Granite Lake resident John Cucchi has put together a series of videos that tell the story of our community's history and beauty and why we feel AT&T needs to locate its cell tower somewhere else (we've found multiple other sites in the last six months):
1. In the first video we see Granite Lake as it was in the past along with pictures of one of its most famous residents, Dr. Charles Eastman, Native American physician and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America. It's titled "Twin Mountain History."
Showing posts with label Camp Oahe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camp Oahe. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Dakota Sioux Indians Travel from SD and WI to Protest AT&T Proposed Cell Tower in Stoddard, NH
Traveling 19 hours from South Dakota last week was Santee Dakota Sioux tribal elder Emmett Eastman, great nephew of renowned Native American Dr. Charles Eastman, who came to speak before the Stoddard Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) in protest against AT&T's proposed cell tower atop Stoddard's Melville Hill, overlooking Granite Lake.
Dr. Eastman once lived in the oldest, most historic home on Granite Lake and ran a camp for girls, Camp Oahe, which means "Hill of Vision." He owned the hill known today as Melville Hill and his daughter Irene, who died in the influenza epidemic of 1918, is buried there. This is the site AT&T wishes to build a cell tower.
Co-founder of the Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls of America, Dr. Eastman was a prolific writer and spoke internationally on Native American issues. Emmett Eastman traveled to ask the Stoddard ZBA to "respect the land...if you can find an alternative sight, my people would very much appreciate that."
Dr. Eastman once lived in the oldest, most historic home on Granite Lake and ran a camp for girls, Camp Oahe, which means "Hill of Vision." He owned the hill known today as Melville Hill and his daughter Irene, who died in the influenza epidemic of 1918, is buried there. This is the site AT&T wishes to build a cell tower.
Co-founder of the Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls of America, Dr. Eastman was a prolific writer and spoke internationally on Native American issues. Emmett Eastman traveled to ask the Stoddard ZBA to "respect the land...if you can find an alternative sight, my people would very much appreciate that."
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Struggle with AT&T Goes On...to a ZBA Decision May 13
The historic sites walk yesterday morning and the hearing last night are described by a Keene Sentinel writer in this article, which has just been published:
In Stoddard, ways of life collide
No decision yet on proposed cell tower
In Stoddard, ways of life collide
Peering out the window of the Cucchi residence in Munsonville Thursday toward Granite Lake and a proposed cell tower are, from left, Stephen D. Anderson, representing AT&T, Nadine M. Peterson, of the N.H. Division of Historical Resources and Buzz McLaughlin of Stoddard.
Posted: Friday, May 6, 2011 12:15 pm | Updated: 11:54 am, Fri May 6, 2011.
STODDARD — Many rules govern the construction of cellphone towers, from local ordinances to federal legislation to courtroom precedents.
There are rules that consider a project’s impacts on historical sites, communication infrastructure and local property values.
But no one rule seems to get to the heart of what bothers Granite Lake residents who have for months resisted AT&T’s plans to build a tower on Stoddard’s Melville Hill, in a location that would be visible across the lake.
Lifelong Stoddard resident Marline J. Leotta says she’s not against technology, but balks at the idea of such a prominent incursion of modern life into the lake’s landscape of rolling green hills and small wooden docks that jut into the sparkling water.
“We need places for the soul to feel free,” she said Thursday, standing near the lake shore in Nelson. “I want it to be a place where you can come and think about nature, not mankind and its squabbles.”
Friday, April 29, 2011
Petition to Stop the AT&T Proposed Cell Tower on "The Hill of Vision"
We the undersigned oppose the granting of a Special Exception to AT&T for the building of a cell tower on Melville Hill (the “Hill of Vision”) in the township of Stoddard, New Hampshire. The proposed site for the tower overlooks a site of particular significance to Native American culture and history because of its intimate connection to Dr. Charles Eastman, one American’s most revered and celebrated Native Americans. We believe the proposed tower would desecrate the purity and spiritual significance of the site. (Please print this petition, sign, and fax to 603-847-3232 ~ thank you!)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Cucchis inform ZBA of FCC Petition Re Historic Sites
To the Stoddard Zoning Board of Adjustment,
We have been in contact with the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
and the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. They have advised us of the following:
We understand that AT&T has an obligation to consider any historical properties
within a 1/2 mile radius from the proposed cell tower. We believe there are two
historical sites within the 1/2 mile radius that have been overlooked - Camp Oahe
and Camp Notre Dame. Out of the 1/2 mile radius is the historic center of Munsonville,
which includes the General Store and Post Office properties and the Chapel By
The Lake/UMC.
We have been in contact with the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
and the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. They have advised us of the following:
We understand that AT&T has an obligation to consider any historical properties
within a 1/2 mile radius from the proposed cell tower. We believe there are two
historical sites within the 1/2 mile radius that have been overlooked - Camp Oahe
and Camp Notre Dame. Out of the 1/2 mile radius is the historic center of Munsonville,
which includes the General Store and Post Office properties and the Chapel By
The Lake/UMC.
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