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New Hampshire’s Famous Concord Coach and the Abbot-Downing Company

Mark Twain described it as “an imposing cradle on wheels.” 

In 1867 Wells Fargo, the operators of the largest stagecoach … Continue reading

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Newport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of Thanksgiving": Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879)

Born Sarah Josepha Buell, on a farm in the small town of Newport New Hampshire, she had a limited … Continue reading

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Joseph Brooks Dodge Sr.

Joseph Brooks Dodge Senior (1898-1973) — New Hampshire AMC Hut Manager and Co-founder of Mt. Washington Observatory.  Continue reading

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New Boston New Hampshire’s Roger Ward Babson, Statistician, Eccentric Businessman, College Founder (1875-1967)

Call him kooky, or call him ingenious, and you are correct both times

Roger Ward Babson was not a … Continue reading

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