Claremont NH History Museum

If anyone really loves trains, bringing the Flying Yankee to Claremont would be a real coup.

Request for Proposals for the Flying Yankee Train The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) is accepting proposals for the purchase, relocation and encouraged restoration of the historic train known as the Flying Yankee, currently located in the town of Lincoln, NH.

Thanks to everyone who showed up to help rake. We had six people raking and moving branches. Steve Wood helped identify some of the volunteer saplings that we are going to encourage. We got 42 more bags of leaves packed. That makes a total of 88 so far this week!

With the arrival of November, the 2023 visitor season has come to an end. Over the next several weeks, we'll be looking back at the people and moments that made this year special. What were your favorite memories from this season at the park?

Still want to visit? Grounds and outdoor sculptures remain open year-round during daylight hours, but all buildings are closed for the season. If you visit your National Park for the Arts, please remember:
🥾 Use caution as walkways, trails, and grounds are not currently maintained for public use and may be icy, snow-covered, or uneven. Hiking trails are not regularly patrolled.
🐾 Keep your dog on a leash and remove your pet’s waste.
🚽 There are no public restrooms or trash receptacles available. Please plan ahead.
🌙 Entry is not permitted after dark.
🚨 In the event of an emergency, call 911.

Stay informed with our most recent updates here or at www.nps.gov/saga. We look forward to the start of the 2024 season on May 25. Thank you for recreating responsibly.

📷 NPS/N. Rose

With gap in state's LGBTQ+ history, 'activist archivists' step up to document it While Gail Golec grew up in Alstead, she calls the town of Bellows Falls the hub of most of her childhood.

Take in the fall colors and explore our covered bridges.

The Sugar River Region’s Historic Covered Bridges: 10 Bridges in One Day Driving Tour – Sugar River Region Did you know that there are approximately 750 historic covered bridges still intact and in use across the United States? Among these, Sullivan County has a collection boasting ten of the most enchanting and historically significant covered bridges. Each of these bridges, celebrated for their timeles...

Grounds clearing day is this Saturday (Nov. 4) at the museum (26 Mulberry St, Claremont) starting at 10 am. The Red River Charitable Foundation gave us a great head start today, by bagging 43 bags of leaves (!) but there are still more leaves to rake, and wood to move, and if we get to it, saplings to cut down. Please RSVP to dakinburdick at yahoo.com if you will be able to make it, and please park across the street so we can rake the whole lawn.

Hope to see you there!

https://sugarriverregion.org/the-sugar-river-regions-historic-covered-bridges-10-bridges-in-one-day-driving-tour

The Sugar River Region’s Historic Covered Bridges: 10 Bridges in One Day Driving Tour – Sugar River Region Did you know that there are approximately 750 historic covered bridges still intact and in use across the United States? Among these, Sullivan County has a collection boasting ten of the most enchanting and historically significant covered bridges. Each of these bridges, celebrated for their timeles...

Cornish’s O’Neill honored for stewardship of forest that she opens to townspeople CORNISH — In managing her 475-acre wooded property in Cornish, Colleen O’Neill chooses to think in tree time — which is long and slow.Decisions made today at Langwood Tree Farm, such as where to harvest timber, are for the benefit of arboreal life...

This Youth Conservation Crew is hard at work removing invasive species including Norway Maple, invasive Honeysuckle, Common Barberry, Japanese Barberry, Common Buckthorn, Glossy Buckthorn, Burning Bush, Spindle Tree, Oriental Bittersweet, Multiflora Rose, and Japanese Tree Lilac.

Invasive plants are one of the most significant threats to native biodiversity and a major focus for land management in protected area. In forest ecosystems, invasive species can reduce native diversity, alter forest structure, suppress tree regeneration, alter nutrient cycling and modify disturbance regimes. Invasive plants can also negatively impact ecosystem services and human health. Removal of these plants will help stop their spread and make space for native species to grow. Native plants provide food and habitat for local wildlife with which they have co-evolved, including insects such as bees and butterflies, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park has been recognized for having one of the lowest abundance of invasive species in national parks in the northeast. With help from the youth crew, the park will be able to continue to safeguard the park’s natural resources and cultural landscapes from the threats posed by invasive plants.

📷 NPS/S. Mortillo

Kudos to the Off Broadstreet Players for the Cemetery Walk in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Fiske Free Library! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=OBSPClaremontNH&set=a.843763861091542

Photos from the Cemetery Walk in celebration of the 150th birthday celebration of the Fiske Free Library. Kudos to the Off Broadstreet Players!

Full Episode | Vintage Hartford 2023, Hour 1 | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW || PBS Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3ZCtZRu | Travel with ROADSHOW to Connecticut’s capital for updated Season 13 finds including a Cartie...

We work hard ALL year so we can bring this program to the community!

Seasonal Jobs - Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Visit USAJobs.gov to find all job postings for Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park or other national parks. Create an account to start applying to jobs.

The American Buffalo | NHPBS The dramatic story of the American Buffalo's near extinction—and the people who saved it.

Attend the District's Annual Social and Awards Dinner on October 27th and learn about Coyotes from expert Chris Schadler.

Becoming Wolf: The Eastern Coyote in New Hampshire

Myths surround the coyote and cloud our understanding of it. Originating as the smaller western coyote, our eastern coyote shares genes with the eastern wolf, the grey wolf, and the western coyote. Its hybrid nature enables its resilience and adaptability to live almost everywhere in New England.

It has rewilded the northeast with its howl and ability to prey on large and small mammals but despite its ecological benefits, it is the most persecuted carnivore in North America. And despite human efforts to eradicate it, it survives and thrives among us.

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Chris Schadler, M.S., Conservation Biology, will discuss the ecology and behavior of our eastern coyote and how to live with this creature. Chris has over 40 years of wolf and coyote research, has farmed sheep successfully with coyotes as neighbors and will demonstrate that “knowledge is power” when it comes to living with coyotes.

https://www.sccdnh.org/event-details/sccd-77th-annual-awards-social-1

Summer Camps of Nelson & Stoddard, NH In the 70 years from 1906 to the mid-1970s, at least 19 youth summer camps operated in the towns of Nelson and Stoddard. Historical Society of Cheshire County Executive…

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Claremont NH Historical Society and Claremont History Museum The Claremont NH Historical Society's headquarters is at 26 Mulberry St, Claremont NH. It serves as the Claremont History Museum.

The Claremont NH Historical Society invites you to join us for a presentation on the History & Progress of the Ko’asek Abenaki by Chief & Elder Paul “Gwilawato” Bunnell

12:00-1:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21
At the Claremont Senior Center, 5 Acer Heights Road

This event is free and open to the public

Chief Paul has devoted 45 years to studying and teaching genealogy in American Loyalist Studies and Abenaki and Wabanaki genealogies. He has authored over 30 publications and many articles in both areas and other subjects. He joined the Ko’asek band in 2004, was voted in as Sub-Chief in 2008, and became Chief of the Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki upon resignation of his predecessor in 2010. He was elected as Chief in 2013 and reelected again in 2020. He has created a database to properly establish native records. He is also a board member of the Claremont NH Historical Society.

Lands in Claremont were donated to the tribe in 2020 and plans are in place to develop a cultural and nature center devoted to indigenous and nature education for members and the community.

If you would like to join the Claremont NH Historical Society, please attend our annual meeting on Oct. 14, 12-2:30 pm, at the Claremont Savings Bank Community Center, 152 South Street. And if not, please join us anyways for a presentation by Dr. Steven C. Eames on Academic History and Living History.

Historians learn and practice historical research in higher education and publish books and articles on the past to share their research with others.

Living Historians come from all walks of life to wear historical clothing and use historical implements to depict or teach about everyday life in the past. The people involved either work in Public History at museums or are enthusiasts who recreate or reenact the past on their weekends.

The relationship between these two approaches is fascinatingly complex. Dr. Steven C. Eames is very familiar with both approaches. He was a Professor of History for thirty-five years, researching the impact of war on both soldiers and civilians. His published works include Sacrifice of Self: Nahant and the Civil War (which won the American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit, the Albert B. Corey Award from the American Historical Association, as well as an award from the New England Museum Association), and Rustic Warriors: Warfare and the Provincial Soldier on the New England Frontier, 1689-1748. He has also worked at a living history museum and has been a living history reenactor for fifty years, recreating a wide range of periods from the 1600s through the twentieth century.

Please join us as Dr. Eames discusses the relationship between academic history and living history and how these two approaches differ, interact, and inform each other. This is a unique opportunity to learn from someone who is a true expert in both fields.

🌿 The training «HISTORY OF THE ABENAKI PEOPLE, FROM ANCESTRAL CUSTOM TO EUROPEAN» begins on November 2, 2023!

Are you ready to go back in time? Travel back in time while keeping your feet in the present thanks to this training on the history and traditions of the great Wôbanaki family. You will access your historical heritage by allowing you to observe the evolution and adaptation on different topics while twists! A series of 7 colorful workshops. You go back in time with us?

📅 November 2 to December 14, 7 workshops offered every Thursday, 6:30 pm to 8 pm
📌Virtual or face-to-face, professional and general public.
📌For more information : https://bit.ly/historypeopleAbenaki

THANK YOU! to everyone who attended the Cemetery Walk on Sunday afternoon! The cloud cover did not interfere with our performance & we were so grateful that there was no rain so that we could be outdoors. THANKS also to Josh Nelson for filming the production for CCTV....and here it is! I'd say all of our actors did a wonderful job telling the stories of the "spirits" who lived here in Claremont in times past. Each in their own way, influenced literature, publishing, and education. We're pleased that sharing stories of their lives helped us to celebrate the Fiske Free Library's 150th Anniversary!

150th Fiske Free Library - Off Broad Street Players - 9/24/23 150th Fiske Free Library - Off Broad Street Players - 9/24/23

Check out this year's Suggested Readings and Textbook for this year's Presenting Abenaki Culture in the Classroom course. Class begins in a few days. Register now! https://www.lcmm.org/learn/for-educators/professional-learning/presenting-abenaki-culture-in-the-classroom/
🌟 Course Highlights:
- Engage with thought-provoking texts about Abenaki history and identity.
- Participate in discussions facilitated by Abenaki educators, scholars, & culture bearers.
- Develop strategies to present Abenaki culture sensitively and authentically in the classroom.

❓Please contact Elisa with any questions or access needs [email protected] or by phone (802) 265-0092.

Presented through a partnership between the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, Abenaki Arts & Education Center, and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

Verbal Description: Covers of textbook and suggested readings - Titles include:
- Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
- The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800 by Colin G. Calloway
- Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland by Trudy Ann Parker
- Reclaiming the Ancestors: Decolonizing a Taken Prehistory of the Far Northeast by Frederick M. Wiseman