Marshall Hudson

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Writer at New Hampshire Magazine

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What's for Lunch in the Pisgah Wilderness

1 month ago | nhmagazine.com | Elisa Verdi |Marshall Hudson

I’m reading the surveyor’s field notes from the 1915 official town line perambulation for the town of Winchester. It reads as though the perambulators were having quite an adventure, and I’m wishing I had been there with them. The participating towns were taking turns providing lunch for the crew, and on the final day, it was Winchester’s turn.
A ‘Bearly’ Believable Tale: “Sarah Whitcher’s Story” Inspires NH Kids to Read 120-Year-Old Book

Jan 1, 2025 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

Precocious little Emmy and her mom stopped in at our farm recently, and I asked her if she was learning to read. Emmy told me about her favorite book and said I could borrow it if I promised to bring it back. The name of the book was “Sarah Whitcher’s Story” by Elizabeth Yates. It is an old children’s story first published in 1905 but republished in 1994.
Redstone Remains: The Abandoned Quarry Lies Hidden in the White Mountains

Nov 12, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Elisa Verdi |Marshall Hudson

The rattlesnakes are now long gone, but their legacy remains. I’m exploring the woods on the southwest side of Rattlesnake Mountain in Redstone, NH. Rattlesnakes were once hunted here and sold for their venom, which was valued for medicinal properties. This practice stopped about 1870, when a forest fire raged over the mountain, killing off the snake population, but leaving the dangerous-sounding name behind.
‘Rough’ & ‘Tough’ Harvest- Reaping Sheaves of Grain the Old-Fashioned Way

Oct 17, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

A few lines of an old church hymn are stuck in my head in a never-ending refrain. “Bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in the sheaves. We will come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves.” Before today I had only a vague concept of what a “sheave” was and had never heard the word used in conversation. A “sheave” is a bundle of grain stems bound together after reaping. Typically, a sheave is the bundle after harvest but before the grain and straw have been separated.
Taking the Tour of the Josie Langmaid Murder

Sep 11, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

Our little convoy pulled out of the parking lot at Pembroke Town Library, took a hard right and traveled back in time 150 years. The convoy was three cars strong and interconnected by cellphones so each passenger could hear the narrative being given by the tour guide in the lead vehicle. Our tour guide, Ms. Avree Kelly Clark, is the author of the book, “Malice Aforethought,” which tells the true and tragic story of the murder of Josie Langmaid in 1875.
Bringing Back the Squirrels to Castle in the Clouds

Aug 13, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

I’m up on the roof admiring the view from this usually off-limits vantage point. To the southwest, I see the blue shimmering water of Lake Winnipesaukee broken up by a multitude of wooded islands. To the northeast are the isolated Ossipee Mountains with their pitch pine barrens and scrub oak woodlands, which provide a colorful autumn display. Ask anyone who has ever visited the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, and they will likely speak fondly of these million-dollar views.
New Hampshire Magazine

Jul 16, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

I’ve got hay fever. Or maybe haying fever. Growing up on a New Hampshire dairy farm, I’ve been involved in the annual haying ritual for longer than I can remember. Family photos show me on a tractor or in a hay wagon before I could walk. Perhaps that explains why I get an irresistible urge to be wrestling hay bales into the barn when the summer days gain daylight length and temperatures rise from warm to sweltering.
Surveying the Mystery of NH’s ‘Stonehenge’

May 22, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Marshall Hudson

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Surveying the Mystery of NH’s ‘Stonehenge’

May 22, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

I’m traveling south on Interstate 93, quite happy not to be going north. Traffic in the northbound lane is bumper-to-bumper and barely crawling, packed with people heading north to see the total eclipse. I’m also headed to see the eclipse, but unlike most observers, I’m southbound.
Adventures in Driving a WWII Deuce

Apr 12, 2024 | nhmagazine.com | Marshall Hudson

As we bounce down the road in his 1943 GMC U.S. Army truck, Steve Keith peppers me with tips about how to drive it. “It has a five-speed manual transmission, but the gears are not synchromeshed so you have to double clutch every time you shift,” he says. “Start out in second gear. First is really low. You only use it when you are stuck in the mud or hauling aheavy load. Fifth gear is an overdrive.”It’s nothing like driving a car or an SUV. And it nearly has a mind of its own.