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The Hotel Nelson Revisited

By Karen Tolman |

Sponsored by Moving in Step
In 1997, the people of Nelson raised funds from private donations, the Town of Nelson and the Nelson Congregational Church to sponsor The Hotel Nelson, a musical theatre that was created by, for, and about the Town of Nelson. Facilitated by Larry Siegal of Westmoreland, it was performed in the Nelson [...]

Published on January 21st, 2010 | Category: Cultural, History, Life in Nelson, Music, Nelson People, Projects | Leave a comment
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Packersfield Becomes Nelson

By Rick Church |

Editors Note: This is the latest in a series of articles about the history of Nelson. Click here show the entire article series.
Severing the Last Colonial Ties

The close of the Revolution saw a much-changed Packersfield.  Breed Batchellor, the man who was ultimately the agent of His Majesty’s Royal Governor, had fled the town in [...]

Published on December 13th, 2009 | Category: History, Life in Nelson, Nelson People, Rick Church History Articles | Leave a comment
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Moving in Step: Hotel Nelson

By Karen Tolman |

[ January 28, 2010 6:30 pm to January 30, 2010 4:15 am. March 27, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Remember The Hotel Nelson — that 1997 razzle-dazzle performance?

Well, Moving In Step thinks that the spirit generated by The Hotel Nelson shouldn’t be forgotten, so we’re planning to revisit some of the songs that were sung and the stories that were told in two upcoming events on Friday, January 29 and Saturday, March 27.

The Hotel [...]

Published on December 2nd, 2009 | Category: Calendar, Cultural, Entertainment, History, Music, Nelson People, Projects | Comments are closed
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Breed Batchellor: The Enemy

By Rick Church |

For newly incorporated Packersfield, the years 1774 and 1775 saw a great deal of growth.  A census taken in 1773 reported 117 residents in Packersfield; by 1775 there were 186 people in town, and by 1790 there would be 721!  Men using axes and oxen were clearing land. Numerous roads were laid out. The early [...]

Published on November 8th, 2009 | Category: History, Nelson People, Rick Church History Articles | Leave a comment
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Fight over Incorporation:

By Rick Church |

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles about the early history of Nelson. Click here to go to the previous article.
We dont know what our early Nelson forebears looked like, but we can speculate that they might have appeared something like this.
At the proprietor’s meeting in March 1773 the town voted [...]

Published on August 27th, 2009 | Category: Educational, History, Life in Nelson, Rick Church History Articles | Leave a comment
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Nelson History: Early Settlement

By Rick Church |

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the early history of Nelson. Click here to go to the first article.
The task of settling Monadnock Number Six, a town eight by five miles in the middle of the wilderness, must have been daunting.  It would take a strong will to [...]

Published on July 9th, 2009 | Category: Educational, History, Life in Nelson, Rick Church History Articles | Leave a comment
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Best Lecture by a Dam Site

By ADMIN |

On Thursday evening, May 28th, there must have been 80 people gathered in the Chapel by the Lake in Munsonville to hear a talk by Alan Rumrill, who is the director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County. The event was sponsored by the Munsonville Ladies Group. His talk was entitled The Power of Water: [...]

Published on May 31st, 2009 | Category: History, Life in Nelson | 3 comments
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Library Forum: Rick Church | Roads in Nelson

By ADMIN |

[ July 30, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Rick Church, Roads in Nelson, Today and in [...]

Published on May 21st, 2009 | Category: Calendar, History, Library | Comments are closed
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Nelson History: In the Beginning

By Rick Church |

Editors Note: This is the first of what will be a great series of articles about Nelson’s history from Rick Church and David Birchenough.
Nelson likely looked like this to its first settlers. Diorama at the Harvard School of Forestry in Petersham, Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of Eric Aldrich. Click image for larger rendering.
King James I awarded [...]

Published on May 17th, 2009 | Category: Educational, History, Life in Nelson | Leave a comment