You searched for State: nh
Page 38 of 45 — Showing results 371 to 380 of 445
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0H_north-cemetery_Portsmouth-NH.html
The town of Portmouth purchased this land in 1753 for 150 pounds from Col. John Hart, Commander of the N.H. Regiment at Louisburg. General William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Gov. John Langdon, signer of the Constitution, C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0G_the-pierce-manse_Concord-NH.html
One tenth of a mile east of here stands the only house in Concord owned (1842-1848) by Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States. Removed to this site in 1971 from Montgomery Street, it was restored by the Pierce Brigade. Opened to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0F_matthew-thornton_Merrimack-NH.html
One of three New Hampshiremen to sign the Declaration of Independence, Matthew Thornton, physician, soldier, patriot, agitated against the Stamp Act of 1765, presided over the Provincial Congress in 1775, served in the State Senate and as an assoc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0E_stream-gaging-in-new-hampshire_Plymouth-NH.html
This is the site of the longest continuous stream gaging in New Hampshire. Daily measurement of the level of the Pemigewasset River was begun here in 1886 by the Locks and Canals Company of Lowell, Massachusetts, which controlled flowage in the Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0D_smith-bridge_Plymouth-NH.html
Named for local farmer Jacob Smith, the first bridge at this site was begun before 1786 and completed with the aid of a lottery authorized in that year. In 1850, contractor Harmon Marcy of Littleton, N.H. built a new bridge at a cost of about $2,7…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0C_rogers-rangers_Haverhill-NH.html
The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their retreat and more tragedy awaited here. The expected rescue party b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0B_ebenezer-mackintosh_Haverhill-NH.html
Born in Boston and a veteran of the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga. As a known participant in the Boston Tea Party, for his own and his children's safety, he walked to North Haverhill in early 1774. He later served in the Northern Army under Gen. Gate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0A_willowdale-settlement_Littleton-NH.html
Willowdale was established around a sawmill that was built in 1812. The village thrived because sawmills, gristmills, and a factory producing sawmill machinery were powered by the Ammonoosuc River. After the Littleton Lumber Company opened in 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F09_betty-and-barney-hill-incident_Lincoln-NH.html
On the night of September 19-20, 1961, Portsmouth, NH couple Betty and Barney Hill experienced a close encounter with an unidentified flying object and two hours of "lost" time while driving south on Rte 3 near Lincoln. They filed an official Air …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F08_samuel-livermore_Holderness-NH.html
Proprietor of more than half the Town of Holderness, this jurist, congressman and senator was New Hampshire's first attorney general and second chief justice. In 1788 he spurred the State's approval of the proposed Federal Constitution, thus insur…