Table of Contents
Foreword 7
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction. Hanover Then and Now 11
1 Where It All Began
Hanover Four Corners 15
The Sylvester Mansion House 18
Lottie Peterson's Store 20
Back Street House. Home to Many Professionals 22
A Beautiful Old Hanover House 24
The Odd Fellows Hall 26
One Old Hanover Inn with a Colorful Past 29
Murder and an Unmarked Grave in Hanover 30
Murder at Four Corners 33
The Second Congregational Church 35
The Red and Blue War of 1909 37
2 The Center
Hanover Center circa 1900 41
Briggs Stable and House 43
John Curtis Looked into the Future and Left a Legacy 46
St. Mary's of the Sacred Heart 48
Burning of the Beehive 50
Hanover Cemetery Has Stories to Tell 51
3 The Business of Hanover
Hanover, A Town that Made Shoes 55
Fireworks 57
Clark Field 59
Early Industries at Luddam's Ford 62
Project Dale 64
Gardening and Floriculture in Old Hanover 67
Brooks' Store in North Hanover 69
Josselyn's Store, West Hanover 72
4 Some Hanover People You Should Know
The Village Blacksmith 75
Hanover's Grand Old Man 78
Charlie's Wagon 80
Beal Family of Architects 82
Remembering Lucy Bonney 85
5 School Days
The little Red Schoolhouse 89
Hanover Academy 91
Hanover High School 1868 and Beyond 95
Hanover Benefactor of the Past Edmund Q. Sylvester 98
Salmond School 100
6 Around Town
The Hanover Mall Site 103
The Old Simmons Homestead 105
Oxen in Days of Yore 108
The Hanover Branch Railroad 110
Hanover Folly 113
The Lone House in Cricket Hollow, or the Cricket Hole House 115
The Village of South Hanover 117
South Hanover Business District, 1902 120
7 The Good Life in Hanover
Leisure Tune Activities 125
Celebrations in Hanover 129
Memorial Day 131
Remembering Armistice Day 132
Epilogue. Signs of Spring in Hanover 135
About the Author 139
About the Hanover Historical Society 141
