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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZA9_sam-walter-foss_Candia-NH.html
Candia is the birthplace of the well-known poet, journalist and publisher, Sam Walter Foss. Son of Dyer and Polly Foss, he was born on June 19, 1858. His homespun verse and country poems were great favorites. "The House by the Side of the Roa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXJ_memorial-bridge-1923-2012-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
Photo 1 The memorial bridge was constructed between 1920 and 1923 and demolished in 2012. It was the second bridge built across the fast and deep waters of Portsmouth Harbor. The 1923 bridge was the first vertical lift bridge constructed in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXI_john-samuel-blunt-painter-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
Born in 1798 into a family of Portsmouth Mariners, John Samuel Blunt was apprenticed in the Boston workshop of artist John Ritto Penniman where, from age 14 to 21, he mastered the art of ornamentation. Here, he met other ambitious young artists wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXH_haven-park-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
The land for this park was given to the city by Miss Eliza A. Haven through a bequest following her death in 1897. The last direct descendant of Dr. Samuel Haven, who stipulated in his will that the ancestral family mansion be "taken entirely…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXG_james-stavers-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
In the midst of the American Revolution in 1777, James, enslaved by tavern owner John Stavers, was ordered to stop a zealous patriot from chopping down the tavern sign. Although James nearly killed the man, it was his owner, a suspected Tory, who …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPV_russell-a-hanscom-memorial-a-war-memorial_Portsmouth-NH.html
Dedicated to those men who made the supreme sacrifice in WWII for God and Country. Robert A. Anderson · James R. Birt · Raymond F. Burns · Paula A. Doble · Russell A. Hanscom · Robert A. Harrison &midd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPU_the-south-church-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
This Greek Revival-style church was dedicated on February 15, 1826. Its architect and construction supervisor was Jonathon Folsom, a master builder. The exterior granite was quarried in Rockport, Massachusetts, transported to Portsmouth by water, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNY_portsmouth-nh-marine-railway-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
In 1833 a group of prominent Portsmouth merchants organized The Marine Railway Company and installed a set of tracks from the water to the brick machine house still standing near this site. When coupled with two horses, the machinery would, as the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNX_portsmouth-nh-world-war-ii-a-war-memorial_Portsmouth-NH.html
World War II 1941-1945
"Remembering those who made the supreme sacrifice"
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKG_exeter-nh-exeter-gas-works-historical_Exeter-NH.html
The Exeter Gas Works operated on this site beginning in 1862. The gas, produced from coal, supplied street lights in Exeter during the American Civil War. Local homes and businesses were supplied shortly thereafter. Manufactured gas was the princi…