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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FI3_metallak_Stewartstown-NH.html
Hunter, trapper, fisherman and guide, well and favorably known by the region's early settlers, "The Lone Indian of the Magalloway" was the last survivor of a band of Abnaki inhabiting the Upper Androscoggin. Blinded by accidents, Metallak died a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FI2_log-drives_Stratford-NH.html
The dramatic process of conveying lumber logs and pulpwood from northern New Hampshire forests to manufacturing centers, by driving them down the Connecticut River, spanned the turn into the Twentieth Century. Hardy crews of "white-water men" risk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F06_george-hoyt-whipple_Berlin-NH.html
Nearby, on Pleasant Street, is the birthplace and childhood home of George Hoyt Whipple, pathologist, researcher and teacher. Dr. Whipple's most significant research led to the development of the liver therapy for pernicious anemia. For his work, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F04_dixville-notch_Colebrook-NH.html
New Hampshire has held the first-in-the-nation presidential primaries since 1920. With the first presidential "beauty contest" in 1952, our citizens have personally met the candidates and by popular ballot have declared their preference for their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F03_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 degrees 24 minutes West from Greenwich, England. A line from this point through the center of the earth would…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F02_boom-piers_Berlin-NH.html
The small man-made 'islands' in the river were used to secure a chain of boom logs which divided the Androscoggin River during the colorful and dramatic annual log drives, when the Brown Paper Company and the International Paper Company shared the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZU_zealand-and-james-everell-henry_Jefferson-NH.html
The village of Zealand grew up in 1875 to serve the logging industry. Henry owned 10,000 acres in the heart of the White Mtns., with a 10-mile railroad to move logs from forest to sawmill. The village had a post office, school, store, housing, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM165P_mount-washington-summit_Jackson-NH.html
The highest wind ever observed by man was recorded here. From 1932 to 1937 the Mt. Washington Conservatory was operated in the summit stage office then occupying this site in a great storm of April 12, 1934. The crew's instruments measured a wind …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUI6_crawford-house_Bretton-Woods-NH.html
Abel Crawford and son, Ethan Allen Crawford, built the first Crawford House in 1828. It was run by Ethan's brother, Thomas, until sold in 1852. Fires in 1854 and 1859 destroyed the original inn and a replacement. Col. Cyrus Eastman erected the thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUI4_mount-washington-hotel-bretton-woods-monetary-conference_Jefferson-NH.html
Mount Washington HotelStanding to the east, the Mount Washington Hotel was completed in 1902 as one of the largest, most modern grand hotels in the White Mountains, one of the few built in a single campaign. Designed by New York architect Charles …