About Roger Sanborn – Some Memories from Elaine Clow
Author: sgreen
A Brief History of Commercial Street
It was about 1790 when Jeremiah Chandler built the first gristmill at the lower falls of the Contoocook River near its confluence with the Merrimack River. The mill was located […]
Ambrose Tavern
By Willard Flanders – (Sept. 1897 – Jan. 1995) Of the many interesting historical blocks in Boscawen, this old Tavern on the north side of the Church is worthy of […]
We the undersigned………..
A petition written during the early to mid-1800’s requesting the Select Men of Boscawen not to license tavern keepers that run “disorderly houses”. To the Select Men of Boscawen We […]
1946 Welcome Home Celebration
(Excerpt from the 1983 History of Boscawen, written by Ron Reed) In 1946 the Old Home Week committee selected the theme of “Welcome Home Day” for the annual festivities. The […]
Hannah Duston – Heroine and Witness
Heroine and Witness William Andrews’ Monumental Statue of Hannah Duston by Dain A. Trafton Given at the Deerfield-Wellesley Symposium 2015 “Outside the Gallery: Public Sculpture in New England” Historic Deerfield, […]
Standard Bearer – Fisherville N.H. – July 5, 1881
In 1880 the Rev. J. H. Larry assumed the position of Principal of the Penacook Academy in Fisherville, N.H. and established the “School of Practice”. For the next three years […]
Hannah Dustin Memorial Site Cleanup
The Boscawen Historical Society would like to thank Student Conservation Association, AmeriCorps and the State of New Hampshire Division of Parks Recreation for the hard work that was put forth […]
Penacook Advertiser – October 19 1957
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Penacook Valley Advertiser – August 21, 1952
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