NH Troubadour June, 1937

Woman Lists N.H. Out of Country

BOSTON (AP)—History books list New Hampshire as one of the 13 original states of the union
but a woman thinks otherwise. The bureau of immigration and naturalization here received
a letter from a woman seeking information preliminary to becoming a citizen. In the letter
she asserted she had been a resident of the United States since 1886 “except for two years that she has resided in New Hampshire.”

View at Orford. Located in Grafton County, Orford is a small, rural community
with a population of 1,061 (est. 2007). Orford sits along the scenic Connecticut
River Valley, about 18 miles north of Hanover and Dartmouth College. Orford’s
natural resources of mountains, hills and ponds provide unsurpassed visual
beauty. The Appalachian Trail passes through the eastern portion of town. Noted
writer, Washington Irving, visited Orford in 1832 and is quoted as saying, “In all
my travels in this country and in Europe, I have seen no village more beautiful than this. It
is a charming place—nature has done her utmost here.”