Meade's Tall Tales

Meade Cadot served as the Harris Center’s Executive Director from 1975 through 2009, and became the keeper of lots of stories during that time! Lucky for us, he’s written many of them down. Scroll down and click on any image in the fun collection of stories we’re lovingly calling “Meade’s Tall Tales.” You just might learn something new about this place we call home…

And Now for the Tales...

The Harris Center namesake: Harris the Cat The Harris What?! A photo of a beaver in the Harris Center bathtub. Critter Stories A photo of Amelia Earhart, the Cadot family's pet flying squirrel. In the Company of Amelia Earhart A map of tracks and sign found in the proposed Route 101 Bypass corridors in 1981. Fred Murphy Goes Fishing A Ruffed Grouse "Pigeon Hawk" & Our Very Own Guard Grouse An image of a newspaper clipping describing an incidence of untreated sewage emptying into the Contoocook River. Contoocook River "Water-foul" & a Different Kind of Dowsing A Pileated Woodpecker forages for crabapples. How to Lose Credibility A taxidermied possum. (photo © Ben Conant) BYO Roadkill A canoe outing on Spoonwood Pond, circa 1982. The Spoonwood Saga: Part I sunrise at Spoonwood Pond (photo © Roxanne Copeland) The Spoonwood Saga: Part II A rainbow over Spoonwood Pond. (photo © Meade Cadot) The Spoonwood Saga: Part III Thelma Babbitt A Lesson from Thelma A burning house in a snowy wood. Of Rye Pond and Wry Humor An autumn view of North Pond in Harrisville. (photo © Brett Amy Thelen) That SuperSanctuary Place The still life painted “A Royal Dessert,” by William Michael Harnett. The Currier Connection A map of a proposed subdivision along Apple Hill Road in Nelson. A Phone Call to Fairbanks A river otter. (photo © Zachary Spears via unsplash) Robb on the Radar, Part I An aerial view of Robb Reservoir surrounded by fall foiliage. (photo © Eric Aldrich) Robb on the Radar, Part II A group of birders looking out from the Chandler Land, near Robb Reservoir. (photo © Meade Cadot) Robb on the Radar, Part III A moose captured in a trail cam photo, taken near Robb Reservoir. (photo © Jackie Lundsted) Robb on the Radar, Part IV Summer campers sit in an oversized, handmade stick nest. "Wol" Nests A historic photo of the Elmwood Junction railroad depot, courtesy of the Historical Society of Cheshire County. Conserving Elmwood Junction A side view of a man looking through binoculars, with a hearing aid visible in his left ear. (photo © Sandy Taylor) Hawkwatching & Hearing Loss A view of Spoonwood Pond and the surrounding forest. (photo © Tom Momeyer) Shock & Awe and Kulish Ledges