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Post by karl on Sept 26, 2013 20:39:21 GMT -7
J.J. Thank you for sharing with photos of a most beutiful are to live in. In my minds eye, was to emagine New Hampshire to be of low hills and well forested with hard wood trees of oak and walnut. But, as your photos provide to the eye, a wonderious scene of heavy forest over high mountains surrounding low valleys. I was curious about the origens of your fine area and so, this url of history..very interesting in as well of other areas such as Main. www.infoplease.com/us-states/new-hampshire.htmlKarl |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 2, 2013 6:51:51 GMT -7
The Soucook River about a mile down the road from me.  |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 3, 2013 3:46:39 GMT -7
What the soul of New Hampshire is about.
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Post by pieter on Oct 3, 2013 8:46:05 GMT -7
Dear John,
The Soucook River photo is very beautiful John. The New England region of the northeastern United States of America is one of my favorite area's in the USA. Even though I have never been there, I love the freshness, the colorfool woods, the hills and mountains, the greenness of the fields, the beauty of the Victorian and American style houses, the rural country roads, the magnificent coast, and ofcourse also and especially New Hampshire state we got to know via your wonderful contributions on this Forum. And via American Art House movies and documentries, National Geographic and via other excellent Photojournalismp. The place has it´s own charm and thus character. Europeans feel at home there, because it reminds them of the most wonderful places in Europe. The green hills and beauty of Denmark, the countryside of Sweden and Norway, the Belgian and French Ardens mountains, the German Taunus-mountain range in Hesse, Germany located north of Frankfurt. The Moselle valley along the river Moselle (French: Moselle, IPA: [mɔzɛl]; German: Mosel; Luxembourgish: Musel) which flows through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. Parts of Southern-Bohemia in the South of the Czech republic, and the Vosges (Vogesen in German]) low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany.
But then New-England has it's own unique atmosphere, history and population and due to it's own cultural landscape shaped by European settlers centuries ago (17th, 18th and 19th century), in the 20th and 21th century. The Irish (the largest ethnic group), French and French Canadian, Italian, English, German, Polish, Portuguese,Scottish and Scotch-Irish people who populate the area.
People New Hampshire
Ethnic and religious origins
In the colonial period the majority of the people were of English origin, but a significant influx of Scotch-Irish, who were largely Presbyterian in faith, began in 1719. They settled in the south-central and southwestern portions of New Hampshire and named their principal towns Derry, Londonderry, Antrim, and Dublin, for places they had left behind in Ireland.
In the past New Hampshire had a system of town churches in which any officially recognized denomination could be designated at the annual town meeting to receive public tax support. Prior to the American Revolution, five denominations were officially recognized: Congregational, Baptist, Presbyterian, Quaker (Society of Friends), and Church of England. The system was discarded in 1819 by the Toleration Act passed by the legislature. Since then all churches have been privately supported, and any denomination may function freely.
Between 1845 and 1920, immigrants came to New Hampshire from all parts of Europe. The first Roman Catholic congregation was established in 1823, the first Roman Catholic school in 1859, and a statewide diocese in 1884. The first Jewish congregation was organized in 1892 and the first Greek Orthodox church in 1905. The New Hampshire Council of Churches, organized in 1945, has developed broad ecumenical policies to include many faiths.
Population composition
New Hampshire’s citizens are overwhelmingly of European heritage (white); Asians and Pacific Islanders and African Americans constitute only a tiny fraction of the population, as do Hispanics. The largest group not directly descended from origins in the British Isles are the French Canadians, or Canado-Américaines, who first began to arrive in the years immediately after the American Civil War, chiefly from Quebec. They were attracted mainly to such industrial cities as Manchester, Nashua, Laconia, and Berlin. By the end of World War I, New Hampshire had the largest percentage of French Canadians among the states.
Demographic trends
In the first U.S. census, in 1790, New Hampshire had a population of 141,885. Since then each decennial count has recorded a growth, except for that of 1870, when there was an extensive post-Civil War exodus to the Midwest. The urban population is concentrated to a large extent in the southern and southeastern regions, and the larger urban centres, with the exception of Berlin, are all located south of the White Mountains.
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 3, 2013 9:39:25 GMT -7
Well Pieter,
Maybe I should say "Welcome to New Hampshire"!!
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Post by pieter on Oct 3, 2013 9:42:39 GMT -7
John,
I would love to go there. New England and Canada. Today I am very bussy over here. Developping my camera and editing skills.
New England is on my future travel agenda. Do you have Irish-American and French-Canadian friends, former colleages or neighbours John.
Keep posting these awsome autumn images.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by pieter on Oct 3, 2013 9:42:43 GMT -7
John,
I would love to go there. New England and Canada. Today I am very bussy over here. Developping my camera and editing skills. New England is on my future travel agenda. Do you have Irish-American and French-Canadian friends, former colleages or neighbours John? Keep posting these awesome autumn images.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 4, 2013 3:48:29 GMT -7
John, I would love to go there. New England and Canada. Today I am very bussy over here. Developping my camera and editing skills. New England is on my future travel agenda. Do you have Irish-American and French-Canadian friends, former colleages or neighbours John? Keep posting these awesome autumn images. Cheers, Pieter I have French Canadian, Irish American, Scots American, Polish German, and a few original Americans as friends. Never think of people that way. Had to apply extra brain twist to see who is out there.. If you come out this way and I'm still alive, please let me know and we'll meet. |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 10, 2013 6:09:25 GMT -7
Sugar Hill Overlook ~ Kancamagus Highway
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 18, 2013 7:28:01 GMT -7
 From Cathedral Ledge overlooking the Mt. Washington Valley
Act 2 of the foliage season in the White Mountains has begun and what a show it is! The early autumn pallet of dazzling crayon colors has transformed into a burnished gold treasure. Oak and beech trees are dressed in their fall finery gleaming like old pennies in the October sun. Crimson rooster tails of sumac blaze in tawny roadside fields. |
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Post by Jaga on Oct 18, 2013 21:51:38 GMT -7
Beautiful pictures. I was today on the airplane trip above Idaho, it is beautiful, but the colors are not that vivid as last week. Here in Idaho seasons are changing quickly.
There was a beautiful moon tonight, Hunter's Moon.
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Post by pieter on Oct 19, 2013 3:57:27 GMT -7
Again, wonderful land, great colors and landscapes!
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 24, 2013 8:00:27 GMT -7
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 31, 2013 6:16:31 GMT -7
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