Monumental

This weekend, we ventured across the Connecticut River into Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

Hinsdale is set in a beautiful spot, at the confluence of the Ashuelot and Connecticut Rivers. However, the town has been in decline since the one and only factory in town, which made mowers, closed some 80 years ago.

Now, it is home to the country’s oldest continually operating Post Office, a junk shop, and, possibly during weekday lunch hours, a little café. There is a Walmart, and a Tractor Supply on the edge of town. between those two and possibly the school, those are about all the jobs that exist.