All posts tagged "Henniker"
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26.4K5Business and LaborSix Historic Barns
Thousands of New England’s historic barns have survived severe weather, westward migration, suburban sprawl and competition from corporate agribusiness. Often connected to...
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12.1K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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31.4K6bostonNew England’s Historic Haunted Houses
Haunted houses belong to New England lore as much as Revolutionary battles or clipper ship races. New England ghosts, witches, devils and...
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35.0K1MassachusettsThe Cold Friday of 1810
The legendary Cold Friday of 1810 brought such terrible winds and frigid temperature that people talked and wrote about it for generations....
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7.6K8Arts and LeisureAmy Beach, Henniker’s Musical Prodigy
Amy Beach’s parents realized their daughter was a prodigy when she knew 40 songs at the age of one, sang countermelodies at...
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22.3K10IrregularsNew Hampshire Legend: Ocean Born Mary
The New Hampshire legend of Ocean Born Mary has pirates, ghosts, a light green silk wedding dress – and some of it...
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