Last open house of the season
Sunday, October 11, from 1-3, the Tucker Mountain School will hold its last Open House of the season. Other visits may be arranged through the Andover Historical Society by calling Pat Cutter at 735-5628 or Donna Baker-Hartwell at 735-5586. The two mile drive up Tucker Mountain Road should be brilliant with the glow […]
Historical society presents living history program
Steve and Sharon Wood of Claremont will present Abraham and Mary Lincoln: the Long and Short of It, a living history set in 1861, on Thursday, October 15, at 7 PM at the Highland Lake Grange Hall. Their stories tell of the distinctly different paths that led each of the Lincolns to Springfield, Illlinois, where […]
September 3 at 7 PM in Franklin
The Franklin Historical Society’s next program occurs on Thursday, September 3, at 7 PM, when Glenn Knoblock, noted local author and New Hampshire Humanities Council lecturer, will present his talk on “New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones.” Please note that this lecture will take place at the Franklin Public Library, 310 Central Street, in the […]
Big water ski show held in tough conditions at Highland Lake
Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie. Andover Fire Chief Honored by Fireman – A testimonial dinner was given by the Andover Citizen Fire Company and Auxiliary for Victor E Phelps of Andover, Wednesday, August 25, […]
Please help get it back to the schoolhouse
The iron hitching ring attached to the corner of the Tucker Mountain School House has been taken! This ring was donated by Ken Reid in 2010 for the re-enactment video. It is a close match to the one in the 1887 photo. Back in the days when the school was in session, the hitching ring […]
Mellie Flanders and the Ladies Aid
"The Outlook, East Andover, N. H."
Sunday, August 9, from 1 to 3 PM
The Andover Historical Society’s Tucker Mountain School House will be open on Sunday, August 9, from 1 to 3 PM. Activities will include a scavenger hunt for historical items around the 1837 school house like a mortise and tendon joint, a wooden wall peg, something that shows evidence of a porcupine, something that shows evidence […]
Jo Crisp starts a nursery school
Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie. August 5, 1965 Microwave Relay Tower Being Built Here: Construction of a microwave relay tower, part of the network that will join Ashburnham, Massachusetts, and Cornish, Maine, is underway […]
Expanding its Web site, too
The Wilmot Historical Society (WHS) has been busy lately. WHS is conducting oral history sessions, planning to add more archival information to its expanded Web site at WilmotHistoricalSociety.org, and opening its History Room (a collection featuring artifacts related to the town and its residents) and its Curiosity Shop (which sells must-have collectibles and curiosities) on […]