Lost and Found in the White Mountains

New Hampshire may be a small state, but there are places here where people get lost. Sometimes, they are never found.

Plowing the Kanc

These were the days of real New Hampshire winters, when blizzards roared in and snow was measured in feet, not inches.

Fish and Game / Moose / North Country history / Pittsburg / Waterville Valley

Before Technology, Bull Moose Came to the Aid of the Lost

In the days before radios, cell phones and satellite technology, the Bull Moose came about as a necessity.

Colebrook / Memorial Day

Union, Confederate Brothers at Rest in Colebrook Cemetery

Since Colebrook is as far north as one can get before touching Canada, most of these soldiers had fought for the Union. One did not.

Bath / North Country history

Tending Mercy’s Garden

In the year she was 9-years-old, she filled her apron time and again that spring with dirt and carried it to the top of what is known as Great Rock.

Tales from the Border

For the most part, Marty Hewson came to know most of the people who come through and for those he didn’t, he always had the time to make sure they were not smuggling guns, alcohol or people into America.

A Cross Remembers a Mysterious Traveler

When the man set out into the snowy land, it was the last time anyone would see him alive.

The Little Church in the Wildwood

It is a testament to a man who so loved the church, that he bought it in 1940.

The Day the Old Man Fell: ‘There is Emptiness and Devastation’

In the cover of darkness and a shroud of rain and fog, the Old Man of the Mountains gave up his stony, silent vigil as the beloved and venerable symbol of the Granite State sometime Friday night.

June 5, 1944 – He was There

After 40 years, it was a trip that helped him heal. Like many soldiers, Aldrich never talked much about what he saw, what he felt or the close calls he had. Ten years after that journey, he wrote Soldiering Yesterday, about his Army experiences – all the three years and 14 days he spent in the military.