Webster Stagecoach Stop and Store
Inscription
This small building, built ca. 1820, served as a stopover for a stagecoach route that passed through Danville. Passengers could buy refreshments while the horses rested and carriages were repaired. Early customer accounts remain intact, written on interior walls. Nathaniel Webster, third cousin to Daniel Webster and the town's first U.S. postmaster, ran the post office from this building.
The stagecoach stop's history illustrates the importance of 19th century stagecoach culture, not only for travel but also for commerce and mail delivery.
Location
Sources
More markers in Rockingham
William & Mary Raids
New Castle, NH
Dec. 14–15, 1774, several hundred men overpowered the small British garrison at Castle William & Mary, now Fort Constitution, New Castle,...
Early American Clocks
Chester, NH
Isaac Blasdel, 1738-1791, son and father of clockmakers, settled in Chester in 1762 and commenced manufacturing one-day, striking, wall...
Isles of Shoals
Rye, NH
About six miles offshore, these nine rocky islands served Europeans as a fishing station before the first mainland settlements were made...
La Fayette's Tour
Northwood, NH
Upon invitation of President Monroe, issued at the request of Congress, Marquis de LaFayette, Revolutionary War hero, revisited the...
Major John Simpson
Deerfield, NH
Born in Deerfield and buried in Old Center Cemetery on road west, he gained fame by the unauthorized firing of the first shot at Bunker...