New volunteers seek people to interview
Here’s an update on what’s happening with the Andover Oral History Project begun in 1985 by Barbara Upton: It is alive and well! Recently, Donna Blinn has joined forces with us. She is currently in the process of transcribing our considerable library of oral histories (a Herculean task) as well as tending to the technological […]
A presentation about traditional music
On Thursday, June 26, at 7 PM at the Highland Lake Grange Hall, the Andover Historical Society and the New Hampshire Council on the Humanities will host its first program of the year: Jeff Warner and his presentation “Banjos, Bones, and Ballads.” The evening’s entertainment is free and open to everyone. Jeff is one of […]
Sunday, May 18, at 2 PM
The Wilmot Historical Society (WHS) will host a New Hampshire Humanities Council program about one-room schoolhouses presented by Steve Taylor at 2 PM on Sunday, May 18, at the historic Wilmot Town Hall in Wilmot Center. Steve’s program will explore the lasting legacies of the one-room school era and how they echo today. “In some […]
Dalphond Brothers' new mill opens on the Plains
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 7, 1964 Proctor raised $1,250 in its Annual Chest Week. This year’s chair, Rick Rust, announced that next year’s student council will determine how the money will be divided amongst […]
North Road Schoolhouse opens May 4
North Road Schoolhouse Museum Open House Schedule Sun, May 4 ~ 1-3 PM Sat, July 12 ~ 1-3 PM Sat, Aug. 2 ~ 9 am-3 PM Sat, Sept. 6 ~ 2-4 PM A circa 1853 one-room schoolhouse museum with many interesting historical displays. Free admission. Located on 440 North Road, Danbury, New Hampshire ~ Hope […]
Warner, Lane, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers
New Hampshire’s people settled along its rivers and built communities for over 10,000 years. They found shelter, food, water power, paths for travel and communication, and places to work and play that connected their lives. Eight local organizations explore the fluid relationships between natural and human communities along the Warner, Lane, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers […]
Too much appendicitis going around!
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 2, 1964 Quick action on the part of a pair of Franklin oil delivery men early yesterday afternoon forestalled what could have been a destructive fire at the farm and […]
East Andover marvel traveled the country
In the 1840s, Mary Weston, the artistic daughter of a Hebron, New Hampshire Baptist minister, moved to East Andover with her new husband, 30 years her senior. Her husband Valentine had just retired from a successful business career in New York City. He was proud of his wife’s artistic prowess, and upon their arrival in […]
Town Meeting votes to sell the old Town Hall
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. March 7, 1964 Richard Powers, Jr., of Potter Place, had the misfortune to dislocate his shoulder while skiing at King Ridge last week, and Sandra Nelson of Andover broke her ankle […]
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. February 6, 1964: Services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Florence (Ross) Morgan, 83, who died Saturday after a long illness. Mrs. Morgan was born in Quebec City and had lived in […]