Helen Duchesne's collections on display
The Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse will be open on Sunday, June 12, from 1 to 3 PM. The Andover Institute will be touring the schoolhouse this month as well as others. New to the collection of artifacts at the school are a butterfly specimen science project and a wildflower specimen project recently donated to the Andover Historical Society […]
Historical Society sponsors free program
The Andover Historical Society will be holding a public meeting on Thursday, June 16, at the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover. Our guest presenter will be Jere Daniell, whose topic will be “The New Hampshire Town.” This program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 PM and will […]
Veteran of Navy and Air Force
Wilmot Historical Society president Marc Davis presented Wilmot’s Boston Post Cane to Roger Biron, Wilmot’s oldest resident. Photo: Lindy Heim On May 8, with about 60 people in attendance, Marc Davis, president of the Wilmot Historical Society (WHS), presented Wilmot’s Boston Post Cane to Gerald Roger Biron, Wilmot’s oldest resident. Following the presentation, a program sponsored […]
Science experiment lands in Andover
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. June 2, 1966 Andover Students Mark Memorial Day. A parade of students and teachers marched from the school to the Andover Town Monument on the green. Exercises included speeches from […]
Rita Norander, Andover Historical Society
The old Back Road (which Eastman prefers to call North Road) probably started at what is today the Jerry Hersey farm. In my previous writings, I mentioned that the Back Road was one of five roads which made its way through the busy Hogback / Dyers Crossing area of East Andover. This article will discuss […]
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. May 5, 1966 Engagement Announced: Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Phelps of Andover announce the engagement of their daughter, Cynthia Grace, to James William Alley, son of Mrs. Virginia […]
Contact Wilmot Historical Society by April 20
The Wilmot Historical Society (WHS) is seeking the oldest person currently living in the Town of Wilmot in order to award him or her the Boston Post Cane. Any citizen of Wilmot who was born before December 31, 1930 is asked to get in touch with Liz Kirby at 496-4883 or TheKirbys1@nulltds.net before April 20. The […]
Jewett Scholarship Fund plans first two awards
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. April 7, 1966: Near Drowning at Potter Place Three little boys, Richard, six, Brett, five, and Warren, three, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Cleaves of Potter Place, owe […]
Sunday, May 8, at 2 PM in Wilmot
On May 8 at 2 PM, the Wilmot Historical Society will host archaeologist Dr. Robert Goodby of Franklin Pierce University, who will speak about Abenaki history in New Hampshire. Reduced to near-invisibility by a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, many Abenaki went “underground” as a strategy of self-preservation. To avoid […]
Was the crossing named for a musician?
In this article I revisit the Dyers Crossing area of East Andover – an important location which I’ve mentioned briefly in earlier articles. Before the arrival of the railroad, the general area around today’s Dyers Crossing was referred to as “hog-back.” The name has been written many different ways, including hog-back, hog back, Hog back, […]