Public Invited to Visit Memorials to Andover’s First Settlers

Joseph and Margaret Fellows, in 1761

Press release
Public Invited to Visit Memorials to Andover’s First Settlers

Two little-known and seldom-seen Andover landmarks – the burial ground of first settler Joseph Fellows and family members, and a nearby monument commemorating his role in the town’s settlement – may be visited by local residents on Sunday, October 13, between 1 and 3 PM. At that time, visitors will be guided to the landmarks’ […]

Andover Historical Society Receives Gift of 1807 “Almanack”

Wealth of information about NH and the nation

By Pat Cutter, AHS president
Andover Historical Society Receives Gift of 1807 “Almanack”

Today, if you want to learn something fast about the state we live in, no problem: You ask Google. But if you lived back in, say, 1807, things were different. You would have consulted your copy of Curtis’s Pocket Almanack and Register of New Hampshire, which sold for a quarter (about $5 today). The Andover […]

Andover Historical Society Holds Dessert Social

October 17 event includes a speaker

Press release

On Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 PM at the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover, the Andover Historical Society will hold a dessert and coffee social followed by a speaker at 7 PM. Sarah Smith, our speaker, will talk about the subject of her book, They Sawed Up a Storm. Here’s a brief overview: […]

Fifty Years Ago: October 1963

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. October 3, 1963 Services were held Sunday afternoon for Miss Ella Carr, 89, at the Proctor Chapel in Andover. Burial was in Proctor Cemetery. Miss Carr died at her home last […]

Reminiscence: Tim Frost’s Bear Encounter in 1976

Tim bagged a large bear that was stealing fruit.

By Tim Frost, for the Beacon
Reminiscence: Tim Frost’s Bear Encounter in 1976

Back in 19676, John Graves Sr., who lived on Taunton Hill, called me to come up to see the damage that was being done to his fruit trees by a bear. I drove up, and John took me over to his neighbor’s home across the road to the old Bachelder Farm (now owned by Alex […]

Franklin Historical Society Hosts Program on Country Estates

September 5 at 7 PM in Franklin

Press release

The Franklin Historical Society (FHS), co-hosting with the Franklin Public Library, has received a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council to host the program Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire. This talk will be presented by Cristina Ashjian on Thursday, September 5, at 7 PM at the Franklin Public Library, 310 Central Street. The […]

Tucker Mountain School House, September 2013

Still time to take the 1860 high school entrance exam

By Donna Baker-Hartwell, Andover Historical Society

Last month, we challenged readers to test their knowledge against an eighth grade graduate of the 1860s. The exam is still available at TinyURL.com/1860-Exam. In early 19th-century America, many British measurements were still being used. Questions #9 and #10 in the arithmetic section of the exam include furlongs, leagues, and farthings. Readers who attempt to […]

Vic Phelps Donates Historic Chair to AHS

Chair from NH House recalls his father's life of service

By Aaron Hodge, Colby-Sawyer intern
Vic Phelps Donates Historic Chair to AHS

Victor H. Phelps (Vic) has donated the legislative chair of his late father, Victor E. Phelps, to the Andover Historical Society. The family has also donated local school records from the mid-1800s, histories, a ledger, a daily diary kept by Helen Davis Phelps (wife of Victor E.) for five years, an autograph book with many […]

Bridge Markers Along the Northern Rail Trail

By Ed Hiller, for the Beacon
Bridge Markers Along the Northern Rail Trail

An earlier article described the whistle posts that are being restored along the Northern Rail Trail. A related project is to restore another set of markers – those that identify the bridges along the line. These bridge markers are concrete posts, each about five feet tall, that have engraved numbers arranged vertically. There are two […]

Fifty Years Ago: September 1963

AHS closing swells FHS head count

By Heather Makechnie, for the Beacon

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. September 5, 1963 Howard George, Ervin Nelson, Jr., John Ireland, Wallace Scott, Albert Klotz, Murray Smith, Jr., Ralph Sanborn, and James Emerson all went deep-sea fishing off Kittery, Maine on Labor […]

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