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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F07_bath-new-hampshire_Bath-NH.html
Settled in 1766 by Jaasiel Harriman whose cabin was near the Great Rock. His nine year old daughter Mercy carried dirt in her apron to the top of this unique rock formation. Here she planted corn, pumpkins and cucumbers, making the first garden in…
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/HM1F05_boston-concord-montreal-railroad_Ashland-NH.html
The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad was chartered in 1844. Construction of the main line began in Concord in 1846. The tracks were completed to Laconia in 1848, to Ashland in 1849, and to Wells River, Vermont in 1853. The B. C&M RR merged with…
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/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/HM1F00_newhall-stebbins_Hinsdale-NH.html
Formed in 1856, the firm Newhall & Stebbins began manufacturing the Granite State Field Mower in 1860. Machined out of cast iron with few bolts, the mowers were intended for use on the uneven terrain of New England farms. In 1870 the company emplo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZZ_hinsdales-auto-pioneer_Hinsdale-NH.html
In the Holman and Merriman Machine Shop opposite this location, George A. Long of Northfield (Mass.) in 1875 built a steam propelled four wheel automobile with a fifth wheel for steering. This vehicle, fired by hardwood charcoal, had a bicycle-typ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZY_chief-justice-harlan-fiske-stone_Chesterfield-NH.html
Born October 11, 1872, in a modest cottage1.7 miles southeast of here on Horseshoe Road,Stone graduated from Amherst College andColumbia Law School, returning to the latteras Dean, 1910-1924. Attorney General in President Coolidge's Cabinet,he was…