampshire’s Strange But True Blog Statistics for 2015

Posted on 1 January, 2016 by Janice Brown

First, Happy 2016 to All.  I thought the first post of the year should include offering a few insights into where my readership comes from, and what sort of stories they (and you) prefer. As far as how viewers arrived … Continue reading →

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Cow Stories: Claremont New Hampshire’s American Mammoth Ox and Hon Isaac Hubbard

Posted on 8 December, 2015 by Janice Brown

My regular readers know, due to my blog title, that it is mandatory for me to throw in a bovine story from time to time. I came across a marvelous lithograph of a great ox, and heard a tale immediately … Continue reading →

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