Lecture: The Mammoth Road: New Hampshire Folk Tales as an Avenue to Local History

Name: Lecture: The Mammoth Road: New Hampshire Folk Tales as an Avenue to Local History
Start: 2025-02-01T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 30 Park Street, Concord, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03301

Schedule

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

30 Park Street, Concord, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03301 | Concord, NH

Folk tales are passed from one generation to another, embellished by time and teller: Ethan Crawford was as tall as Mount Washington. He could carry at least 7 men on his back! Yet, when we look at folk tales, the people who gathered and preserved them, and the location from which they spring, we can access history in a new and entertaining way. Join genealogist, historian, and librarian Erin Moulton to hear and explore folk tales collected by the New Hampshire Women’s Federation in 1932 and, with her, dig into local resources in search of truths. Was it tall tale or town history? Let's find out.
Admission is free for Society members, $10 for nonmembers. No registration required.