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At 100, Woodstock Fire Department Puts its History in the Ground

It’s no tiny box that’s being buried in the ground – it’s a vault about six feet long, donated by the Wilbert Vault Co. in Concord.

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Easton / Search and Rescue / Waterville Valley

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.

Fish and Game / North Country history / Plane crash / Search and Rescue / Uncategorized

Lost and Found: Search Ends for Learjet Missing 35 Months

Nearly three years after a Learjet vanished into a dreary morning before Christmas 1996, a remote and rugged section of New Hampshire gave up its secret, bringing to an end a mystery that was well on its way to becoming folklore.

Livermore / North Country history / Unincorporated Places

Unincorporated Places Count, even if no People Live there

Unincorporated places are not towns.

Most have absolutely no human inhabitants, never mind a town hall or a cannon-studded town common.

Kancamagus Highway / Lincoln / Livermore / Uncategorized

Ballots Ready, but No Voters

There are 25 unincorporated places in New Hampshire, places where no one lives, and probably never have lived.

Still, the state prints up 25 ballots for each of those places, just in case someone shows up on Election Day.

On the Border, an Anomoly

The world’s longest, undefended border is clearly defined by a 20-foot swath and along that swath are more than 8,000 monuments. Two of them have a story.

January 4, 2020 in Canadian Border, North Country history, Pittsburg.

The Keeper of Stray Ladies

Bette Davis may have shopped in the stores among the locals, tromped in the woods and skied down the slopes, but she was Hollywood and she brought it to the North Country.

January 3, 2020 in Franconia, Franconia Notch, North Country history, Sugar Hill.

The Rock Legend of Crawford Notch

Just about every New Hampshire schoolchild learns about the Willey family and its sad fate on a stormy night in Crawford Notch.

August 28, 2019 in Crawford Notch, Hart's Location, North Country history.

The Night the Bomber Crashed in Kinsman Notch

A basketball game was being played in Woodstock on the night of Jan. 14, 1942; a card game was in full swing at the Lincoln Hotel.

And then came the explosions.

August 12, 2019 in Lincoln, North Country history, North Woodstock, Plane crash.

In the Other Woodstock, the Bands Never Stopped Playing

The Granite State’s Woodstock is a far cry and a far geographical distance from Max Yasgur’s farm outside of Woodstock, N.Y., which was the site of ‘the other’ Woodstock.

August 7, 2019 in North Country history, North Woodstock, Uncategorized.

Plowing the Kanc

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

November 9, 2017 in Bath, Franconia Notch, Kancamagus Highway.

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.

September 11, 2017 in Fish and Game, Moose, North Country history, Pittsburg, Waterville Valley.

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.

May 29, 2017 in Colebrook, Memorial Day.

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.

April 17, 2016 in Bath, North Country history.

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.

March 20, 2016 in Canadian Border, Pittsburg.

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