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CASTLE VIEW SERVICE STATION

3/25/2018

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According to "Rural Oasis," the first service stations appeared in Windham by the mid-1930s. In 1935 there were three garages, but by 1943 only one of the original three remained open. While the one station that remained open, which was owned by Leon Meserve, operated without any real competition for several years, this changed when Howard Hemeon opened Castle View Service Station on Range Road, at the intersection of Route 111 and Route 111A. Howard and his wife Rose purchased the Federal period brick home that is now the Windham Restaurant in 1945. Shortly after moving in, Howard opened his service station next door to his home. Evidently the Hemeons did not make much of a success of their automotive garage, as they sold their home in 1949, along with the garage. The garage was eventually rented to Ernie Alix, who operated his own service station on the premises, until the building was sold again, and he relocated his business further down Range Road. ​
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THE MANY WORKS OF LEONARD MORRISON

3/10/2018

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1897 envelope promoting Windham's Leonard Morrison as the "Editor of Dinsmoor's Poems"
While Leonard Allison Morrison is known by most as Windham's greatest historian, he was also an avid publisher and author on many works of history and genealogy. After writing "The History of Windham, New Hampshire: 1719 - 1883," Morrison published several more works including:
  • "Dedication Exercises of the Armstrong Building" - Read Online
  • "The History of the Morison or Morrison Family" - Read Online
  • "Rambles in Europe" (Morrison's trip through Europe) - Read Online
  • "Supplement to the History of Windham in New Hampshire" - Read Online
  • "Lineage and Biographies of the Norris Family in America" - Read Online
  • "The History of the Alison or Allison Family in Europe and America" - Read Online
  • "The Armstrong Family of Windham, NH" - Read Online
  • "The History of the Sinclair Family of Europe and America" - Read Online
  • "The Earliest History and Genealogy of the Dinsmoor-Dinsmore Family" - Read Online
  • "Among the Scotch-Irish: and a Tour in Seven Countries" - Read Online
  • "History of the Kimball Family in America" - Read Online
  • "History and Proceedings of the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Settlement of Windham in New Hampshire" - Read Online
  • "Poems of Robert Dinsmoor, the 'Rustic Bard'" - Read Online
Morrison's long list of published books likely ranks him as Windham's most prolific author of his era, or any other in the town's long history. His literary contributions easily amount to thousands and thousands of pages, years of research, and numerous family genealogies and historical anecdotes preserved for future readers. ​
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