Kim talks with Alan Rumrill, Executive Director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County. Alan shares the rich history of the lost bridges of the Monadnock area and why the remaining covered bridges are valued by the community.

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Historical Society of Cheshire County

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

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Kim talks with  Warner historian Rebecca Courser about the namesake of the Dalton Bridge. Rebecca shares with us a history of the town of Warner, the Dalton family, and just who exactly the covered bridge was named after.

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Warner Historical Society

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Dalton Bridge

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Kim talks with lifelong Swanzey resident Lee Dunham about the namesake of the Thompson covered bridge. Lee walks us through the exciting life of actor and playwright Denman Thompson and his production, The Old Homestead; and how integral the play has been to the town of Swanzey for over a hundred years.

Links from the conversation

The Old Homestead

2016 Article in the Keene Sentinel

Denman Thompson

The silent film, The Old Homestead

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the West Swanzey/Thompson Bridge

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Kim talks with two women who live on either side of the Columbia Bridge in northern New Hampshire. Columbia, New Hampshire, resident Stacey Campbell and Lemington, Vermont, resident Sharon Ellingwood White, share how the location of the Columbia Bridge has connected their two communities across the Connecticut River for almost two hundred years.

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Columbia Bridge

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Kim talks with Kaleigh Paré Shaughnessy, Executive Director of the John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace, about the namesake of the Whittier Bridge in Ossipee. Kaleigh tells us the story of how a young Massachusetts poet transitioned from a fierce abolitionist to one of America’s most beloved fireside poets, and how his name became attached to a New Hampshire covered bridge.

Links from the conversation

Whittier Birthplace

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Whittier Bridge

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Kim interviews Francis Faulkner, Jr. of Swanzey, about his involvement in fundraising efforts to rebuild the Slate Bridge after it was destroyed by arson in 1993. Francis shares the many layers of funding through the process of town meeting and the community connection to covered bridges in Swanzey.

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Town of Swanzey

Links for Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Slate Bridge

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Kim interviews  Marilyn Stuller of Langdon about her experience leading the fundraising efforts to save Langdon’s two historic covered bridges. Marilyn shares the story of the organic process that took fourteen years to complete and the value of preserving part of the tapestry of the greater Langdon community.

Links from the conversation

Farview Farm

Arnold M. Graton Associates

Town of Langdon

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the McDermott Bridge

Photos of the Prentiss Bridge

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Kim talks with Trish Kane, Collections Curator of the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center in Oxford, New York. Trish shares a history of the center, the significance of its namesake, and her personal journey in the preservation of historic covered bridges. 

Links from the conversation

The Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center

The Oxford Memorial Library

Covered Spans of Yesteryear

New York State's Covered Bridges

NY State Driving Tour of Covered Bridges - Contact Info

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

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Kim talks with master bridgewright Arnold M. Graton of Holderness about his long career preserving and restoring historic structures, most notably, covered bridges.  Arnold shares his experiences utilizing nineteenth-century construction to both restore, and build, new covered bridges, not only in New Hampshire but across the country.  This is a rare interview with a true master whose impact on the New Hampshire covered bridge community is without precedence.  

Links from the conversation

Arnold M. Graton Associates

Full Project List

Yankee Magazine Article - The Man Who Saves Covered Bridges

The Day - Mayflower II Restoration Continues

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Corbin Bridge

Photos of the Durgin Bridge

Photos of the Bump Bridge

Photos of the Turkey Jim Bridge

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Kim talks with Steve Taylor of Plainfield about the importance of covered bridges in New Hampshire communities. Steve explains how a practical approach to bridge building has translated into part of our cultural cache and how important these covered bridges are not only to small towns but to the state as a whole. 

Links from the conversation

Stephen Taylor - New Hampshire Humanities Council

100 Things You Should Do to Know the Real New Hampshire - NH Magazine

Steve Taylor: Newspaperman, Farmer, and Public Servant - InDepthNH

Links for Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Photos of the Meriden Bridge

Photos of the Cornish-Windsor Bridge

Photos of the Corbin Bridge

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