''Cobblestone'' is a magazine that is published by Cricket Media and part of

Carus Publishing Company The Carus Publishing Company, now subsumed into Cricket Media, was a publisher with offices in Chicago, Peterborough, New Hampshire and Peru, Illinois. Its Peterborough office was closed June 30, 2015. Its Peru offices have closed as well, and op ...

History and profile

''Cobblestone Magazine'' was established in 1979. The founders were Hope Pettegrew and Frances Nankin,

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

natives. The first issue was published in January 1980. Carus Publishing Company acquired the magazine in 2000. The publisher of the magazine, Cobblestone Publishing, became part of its Cricket Magazine Group publications. Until January 2015 ''Cobblestone Magazine'' was headquartered in

Peterborough, New Hampshire Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,418 at the 2020 census. The main village, with 3,090 people at the 2020 census, is defined as the Peterborough census-designated place (CDP) and ...

. ''Cobblestone Magazine'' is aimed at children ages between 9 and 14 and focuses on

American history The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely ...

, especially the history of early America. Each issue is 48 pages and focuses on a particular subject, such as

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

or the

Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg () was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In the battle, Union Major General George Meade's Army of the Po ...

. Each issue contains several historical articles on the subject, as well as fun activities related to the culture of the times.

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