The Last Steam Locomotive through Andover
Bill Bardsley presents an enlargement for Town Hall
How and Why to Remember Family Stories
Wilmot Historical Society program on February 7
Press release
The Wilmot Historical Society will hold its annual winter program on Sunday, February 7, at 2 PM in the Wilmot Community Association’s Red Barn at 64 Village Road in Wilmot. Storyteller Jo Radner will offer her popular workshop, “Family Stories: How (and Why) to Remember and Tell Them.” Participants will learn foolproof ways to mine their own memories and […]
Fifty Years Ago in Andover: February 1966
One vote keeps Andover out of Kearsarge school district
February 3, 1966 Much sympathy goes to the Bernard Miller family in Franklin. Bernard passed away at his home on the weekend. He was born in town and attended schools in Flaghole. February 10, 1966 Miss Judith Adair Boyd, daughter of Mrs. Albert Truman Boyd and the late Mr. Boyd of Andover; and Lawrence Tucker […]
Andover Historical Society: 2015 in Review
A good year, with new faces and new projects
By Pat Cutter, AHS president
It was another good year for the Society, our 33rd, and it was a busy one. Financially it was not a banner year, but revenues held fast, we are on solid ground, and visits to the museum are up. Projects and Events The 2016 calendar was entitled “Andover Center Then and Now,” and we appreciate the […]
Andover’s Richard Potter, Magician, is Still in the News
Massachusetts Web site tells his story
By Bob Tremblay, MetroWest Daily News
This article is re-printed with kind permission from MetroWestDailyNews.com, where it was posted on December 26, 2015 at 10:25 PM. It begins with an editor’s note that “Mr. Know-It-All is an occasional feature in which we answer reader questions about local history. Got a good question for Mr. Know-It-All? See the e-mail address at […]
The Emery Family: From Farmers to Mill Owners
Eva donated the family Bible to Andover Historical Society
By Rita Norander, Andover Historical Society
Even though Eva was a busy wife, mother, and helper on the farm, she still played an active role in the community. When growing up, she had attended New Hampton School. While there, she took voice lessons at the Conservatory in Boston and elocution lessons at the School of Oratory in Boston. She was a […]
The Emery Family: 200 Years in the Hoyt Road Area
Known as Emerystown in the early 1700s
By Rita Norander, Andover Historical Society
It’s impossible to leave Hoyt Road without telling the story of the Emery family. The Emerys were early settlers on Hoyt Road whose land abutted that of the Kenistons and Hoyts. This article will begin with a look at Emery family history and genealogy, followed by glimpses of the family, their farm, and their sawmill […]
Fifty Years Ago in Andover: January 1966
Lions set up Stephen Jewett Memorial Scholarship
January 6, 1966 Services for Mrs. Marjorie Shockley, 39, who died on December 29, 1965, were held Friday afternoon in Concord at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A native of Augusta, Maine, Mrs. Shockley lived in Colorado before coming to Andover one year ago. Members of the family include her husband, Tom […]
Fifty Years Ago in Andover: December 1965
Stephen Jewett killed in Vietnam
December 2, 1965 The Proctor bell is under repair, with a crew from Massachusetts doing the job. It will seem nice to hear the old bell ringing again! The 1964 Andover Town Report was one of 11 winning top awards in the 25th annual Municipal Reports contest sponsored by the University of New Hampshire’s Public […]
Historic Railroad Milepost Found and Replaced
Only seven more are still missing
By Ed Hiller, FNRT
A long-lost milepost has been discovered and returned to its original position along the Northern Rail Trail in Boscawen. If just seven more can be recovered, the 58 miles of the rail trail from Concord to Lebanon will have a complete set. The Northern Rail Trail is fortunate to retain many artifacts that testify […]