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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZX_thaddeus-s-c-lowe_Jefferson-NH.html
Born nearby, this inventor and scientist gained unique distinction as a pioneer aeronaut in the United States. He organized and directed a military balloon force during the Civil War and later invented a number of important and basic devices for u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZW_the-ravine-house_Randolph-NH.html
In 1876 Abel Watson and his son Laban converted their farm on this site, facing King Ravine on Mt. Adams, into a summer boarding house. Enlarged in 1884 and subsequently, the Ravine House became a key institution in opening up the northern Preside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZV_cherry-mountain-slide_Jefferson-NH.html
On July 10, 1885, at 6 a.m., a slide from Cherry Mountain's northern peak left a deep gash from Owl's Head to the valley. A million tons of boulders, trees and mud loosed by a cloudburst rolled and tumbled a tortuous two miles, destroying Oscar St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZU_granny-stalbird_Jefferson-NH.html
Known as Granny Stalbird, Deborah Vicker came through Crawford Notch c.1796 as cook for Col. Joseph Whipple. It is said she brought the first bible to the north country. She married Richard Stalbird and settled on land deeded to her by Whipple in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZC_the-weeks-act_Lancaster-NH.html
The Lodge atop Mt. Prospect was the summer home of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926), renowned "Father of the Eastern National Forests," author of The Weeks Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, March 1, 1911. The Act enables the government to buy privat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZ8_wilder-holton-house_Lancaster-NH.html
This Structure, erected by Major Jonas Wilder, from boards planed and nails wrought on the site, originally possessing a four-fireplace chimney and Indian shutters, is Coos County's first two-storey dwelling. Construction was initiated on the note…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FKN_lake-coos-and-the-presidential-range_Lancaster-NH.html
Lancaster, founded in 1763, lies on the bed of glacial Lake Coos, formed as the glaciers receded 14,000 years ago. Today, the Connecticut, an American Heritage River, flows along the bottom of the ancient lake.You stand at a gateway to The Great N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIY_45th-parallel_Stewartstown-NH.html
As you stand at this point on the 45th parallel you are half way between the Equator and the North Pole.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FIC_republic-of-indian-stream_Pittsburg-NH.html
In 1832 the settlers of the area between Indian Stream and Hall's Stream, claimed by both Canada and the United States, set up the independent republic of Indian Stream. Yielding to New Hampshire in 1836, Indian Stream became part of Pittsburg and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FI4_45th-parallel_Clarksville-NH.html
At this point you stand on the 45th parallel halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. At this point you stand also at longitude 71° 24' West from Greenwich, England. A line from this point through the center of the earth would emerge in t…