Monadnock Moments

As we look back now, more than sixty later, it seems almost inevitable that Cheshire County’s worst forest fire ever was about to occur in April of 1941.  During that month the state had experienced the highest average temperature and lowest average rainfall of any...

During the 1920s and 30s much of the bread used in Keene and the surrounding area was baked in a small bakery on Cottage Street in Keene. Thomas Duchesneau opened his Butternut Bakery in 1908.  At that time he and one assistant were baking 100 loaves of bread daily. ...