News from the Manchester Historic Association

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October 5, 2022

In This Issue

1 Walking Tour of Manchester's West Side

2 Visit Weston Tower and McIntyre Ski Area this October

3 2022 Manchester Holiday Ornament

4 "The Peoples' Sculptor" - On Exhibit Through Oct. 29

5 2023 Historic Preservation Award Nominations

6 Collection Highlight: Bob Montana Yearbook Cover

7 Manchester Trivia Questions

Walking Tour of Manchester's West Side

Saturday, October 22, 2022

1:00 - 3:00 pm

$10 Manchester Historic Association members - $15 General Public

Pre-registration is required.

Join historian Robert Perreault on a walking tour of Manchester's West Side, exploring the Franco-American history of Manchester. Walk the historic streets of old Notre Dame and experience Manchester’s enduring neighborhoods, where French-Canadian immigrants created a world of their own and preserved their language, faith, and traditions.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Space is limited; guests limited to 60.

Please meet at Ste. Marie's Church (378 Notre Dame Avenue)

Visit Weston Tower and McIntyre Ski Area this October!

Chairlift Rides and Weston Tower

Saturdays & Sundays, 12pm - Dusk

October 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23

Enjoy a scenic chairlift ride and see the fall foliage from the summit of McIntyle Ski Area. Tractor rides to Weston Tower will be available with the opportunity to climb to the top of Weston.

Click here to learn more and to purchase tickets.

Witch of Weston Tower

Thursday - Sunday, October 27-30

The Witch of Weston Tower is back and haunting McIntyre Ski Area! Enjoy a scenic chairlift ride to the summit of McIntyre Ski Area and travel the treacherous trail to the Witch of Weston Tower. Guests are welcome to climb the stairs of Weston Tower and see the most spooktacular views of Manchester!

Click here to learn more and to purchase tickets.

Proceeds will benefit the Manchester Historic Association!

2022 Manchester Holiday Ornament

The Manchester Historic Association is pleased to announce this year's holiday ornament featuring John Stark.

The ornament features a colorized depiction of the statue of General Stark that stands outside Manchester City Hall (identical statues are also in Bennington, VT and Stark, NH). The statues were sculpted by Robert Shore in 1999, based on the original 1889 design by John Rogers.

Each year the Manchester Historic Association produces an original, limited edition brass-plated ornament that celebrates Manchester's history. These unique, detailed ornaments are handcrafted in the United States by the same company that makes the annual White House Holiday Ornament. They make perfect Christmas tree decorations or gifts for the holidays and for many other occasions. Each comes in a decorative box.

These ornaments are available for $28.00 in the Millyard Museum Shop as well as at the MHA Research Center. The 2022 ornaments, as well as a limited number of ornaments from past years, can also be purchased online.

"The People's Sculptor:

The Life and Works of John Rogers”

On Exhibit through October 29

One month left to see the Millyard Museum's special exhibit “The People's Sculptor: The Life and Works of John Rogers"!

This exhibit will close on October 29. If you haven't had a chance to visit yet, be sure to check it out soon!

Rogers was a well-known artist whose statuary "groups" became extremely popular in the mid-to-late 1800s. He was the first American sculptor to mass produce his work and worked mostly in plaster to make his sculptures more affordable.

Rogers' connections to Manchester run deep, from his work as a mechanic at Amoskeag to his gift to the city of the Abraham Lincoln statue that stands in the courtyard at Central High School.

The exhibit is free to MHA members and included with general admission for other visitors.

2023 Historic Preservation Award Nominations

The Historic Preservation Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Historic Preservation Awards.

The Historic Preservation Awards program recognizes and supports the efforts of individuals, businesses and organizations who have made significant contributions to the preservation of buildings, neighborhoods, traditions and other historic resources in the Queen City.

Over 30 years, more than 230 recipients have been recognized for a wide variety of preservation efforts in 40 different categories. The annual event is the MHA's largest fundraiser to support its non-profit mission of collecting, preserving and sharing the history of Manchester.

If you are interested in nominating a person, organization or business for a Historic Preservation Award, please complete the HPA 2023 Nomination Form by December 3.

The 31st Annual Historic Preservation Awards will be held on May 23, 2023. Further details will be announced in the coming months.

Collection Highlight: Bob Montana Yearbook Cover

Bob Montana, the creator of the Archie comic strip, graduated from Manchester High School Central in 1940. Before creating the characters that would appear in over 700 newspapers and sell millions of comic books, he was a member of Central High's Art Club and was the Oracle's (Central's literary magazine) art editor. As editor, he illustrated the cover of the June 1940 issue of the Oracle, which also served as the "Aglaia Number" or yearbook for the 1940 graduating class.

Did You Get Last Month's

Manchester Trivia Question?

Last Month's Trivia Question: What Manchester school was dedicated in memory of a Manchester soldier who died during World War I in France, just 10 days before the Armistice that ended the war?

ANSWER: Gossler Park School, dedicated in memory of Pvt. Henry Gossler, who died November 1, 1918 after being shot in action in the Argonne Forest, France. The school was dedicated in 1957 on the site of Gossler Park, which had been named in memory of Henry Gossler in the 1930s.

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This Month's Trivia Question: What product, produced by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, was shipped to countries as far as Russia, China, Australia, and Peru in the 1860s?

The answer will appear in next month's newsletter.

The Manchester Historic Association is an independent tax-exempt charitable 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization with the mission to collect, preserve and share the history of Manchester, New Hampshire USA. The Association operates the Millyard Museum (Commercial and Bedford St.) and Manchester Research Center on Amherst Street.