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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 11, 2010
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“Native American History
of New Hampshire”
$47 per person
On Sunday, February 14th, The Mt. Kearsarge Indian
Museum will present David Stewart-Smith who will lecture on
Departs from Meredith and Laconia
“Native American History of New Hampshire.”
Enjoy movies, snacks and free door prizes on the Coach!
The Pennacook Indians of the Merrimack Valley were the
largest and most powerful coalition of native people on the
Price includes Gratuity to Driver.
northern New England frontier during the 17th and 18th
$10 Food Voucher or Full Buffet • $15 Keno Play
centuries. They, along with their Abenaki allies from Maine
and Canada, held off Europeans for almost 90 years during
Stay and Play a Full Eight Hours at Foxwoods/MGM
a succession of “Indian Wars,” culminating in the end of the
French and Indian Wars in 1761. During this time, Indians
and colonists exchanged and encountered each other’s cul-
Questions about trips
Mondays,
tures, religions, trade goods, and even kinship.
Call Tom at 279-7883
This program will take place from1-3 pm.
March 8, April 5 & May 3
or Claire at 293-8814
Sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities Council. The
museum and gift shop will be open at noon on lecture days.
For more information visit our website at www.indianmuseum.
org. or call 456-2600.
“Vermiculture: The Wonderful
World of Composting”
The Little Nature Museum will host its first program of the
season, “Vermiculture: The Wonderful World of Composting”
on Saturday, February 20, in the Community Room, Hop-
kinton Town Library, Contoocook, from 1:30-2:30pm. The
program is free. Joan O’Connor of Joan’s Famous Composting
Worms will show anyone from farmers to apartment dwellers
how to take any container and turn it into a worm bin. Learn
how to create wonderful compost during the winter for your
summer garden and help the environment. Joan’s program is
suitable for young people and adults.
Call 746-6121 for more information.
Family Fun Day at
Enfield Shaker Museum
Families looking for fun winter activities on a tight budget
should come to the Enfield Shaker Museum on Saturday, Febru-
ary 27, 11am-3pm.
The Museum has organized a “Family Fun Day,” with outdoor
and indoor activities. Take a horse-drawn wagon ride! Enter in the
snow sculpture contest. Make s’mores by the campfire! Koby Van
Beest will show you how to track animals in the snow. Bring your
sled and slide down Shaker Hill - or make your own sled and enter
in the “cardboard box derby” - the race will begin at 2 p.m. Prizes
will be given for the best looking and fastest sleds.
Indoor activities include storytelling, singing, making cookies,
and much more! $5/family; Museum members half price. 632-
4346.
Lakes Region History Online
Laconia Public Library, Historic Belknap Mill, and Laconia
Historical & Museum Society announced their new website
“Lakes Region History Online.”
Lakes Region History Online is a collaborative project de-
signed to provide the public with access to Laconia’s rich heri-
tage by digitizing, cataloging and uploading over 450 historic
photographs to an accessible website. Images of additional
photographs and objects will be added to the digital archive on
an ongoing basis, with an ultimate goal to include historical
collections from libraries, historical societies and museums
throughout the Lakes Region. Images can be seen and used
for educational and personal purposes, and prints of images
can be ordered for a fee through the website.
See if you can help us identify people, places and events in
some of our photos. For more information about this program,
please call either Randy Brough at 524-4775, John Moriarty
at 524-8813, or Jenna Carroll-Plante at 527-1278.
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Send your historical society news to history@weirs.com,
or mail to PO Box 5458, Weirs, NH 03247.
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