Events

Rebecca Rule “Crosscut” program this week

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Rebecca Rule photoWriter, humorist, and storyteller Rebecca Rule is a NH treasure–her New Hampshire Humanities Council programs are continually popular, many folks travel miles to attend them. Fortunately for One Book, One Valley planners, Rebecca Rule introduced a new program this year, “Crosscut: Stories of logging, the mills, and life in the Androscoggin Valley,” on a topic aligned with themes in the book “Go With Me.”

“Crosscut” was presented at the beginning of October in Bartlett, but, happily, everyone will have another chance to see the program on Thursday evening, Oct. 21 at 7 pm at the Whitney Community Center in Jackson. Don’t miss it!

Mystery of Shawtown

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Cellar Hole
Photo by Russ Nelson

Northern New England has many “lost” towns–settlements that existed and thrived for a period of time, and then, for a variety of economic, social, or other reasons, ceased to exist. One such lost town is an important element in Go With Me. More locally, there is Shawtown, a settlement that used to be found in Freedom’s northwest corner, whose location today is revealed by its cellar hole remnants.

On Thursday, October 14 at 7 pm at the Conway Public Library, Carol Foord will talk about Shawtown’s growth and eventual demise. Using slides and maps, Carol will lead a virtual tour of Shawtown, moving from site to site, just as the census taker in 1860 would have done.