The history of Algonquian-speaking people is intertwined with the Merrimack River as it flows from Franklin to the Gulf of Maine. As the head speakers of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People describe, the indigenous inhabitants of the region were the first caretakers of the wate…
After migrations of hundreds or thousands of miles, birds return each year to New Hampshire forests. Not all are renowned for voice and plumage, yet each fill an ecological niche.
By Carrie Deegan
