Join us for an evening with Rick Davidson and Bill Thompson, authors of the book, Buried New Hampshire: Graveyards Have Stories to Tell.
DATE: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
TIME: 5:30–7:00pm
Celebrities, Murderers, Heroes… and Some Very Unusual Characters
From the seacoast to the White Mountains to the Great North Woods, New Hampshire burial grounds vary from urban park-like cemeteries to single lonely markers hidden deep in the woods. Tombstones tell fascinating stories of the past and may tell of heroic deeds or great tragedies. Personal histories become forgotten, but some survive in local lore. To create ”Buried New Hampshire” for Fonthill Media publishers, authors and photographers Rick Davidson and Bill Thompson spent a year researching legends, following clues, and photographing granite state cemeteries.
At this event, Rick and Bill will share their evocative color photographs and intriguing research. Celebrities, murderers, heroes, and various unusual characters, some tragic, some inspiring, come alive in their book and in this course. Some are well known; others lie in their final resting place shrouded in mystery.
About the Authors
Rick Davidson is a photographer, novelist, and retired teacher. Rick and his wife Jane reside in Freedom, New Hampshire. They operated Davidson Photography and Video for many years. Rick has taught at Kingswood, Kennett, Stuttgart University, for Olli Adult Education Programs, and for businesses in Germany. Rick is the author of three thrillers and a New Hampshire history. He enjoys traveling, walking with the family dog Huck, spending time on the Maine Coast, snowshoeing, playing guitar, writing, family time, and fly fishing.
Bill Thompson and his wife Janet are former owners of the North Country Angler Fly Shop in North Conway. Thompson was a licensed New Hampshire fishing guide, and for nineteen years, he wrote The Valley Angler fishing column for the local paper and a monthly column for The New Hampshire Outdoor Gazette. His flies have been featured in several books and are still used on local rivers.
Read the book!
If you’d like to read the book before the event, Buried New Hampshire is available as part of Fonthill Media’s America Through Time series. Bring it along to have it signed by the authors!