Four Corners Store
Helena and George Blais owned and ran the Richmond Four Corner Store from 1964 through 1972. The store was a central meeting place for both long-time residents and summer vacationing families to meet and socialize. Helena Blais prepared homemade food each week and sold it at the store.
Helena and her family have put together a cookbook of all of the recipes she made over those years, including some of her German heritage recipes. The cookbook is available at the Richmond Public Library. All proceeds going to the Richmond Historical Society.
Father Hosea Ballou
The central figure in the Universalist movement in the 19th century, Hosea Ballou was born the eleventh child of Maturin and Lydia Ballou on April 30, 1771. The family had moved to the backwoods of New Hampshire in the spring of 1768. His father was a Baptist preacher and farmer, and his mother died before he was two. Hosea had very limited schooling, and learned the skills of farming in a difficult environment.
“Little House In The Forest” Neith Boyce 1872-1951
Join us on July 24 at 6:00 in the Veterans Hall to learn about writer and poet Neith Boyce. Retired Brown University Professor Dr. DeBoer-Langworthy will reveal the fascinating life of Neith Boyce whose work included poetry, theater, short stories, and novels. Boyce published four critically acclaimed books between 1900-1910, dozens of short stories in major magazines in the 1920’s, and plays that were pivotal to the development of American theater. Boyce’s work also includes memories of her time living in Richmond NH, which are depicted in the book “The Town in The Forest – Life Story of Richmond NH.”