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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/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/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/HM1C06_deacon-josiah-fisher_Keene-NH.html
Near this spot Deacon Josiah Fisher was killed and scalped by an Indian, July 10, 1745, a pioneer settler of this town in 1734.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14MV_the-old-road-to-boston_Keene-NH.html
Erected by Ashuelot Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, April 12, 1902, to mark the beginning of the Old Road to Boston, over which the soldiers of the revolution from Keene marched under Captain Isaac Wyman, April 21, 1775, in response …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LR_the-old-fort_Keene-NH.html
This boulder marks the site of the old fort built in 1738 by the early settlers of Upper Ashuelot as a refuge from the Indians. This memorial erected in 1906 by Ashuelot Chapter D.A.R. and Keene Chapter S.A.R.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LQ_the-first-meeting-house-in-upper-ashuelot_Keene-NH.html
The First Meeting House in Upper Ashuelot, now Keene was built on this knoll in 1736-7. Here also was located the Burying Ground of the original settlers. Erected by Ashuelot Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in 1913