New Hampshire Crossroads; 1145; Deerfield Fair?Indian Past?Wiffleball
- Series
- New Hampshire Crossroads
- Episode
- 1145
- Producing Organization
- New Hampshire Public Television
- Contributing Organization
- New Hampshire Public Television (Durham, New Hampshire)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/298-0644j4g7
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- Description
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- Wraps: . New Hampshire has its own "Field of Dreams" - in the back yard of John Morcom's home, the Moe Gonzales Field has been built with lots of hard work and love. Every Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening, a couple of closeted wiffleball enthusiasts gather to play the sport of kids. These men range in age from 30 to 50 years old and hope to revive a classic (although rarely played) game.. We visited the 114th Deerfield Fair. It started in 1876 - the same year the potato bug showed up in Deerfield. These fairs are great places to look at things. By the way, the first fair ever in the whole country was sponsored here in Londonderry in 1722. The Deerfield Fair is one of the biggest and many consider it the best because it does not allow any gambling, alcohol, or girly shows.. We'll take a look at the history of Native Americans in New Hampshire from both an archaeological view, going back thousands of years with archaeologist Howard Sargent, and a more recent historical view with Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum co-founder Bud Thompson of Warner.
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- Asset type
- Program
- Subjects
- Algonquin; American; Americans; amusement; amusement rides; archaeological; archaeological dig; artifacts; backstop; ball; bark; bark canoe; Basket; candy; canoe; Chickens; Children; connection; Cotton; cotton candy; Deerfield; Deerfield Fair; dig; Earth; Earth connection; Fair; Fenway; Fenway Park; ferris; ferris wheel; furniture; historical; historical posters; History; home; home plate; horse; horse pull; horse show; horses; indian; Indian Museum; Midway; Museum; native; Native American History; Native American Museum; Native Americans; net; Park; pig; pig scramble; pigeons; piglet; pigs; pitching; plate; Portsmouth; Portsmouth furniture; posters; pull; pumpkins; rabbits; replica; rides; rules; scramble; seats; sheep; show; Spider; spider web; Stadium; stadium replica; sweeping; sweeping the plate; the; Warner; web; wheel; wiffle; wiffle ball; wiffle ball rules; wiffleball; wiffleball rules; wiffloids; Yankee; Yankee Stadium seats; zipper
- Rights
- Not Cleared
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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: Kevin Carlson, Fritz Wetherbee, Chip Neal, H. James Gilmore, Steve Salniker.
Producing Organization: New Hampshire Public Television
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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New Hampshire Public Television
Identifier: LPA-73, Cut 2 (Tape Number)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 27:50:00
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New Hampshire Public Television
Identifier: (unknown)
Color: RGB
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- Citations
- Chicago: “New Hampshire Crossroads; 1145; Deerfield Fair?Indian Past?Wiffleball,” New Hampshire Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 14, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-298-0644j4g7.
- MLA: “New Hampshire Crossroads; 1145; Deerfield Fair?Indian Past?Wiffleball.” New Hampshire Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 14, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-298-0644j4g7>.
- APA: New Hampshire Crossroads; 1145; Deerfield Fair?Indian Past?Wiffleball. Boston, MA: New Hampshire Public Television, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-298-0644j4g7