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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3Y_a-bit-of-history_Lincoln-NH.html
The land you see as you stand here all lies within the township of Lincoln, granted on January 31, 1764 to James Avery and others and named after Henry Clinton, ninth Earl of Lincoln. The original grant contained 32,456 acres. Settlers did not beg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3X_the-flume_Lincoln-NH.html
This narrow gorge 700 feet in length with walls of granite 60 to 70 feet high was formed thousands of years ago when magma, filled an east-west fracture in the side of Mt. Liberty. Erosion resulting from water flowing over this lava dike through t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3W_franconia-range_Lincoln-NH.html
The mountains you are looking at are part of the Franconia Range and like the rest of the White Mountains are among the oldest in the world. They date back to a period in geological time more than 400 million years ago when this area was covered b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FMO_wildwood_Easton-NH.html
In this area of Easton (formerly part of Landaff and before that, Lincoln), the settlement of Wildwood once stood. At the turn of the 20th century Wildwood was a center for the "slash and run" logging of Mt. Moosilauke. The Village included a scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FMN_bath-bridge_Bath-NH.html
Erected in 1928, this riveted steel Warren truss span was built to replace a wooded span destroyed in the 1927 flood. This efficient truss design is based on a series of equilateral triangles with verticals added for strength. Boston Bridge Works …
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…
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…