About Roger Sanborn – Some Memories from Elaine Clow
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…
By Willard Flanders – (Sept. 1897 – Jan. 1995)Of the many interesting historical blocks in Boscawen, this old Tavern on the north side of the…
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…
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”.…
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…
Click image to see full document Penacook Advertiser – October 19 1957
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In March 1969, Mr. Elmer Carl Anderson, husband of Isabel Weir, compiled this brief history of the Weir family’s arrival in Boscawen.Their story begins in…