The June 3rd Farmington Historical Society meeting promotions read:

The feature will be Jean Davenhall, as guest speaker. Jean is a lifelong Farmington resident whose passion for hiking and the outdoors led her to recently complete climbing The NH 48 Four Thousand Footers, a list of New Hampshire's mountains reaching 4,000 feet or more in elevation.

Jean's interest in the outdoors includes not only hiking but skiing (alpine, Nordic and water), snowshoeing, kayaking, running and bicycling. Jean's adventures in the outdoors have included skiing Tuckerman s Ravine for many years with her ski buddies, snowmobiling 1,700 miles around the Gaspe Peninsula in Eastern Quebec, Canada, skiing out west as well as kayaking many NH rivers and lakes. Her first trip to the summit of Mt. Washington was in 1996 when she had the opportunity to run in the Mt. Washington Road Race. She reached the summit in 2:08! Jean also ran the Nute Ridge Half Marathon several times!

Jean will share her experience with an interactive talk and slideshow of her recent 20 mile day-hike through the Pemigewasset Wilderness from Twin Mountain to Lincoln with her husband Tom and their Standard Poodle, Ava, on their journey to achieve their goal of climbing all 48 NH Four Thousand Footers. Their sojourn in the wilderness began an hour before daybreak on September 18, 2010, and Jean will share the beautiful photos she took throughout the day until they reached their destination some twelve hours and twenty miles later!


This is a digital file in the collection. To view the video you will need to make an appointment to view this file. RKL FHS]]>
A digital copy of a VHS video recording of a basic, general Farmington History, from the 1800's up to the 1980's, as told by Alan Drew, Margory Drew, Twink Osgood, and Joe Bean. The recording was created by John Nolan and features not only those residents talking about town history from their perspective, but also a class of Farmington High school students asking them a few questions. The original video was found in the historical cabinet at the Goodwin Library by Director Tami LaRock. The VHS video was donated to the library, long ago, by Dottie Bean, the daughter of Joe Bean.

This is a digital file in the collection. To view the video you will need to make an appointment to view this file.

FHS-Kyle Leach


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