Haven’s Historical Cycles

The Tommyknockers

This thread places the 1988 crisis against Haven’s earlier renamings, revivals, violence, and recurring encounters with the dangerous woods.

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A Town Renamed A Town Renamed from "The Tommyknockers". A Town Renamed Plantation and settlement Hugh Crane purchases the tract that becomes Montville Plantation.

A Town Renamed from "The Tommyknockers". A Town Renamed Plantation and settlement Hugh Crane purchases the tract that becomes Montville Plantation.

A Town Renamed Plantation and settlement Hugh Crane purchases the tract that becomes Montville Plantation. A small settlement grows along the road used by loggers traveling toward Derry. Coodersville The name changes to Coodersville as local businesses and families shape the community. The repeated renaming establishes a town accustomed to reinvention.

From Montgomery to Ilium From Montgomery to Ilium from "The Tommyknockers". From Montgomery to Ilium Civil War memory The town becomes Montgomery in honor of a local man killed at Gettysburg.

From Montgomery to Ilium from "The Tommyknockers". From Montgomery to Ilium Civil War memory The town becomes Montgomery in honor of a local man killed at Gettysburg.

From Montgomery to Ilium Civil War memory The town becomes Montgomery in honor of a local man killed at Gettysburg. The name gives the community a memorial identity. Classical fashion In a wave of classical place-names, residents rename it Ilium. The change occurs despite the objections of the fallen soldier’s elderly mother.

Colson’s Revival Colson’s Revival from "The Tommyknockers". Colson’s Revival A charismatic preacher Bradley Colson wins much of Ilium’s Christian community with a fervent revival and promises of harvest and sanctuary.

Colson’s Revival from "The Tommyknockers". Colson’s Revival A charismatic preacher Bradley Colson wins much of Ilium’s Christian community with a fervent revival and promises of harvest and sanctuary.

Colson’s Revival A charismatic preacher Bradley Colson wins much of Ilium’s Christian community with a fervent revival and promises of harvest and sanctuary. His influence combines religious performance with personal opportunism. A permanent name After Colson flees with money and sexual conquests, the town still adopts Haven. His sermon leaves a name and a civic mythology behind.

The Clarendon Tragedy The Clarendon Tragedy from "The Tommyknockers". The Clarendon Tragedy A family collapses After Faith Clarendon bears a child resembling Colson, her husband Paul kills the baby, Faith, and himself.

The Clarendon Tragedy from "The Tommyknockers". The Clarendon Tragedy A family collapses After Faith Clarendon bears a child resembling Colson, her husband Paul kills the baby, Faith, and himself.

The Clarendon Tragedy A family collapses After Faith Clarendon bears a child resembling Colson, her husband Paul kills the baby, Faith, and himself. The violence becomes one of the town’s darkest stories. Local memory Residents blame the preacher, the husband, the mother, or even the woods. The competing explanations foreshadow Haven’s later difficulty distinguishing cause from rumor.

The Woods Remember The Woods Remember from "The Tommyknockers". The Woods Remember Old danger revisited Ev Hillman recalls a Micmac leader’s curse and a history of disappearances, murders, and disorientation in Big Injun…

The Woods Remember from "The Tommyknockers". The Woods Remember Old danger revisited Ev Hillman recalls a Micmac leader’s curse and a history of disappearances, murders, and disorientation in Big Injun…

The Woods Remember Old danger revisited Ev Hillman recalls a Micmac leader’s curse and a history of disappearances, murders, and disorientation in Big Injun Woods. Earlier incidents include a hunter’s inexplicable lost week. A pattern emerges The historical fragments lead Ev to suspect a recurring force near Bobbi’s land. His memory helps him connect the new crisis to the town’s buried past.

1813–1831

1864–1878

Summer 1900

March 1901

Summer 1988