Tag Archives: Derry

New Hampshire: First in the Nation Potato

Posted on 18 October, 2014 by Janice Brown

Even the United States Potato Board agrees that Londonderry New Hampshire played a leading role in the growth of the potato as a foodstuff in the American colonies.  Though not the first location on this continent where it became known … Continue reading →

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Poem: Ghost House, by Robert Frost (1906)

Posted on 31 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

  I Dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago, And left no trace but the cellar walls, And a cellar in which the daylight falls, And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.

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Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Educator & Library Trustee: Mary Harriett (Day) Low (1868-1957)

Posted on 27 August, 2013 by Janice Brown

A 36-year-old Mary Harriett Day, also known as “Hattie” peers out at you from this circa 1904 photograph.  She was unmarried at the time the photograph was taken, and probably a school teacher in the Derry-Londonderry area.  Within a year … Continue reading →

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Derry New Hampshire Astronaut: Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923-1998)

Posted on 8 February, 2007 by Janice Brown

Alan B. Shepard Jr. was born 18 Nov 1923 in the small town of Derry, New Hampshire.

He attended grammar … Continue reading →

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