Show tl t f fi t T t I II f f t 1 I TO THE 4 2 1 By EDWARD EMERINE Feature Features When other rocks have cooled it is granite that holds the heat SI of the sun after nightfall When other sections go off on political or philosophical tangents it is New England that retains the basic j Puritan characteristics thrift characteristics thrift the will to work and individuality The first settlers in New Hampshire carried with them a King James Bible and a Puritan Purita conscience Fundamentally through every vicissitude of progress New Hampshire has remained un un- changed The old influences still prevail From the very begin begin- beginning beginning beginning ning however New Hampshire folks were the merriest of the Puritans They have held to the gospel of work but the gospel of laughter has not been forgotten They are genial love a good sty story st ry have a quip or wise saw and delight In antic ways The Infusion of French-Canadian French blood as well as that of those re recently re- re recently recently come from Europe has not changed the values of life in New Hampshire r I Puritan Standards Prevail 0 Matters of morals and taste and government are still de de- decided decided 1 with Puritan standards The appearance of the country in its cleared land is as the early settlers left it From the top 4 of its mountains down to the sea New Hampshire is a varied land but changeless and inspiring Pc No state is greater than its people Men len like Daniel Webster Pres Franklin Pierce Salmon P. P Chase and Thomas Bailey Aldrich are not mere accidents t MY AL j They and many other famous men came ame from the c i T iG- iG breeding and environment of New Hampshire and r were molded by the traditions and influence of that state Two years before the Revolutionary war John sullIvan a young Dunham lawyer and John Langdon a wealthy merchant were active patriots In December 1774 they seized Fort William and Mary at New Castle present site of Fort Constitution and removed from It barrels of powder besides cannon and small arms anns These munitions of war later were used against the British at the battle of Bunker Hill Hilll j ur It is notable that three-fifths three of the men who fought with the Colonial army anny at Bunker Hill were from New f Hampshire and men from that state were in every campaign of the war Stark and his New Hampshire troops checked Burgoyne and paved the way for Gates' Gates P triumph over that ambitious British general at Sara Sara- toga Threes Three weeks before the Continental congress agreed eed to the Declaration De ara ion of o Independence Inde the New one of its lb own thus making the first author author- authoritative authorItative statement of purpose to cast castoff castoff castoff off allegiance to the British crown New Hampshire was first set set- settled settled tied In 1623 at Dover and Ports- Ports ij I GOVERNOR When Charles M. M Dale native of Minnesota was installed as New Hampshire's governor on January 4 1945 he became the first Westerner to be be- become become become come chief executive of a New England state mouth mouth Just Just three years after the landing of the Pilgrims and seven years before Boston was founded The first settlers were fishermen farmers and traders I Agriculture and industry spread rapidly Millions of years ago Na Na- Nature Nature Nature ture provided New Hampshire with an abundance of gravel sand and granite Under the surface were more than 95 different minerals Many large rivers had their sources in m New Hampshire and could be harnessed for power There was plenty of timber and wild game There was excellent soil particularly particularly in the valleys of the Connecticut cut and Merrimack rivers Grass was plentiful for livestock Fruit trees were easily grown The cli cli- climate climate climate mate was healthful The New Hampshire of today was built upon these resources Unique Industrialization Even the industry of New Hamp Hamp- Hampshire Hampshire shire has its unique side Our craftsmen know mow what it is to live in a good place is the states state's boast Laboring men never know the crowded living conditions which so often attend industrialization New Hampshire plants mills and factories manufacture chemical products electrical equipment leather goods machinery tools and scores of miscellaneous articles and products Made in New Hamp Hamp- Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire shire may mean anything from a sewing needle to a steam engine or orthe orthe orthe the heaviest foundry casting Its wood products are without number Its paper and paper products are used throughout the world The dairy industry is the most important agricultural enterprise in New Hampshire Milk cream butterfat cattle and calves return a cash income of about ten million dollars a year The apple is the chief commercial fruit and New 41 w il l PRETTY AS A PICTURE The beauty of Mt 1 Chocorua has made this New Hampshire peak tho most photographed mountain In America Hampshire orchards range from a afew afew afew few trees to more than acres A million and a half bushels of pota pota- potatoes potatoes toes are grown in the state each year making them the most important important Important tant field crop Complete Farm Units Most New Hampshire farms are r L L i S SS S S S S I TOWN HALL A classic ex ex- example example ex- ex example ample of New England architecture c- c ture Is the town hall hail and church at Hancock N. N H. H units so complete it seems nothing is lacking New Hampshire farmers do donot donot donot not put all aU their eggs e gs in one basket or hold to one principal source of income They hold to toa a combination of products and services calculated to return the largest Income considering the family skills the soils and mar mar- market market market ket opportunities They look to toward to- to toward toward a income Income- ward a year around not to a single cash crop Lakes mountains seashore and a splendid climate have made New Hampshire famous for vacations and tours White Mountain national forest with its roads trails lakes and streams lures thousands of people from every part of the United States each year From bathing on the ocean beach to skiing through mountain snows New Hampshire offers opportunity for recreation and sports From colonial buildings at Ports Ports- Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth mouth Dartmouth college at Han Han- Hanover over and Daniel Websters Webster's birth birth- birthplace birthplace place near Franklin to the Old Man Manof Manof Manof of the Mountains Lost River at Kinsman Notch and the cog railway at Mount Washington New Hamp Hamp- Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire shire offers everything for those who seek historical recreational or in inspirational in- in inspirational inspirational travel Every road that leads you out Makes you long to turn about In New Hampshire |