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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P11_park-hill-meeting-house_Westmoreland-NH.html
This church, built on the northeast corner of Cole Cemetery in 1762, was moved in sections by ox cart in 1779 to this location, then known as Federal Hill. A steeple with a bell cast by the Paul Revere Foundry was added in 1826. This edifice is re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4E_first-connecticut-river-bridge_Walpole-NH.html
The first bridge across this river was built approximately ΒΌ mile north of this location in 1785 by Col. Enoch Hale. This toll bridge, replaced in 1840, was recognized in the 18th century as one of America's outstanding bridges because of its uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M3D_hampshire-pottery_Keene-NH.html
About 150 feet north of here stood the famous Hampshire Pottery Works founded by James Scolly Taft for the manufacture of earthenware. In 1878 Majolica ware was a major product, followed in 1883 by the addition of useful and decorative art objects…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M3C_pierce-shops_Chesterfield-NH.html
Spofford Village attained national stature in the 19th century for the manufacture of bits, augers, and gimlets in a series of shops powered by Partridge Brook. Beginning about 1825, Benjamin Pierce, members of the Hopkins family, and others also …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M32_first-methodist-meeting-place-in-new-hampshire_Chesterfield-NH.html
In 1772 "the people called Methodist" held their first religious meeting in this state on the James Robertson farm, 1.2 miles north of here, on Christian Street, with Philip Embury as the preacher. On June 20, 1803, Francis Asbury spoke here using…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M2P_jonathan-myrick-daniels_Keene-NH.html
Civil Rights activist Daniels worshiped at St. James Episcopal Church during his high school years. Born in Keene, he graduated from Virginia Military Institute before entering the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, MA. While studying for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKW_stoddard-glass_Stoddard-NH.html
Glassmaking in this town covered the years 1842-1873. Nearby stood the South Stoddard Glass Works founded by Joseph Foster in 1842. A second works was erected in 1846 at Mill Village two miles north. In its day a major industry of the State, Stodd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F01_keene-glass-industry_Keene-NH.html
The first of two famous Keene glass factories was established near this site in 1814 and produced window glass for the New England area until 1853. Another glass works (1815-1842), 1.5 miles southeast of here on Marlboro Street, made bottles and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F00_newhall-stebbins_Hinsdale-NH.html
Formed in 1856, the firm Newhall & Stebbins began manufacturing the Granite State Field Mower in 1860. Machined out of cast iron with few bolts, the mowers were intended for use on the uneven terrain of New England farms. In 1870 the company emplo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZZ_hinsdales-auto-pioneer_Hinsdale-NH.html
In the Holman and Merriman Machine Shop opposite this location, George A. Long of Northfield (Mass.) in 1875 built a steam propelled four wheel automobile with a fifth wheel for steering. This vehicle, fired by hardwood charcoal, had a bicycle-typ…