The “Settler’s dugout canoe” rests prominently on display in the Andover Historical Society Museum and holds pride of place in the Society’s history, too. Its recovery from Adder Pond (also known as Hopkins Pond) in 1982 was the catalyst that prompted the creation of the Society, and in recognition of that fact the dugout […]
The Andover Historical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its new annual contest for the students of Andover Elementary and Middle School. Mychal Reynolds (Grade 5) wins first prized for his project on Tim Norris and the Olympians of Andover. Aubrey Simard (Grade 4) wins second prize for her essay on Margo and […]
A 318-page biography entitled Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity, written by Andover scholar John A. Hodgson and published in February by the University of Virginia Press, will be the focus of a “meet the author” event to be held on Sunday, March 18, at 3 PM in the Stone Chapel on the Village Green […]
INTRODUCTION My next two articles will be the last in a series of five articles which give a glimpse into the life and times of the Robie family of East Andover, NH. In my April & May articles, the year was 1902, and Nannie Robie (my grandmother) was writing to her brother, Robert Robie, who […]
Andover Town Hall from History of Andover, New Hampshire 1900-1965 By Ralph H. Chaffee published in 1966 by Equity Publishing Corp., Orford, N.H. (A number of area residents have expressed curiosity about the history of the building at 157 Main Street, now called The Andover Hub. The following tells the story from its beginnings in […]
Andover resident and author, John A. Hodgson, will be speaking about his new book, Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity at a special event sponsored by Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in Portsmouth on Sunday, March 4. Hodgson’s new book, on the life of former Andover resident and showman, Richard Potter, is available for […]
Today we tend to think of the Industrial Revolution as an urban phenomenon, a great social and cultural change associated with the rise of the “mill towns” of New England. The places that epitomize that revolution in our regional landscape would then seem to be the planned factory cities on the Merrimack River, preeminently Manchester, […]
1916 DIARY OF AN ANDOVER HOUSEWIFE BACKGROUND INFORMATION The author of this diary was my great aunt, Blanche Hersey Robie. She and her husband, Robert Robie, were married in 1906. They took over the Robie Farm on Cilley Hill Road (Sam Hill Road) from Robert’s father in 1912. They lived there and farmed the […]