Autographs From the Past: Manchester (NH) High School, Class of 1882-1888
I have written several times about the Manchester High School graduates of the 1880s, including their photographs and genealogies. Recently an artifact of a different sort came into my hands–an...
View ArticleManchester NH Athlete, Legendary Skiing Coach and Promoter, Sports...
Robert P. “Bob” Beattie was born 24 January 1933 in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Robert A. & Katherine S. (Prime) Beattie. He was raised in Manchester, attending the local schools, and...
View ArticleNew Hampshire’s Last Highwaymen
New Hampshire doesn’t seem like a hot-spot for highwaymen, and indeed there have not been many. In the early history of the State, travelers either did not have much coin or they didn’t travel with it....
View ArticleNew Hampshire Educator, Suffragist, Civic Leader: Millicent S. Morse of...
Millicent S. “Millie” Morse was born on 9 March 1866 in Stoneham MA, daughter of Charles E. Morse & Lucy L. Eames. Her father was a farmer. She was single, and moved with them by 1900 to...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Missing Places: The Whittier Pine of Center Harbor
It had been called the Whittier Pine. The famed poet John Greenleaf Whittier had his own personal name for this great tree–Wood Giant. It was located on land near the Sturtevant Farm on Route...
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