Tag Archives: Peterborough

New Hampshire’s First State Park: Miller State Park

New Hampshire's first state park was created in 1891. In that year the New Hampshire state legislature enacted laws appropriating … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Grover’s Corners

When Thornton Wilder wrote the play, “Our Town,” in 1938,

he set the scene in a fictional town called … Continue reading

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Peterborough New Hampshire 1898

Main Street of Peterborough New Hampshire – taken c1898 Continue reading

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Peterborough New Hampshire Art Patron and Pianist: Marian Griswold (Nevins) MacDowell (1857-1956)

“I am a very ordinary woman who had an opportunity–and I seized it.”

Marian Griswold Nevins was born in 1857 … Continue reading

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Marian Griswold (Nevins) MacDowell

Born in 1857 in New York City.  Patron of the Arts through the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough NH; also a … Continue reading

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