Heritage Commission - Fascinating Stories
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Fascinating Stories

This section highlights stories about life in Danville in the 1800's written by children from Danville today.
    School Time 1870 to 1902
      Monday September 1st 1870
      Dear Diary,
      Hi, I'm Mabel Warner and I'm six year old. I live on a farm in Hawke New Hampshire. Today is my first day of school, at the Little Red School House. It is one room and has an out house for a bathroom close by. I'm sooo excited!! Well I'll talk to you later got to go!
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    A Day in the Life of A 16 year old in 1890
      As I woke from my sleep, I felt the chill of spring through the front door. My name is Jessica and I live in New Hampshire, in a town called Hawke. The town helped to raise my family's house last June. That's the time of year when the crops are growing and we can all help build each others houses. Our house was built just in time for my little sister to be born, her name is Julie and she is two months old now. In our house there is a table, three chairs, a pot over a fire place and my warm bed, all in one room. My mother and father have a door on their room. My mother makes the food and works in the garden and the house. My father is a silver smith and his name is John. This is yet not about them nor about me, this is to teach you about the 1890's.
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