Humanity & Connections Series
Every visitor brings a story underground.
Proposals on the heart, reunions decades in the making, and first visits from around the world. Meet our guests who make Howe special.
Fall 2024
Faces of Howe
81 stories
Fall 2024Meet the Ara family from Bangladesh
They currently live in Bronx, New York. The Ara family is Muslim. They explained to Betsy that their culture is rooted in unity and togetherness. In their…
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Fall 2024Meet Nancy, Gloria, Nancy, Margaret, Sofia from Brooklyn, NY
Andrew met & chatted with Nancy, Gloria, Nancy, Margaret, Sofia from Brooklyn, New York. Nancy works as an administrative manager with small business services.…
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Fall 2024Meet Victoria from São Paulo, Brazil
She has been in the United States for three years. When Betsy asked her what brought her to the United States, she said, “A Turkish man.” Victoria met him in…
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Fall 2024Meet the Rocks from Virginia
Lane (Mom) was born & raised in Texas. Doug (Dad) was born and raised in Long Island, New York. Lane was raised by a single mom. After graduating from high…
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Fall 2024Meet Oliver from Colorado
Today is his 7th birthday! Oliver was asked to create a wish list for his birthday. On the top of his list was rocks! When Oliver’s, bonus dad James, saw that…
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Fall 2024Meet Gretchen from Cobleskill, NY
She currently lives in the home, here in Schoharie County, that was built for her family over 100 years ago! It has been passed along from generation to…
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Fall 2024Meet Kelly and Chris from England
Chris is an engineer and a work project brought the couple to the United States in June. Kelly works in communications for a law firm and is able to work…
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Fall 2024Meet Jena & Jerry from Seattle, Washington
They met at a bouldering (rock climbing) gym a little over two years ago. On the day they met, they used the app, “Meet Up.” Meet Up is a social networking app…
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Fall 2024Meet Eli from Florida
Eli is six years old and this is the first time that he has ever seen snow! His mom said that when they arrived for their cave tour, he literally ran out of the…
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Fall 2024Meet Jeff and Kristin from Massachusetts
They are on a midweek three day mini-vacation just to celebrate life. They came from visiting Ithaca, New York to Howe. So far on their vacation, they went to…
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Fall 2024Meet Olivia and Jeremy from Western NY
They both work in the restaurant industry and that is how they met. They’ve been together about a year and a half. Olivia is a born and raised farm girl from…
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Fall 2024Meet Hemanth, Jeenu, and Surya from India
Jeenu grew up in a military family and was constantly moving. Her life was never predictable. By the time she was an adult, she had lived in 26 of the 28 states…
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