
Meredith Chronicles
Passing Time on Lake Winnipesaukee
Daniel Heyduk(Author)
The History Press
Published on 16. March 2015
160 pages
978-1-62585-289-2 (ISBN)
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Ancient beginnings only hinted at the great things to come in the story of Meredith. The earliest residents hunted mammoth and caribou and created the first birch-bark canoe to traverse Lake Winnipesaukee and the network of waterways. Centuries later, Meredith's Dudley Leavitt wrote Leavitt's Farmers Almanack for more than fifty years. The local woods were the solitary home of Joseph Plumer, who was perhaps New Hampshire's most financially successful hermit. Motorcycles, cars and horses once raced on the winter ice of Lake Winnipesaukee. Together, these stories weave the distinctive fabric of Meredith history. Dan Heyduk's town history goes beyond documents and dates, illustrating the unique character of a multifaceted community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mount Pleasant
United States
File size
4,36 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-62585-289-2 (9781625852892)
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03/2015
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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Daniel Heyduk, PhD, lived with and studied Nahuatl-speaking people in Mexico and Quechua-speaking people in Bolivia. He did archaeological work on prehistoric hunters in Ecuador and was a college professor of anthropology and prehistory in Maine. Dan now lives in Meredith, in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, where he is researching and writing about local history. His history column "Passing Time" appears in the Meredith News.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Ancient Beginnings
- 2. The Empty Land and the New Town
- 3. Early Roads, Taverns and the Mail
- 4. Dudley Leavitt and His Farmer's Almanack
- 5. The Cider and Other Taxes
- 6. When Women Were Invisible
- 7. Page Pond and Forest: The Settlers, the Quarry and the Mill
- 8. Water Power, Mills and Villages in Growing Meredith
- 9. Painting the Glory of Lakes and Mountains
- 10. The Great Sheep Boom and After
- 11. The Boston, Concord & Montreal and the Boston & Maine Railroads
- 12. Meredith Life in the 1800s
- 13. Meredith's Early Bands
- 14. Sol Lovejoy and the Bear Island House
- 15. From Livery Stable to Library
- 16. Rural Free Delivery on Land and Water
- 17. Farm Life in the 1920s
- 18. Farms for Summer Homes and Old Home Week
- 19. Meredith for Children: Camps Kuwiyan, Waldron and Andover
- 20. Meredith in the News: George Fellows, the Keysers and the Winter Carnival
- 21. The Great Hurricane of 1938
- 22. Meredith Life in the Early 1900s
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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