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14 historical markers in New Hampshire

Abenaki Tower

Tuftonboro, NH

Abenaki Tower, dedicated in 1924, is located on N'dakinna, the traditional lands of the Abenaki Peoples past and present.

Captain Lovewell's War

Ossipee, NH

Was fought between 1722 and 1725 against several tribes of eastern Indians.

Chinook Kennels

Tamworth, NH

Purchased and moved to this site in 1930 by Milton and Eva B. 'Short' Seeley, these kennels produced sled dogs for exploration, racing,...

College Road

Wolfeboro, NH

Governor John Wentworth and the King's Council voted in the spring of 1771 that a highway be made from the Governor's estate at...

Durgin Bridge

Sandwich, NH

Built by Jacob Berry of North Conway, this bridge is the fourth to span the Swift River here since 1820.

First Normal School in New Hampshire

Effingham, NH

On the rise of the ground just west of here, on the 2nd floor of the old Effingham Union Academy Building (1819), was the First Normal...

First Summer Playhouse

Tamworth, NH

Nearby stands 'The Barnstormers' summer playhouse, the oldest in New Hampshire and one of the first in the nation.

Frankenstein Trestle

Hart's Location, NH

The high steel trestle above was built in 1893 to replace a wrought iron trestle of 1875, and was strengthened in 1930 and 1950.

Granville Homestead

Madison, NH

Nearby is the birthplace of the Granville brothers: Zantford (Granny), Thomas, Robert, Mark and Edward and sisters Pearle and Gladys.

Sawyer's Rock

Hart's Location, NH

In 1771, Timothy Nash of Lancaster and Benjamin Sawyer of Conway made a bargain with Governor John Wentworth to bring a horse through...

The Chocorua Legend

Tamworth, NH

In several versions the legend's sequence relates the mysterious death of Chocorua's son while in the care of a settler named Campbell.

The First House Site in Sandwich

Sandwich, NH

The first house in town was built on this hill.

The Governor's Road

Wakefield, NH

The name was given to the highway from Portsmouth to Governor John Wentworth's summer estate in Wolfeborough.

Wentworth Estate

Wolfeboro, NH

This marker stands on the northwesterly part of a 4,000-acre tract which comprised the elegant country estate of John Wentworth, last...

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