New Hamphire Tidbits: Miscellany of the Isles of Shoals
From the Isles of Shoals Correspondence of the Boston Journal; “Oceanic,” Isles of Shoals, July 26, 1876 Returning to these wild rocks for the seventeenth year, I find that they have won a new place in...
View ArticleThe Darker Side of Manchester NH’s Pine Island Park
There are people alive today who have fond, happy memories of Pine Island Park. This amusement area was located in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the vicinity of the current Pine Island Park. During the...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Glossary: Gundalow
A Gundalow is a small boat, “a shallow drafted type of cargo barge,” built to be used on rivers and estuaries in the early days of New Hampshire and Maine history. There are records showing they were...
View ArticleNew Hampshire WWI Military: Brigadier General Charles Doyen of Concord
Much as been written about Brigadier General Charles Doyen of the United States Marine Corp. I will try not to repeat what other people have stated about him, but rather mention the more personal...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Missing Places: Riverside Inn of Hooksett
Riverside Inn, the focus of this story, was not the first public lodging to be famous in Hooksett. Before the American Revolution travel to this part of New Hampshire was often accomplished by boat....
View ArticleNew Hampshire Missing Places: Temple’s Ferry in Merrimack
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire’s early history is complicated. The area was first the residence of the Abenaki Native Peoples. Later when Europeans arrived, it was part of the...
View ArticleNH Tidbits: Thomas B. Tamblyn’s 1869 Steamship on Long Pond, Concord, New...
This story is about the earliest or at least one of the earliest steamships in the Concord, New Hampshire area. I was researching my 2nd great-grand uncle, Thomas B. Tamblyn, who married my 2nd...
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