New Boston New Hampshire’s Roger Ward Babson, Statistician, Eccentric...
Call him kooky, or call him ingenious, and you are correct both times. Roger Ward Babson was not a ... Continue reading →
View ArticleJoseph Brooks Dodge Sr.
Joseph Brooks Dodge Senior (1898-1973) -- New Hampshire AMC Hut Manager and Co-founder of Mt. Washington Observatory. Continue reading →
View ArticleNewport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of...
Born Sarah Josepha Buell, on a farm in the small town of Newport New Hampshire, she had a limited ... Continue reading →
View ArticleConcord New Hampshire: A Year of Celebration in 2015
Concord is a city with a complex past. Its not surprising that people aren’t quite sure what anniversary, or even which ‘founder,’ to celebrate historically. In the case of anniversaries–they...
View ArticleNew Hampshire’s Famous Concord Coach and the Abbot-Downing Company
Mark Twain described it as "an imposing cradle on wheels." In 1867 Wells Fargo, the operators of the largest stagecoach ... Continue reading →
View ArticleDowning & Abbot Company Founder and Carriage Builder of Concord New...
As early as 1835 the word was out that Downing & Abbot were the makers of quality conveyances. The New Hampshire Patriot and Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), dated Monday, June 1, 1835, page 2,...
View ArticleChief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit,...
Carrie M. Hall’s career was long and varied. She was first an educator, then an organizer, and always a nurse. Because of her essential and important role in the American Red Cross, as Chief Nurse of...
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