On December 14-15, 1774 he participated in raids on the British Fort William and Mary in New Castle capturing needed munitions for the Patriot Militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

"[3] "Beginning in the 1830s, a few arched granite highway bridges were built in southern New Hampshire under the supervision of engineers from major manufacturing centers.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the program after the Depression to put young unemployed men to work in conservation.

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

Their high performance designs represented the cutting edge of technology and dramatically influenced military and civilian aviation.

Monsignor Hevey sought to improve the economic stability and independence of the French-speaking mill workers by giving them a safe and welcoming place to save and borrow money.

"[9] The other side of the sign contains the same narrative, written in French:[10] "La première caisse populaire aux États-Unis fut fondée ici en 1908, inspiration de l'abbé Pierre Hévey, curé de la paroisse Ste-Marie, qui cherchait à améliorer la stabilité et l'indépendence économiques des ouvriers francophones en leur offrant un endroit accueillant et sécuritaire pour déposer et pour emprunter de l'argent.

Jusqu'en 1913, elle avait ses bureaux ici, chez Me Joseph Bolvin, son premier président et directeur.

Ouverte au début uniquement en soirée et les jours fériés, la caisse populaire est devenue une des plus stables institutions financiers de l'état.

The large boulder supported a temporary shelter of green poles and boughs, and its vertical face served as a fireplace.

In 1749 Morison returned as the first permanent settler of Peterborough and the following year he brought his family to a log house he had built near the rock.

A Civil War veteran, Smith was one of Barrington's selectmen, had been town clerk and representative in the legislature as well as a prominent businessman.

"[17] "28 Civilian Conservation Corps camps were established in NH under FDR's New Deal to provide jobs and training to young men during the Great Depression.

For four years the men completed projects promoting natural resource conservation and its public benefit, including trail clearing, reforestation, and Blister Rust tree disease eradication.

"On the knoll north of this site, William Sessions and his nephew, Cyrus Wheeler erected 'the first building that could be honored with the name of house' in what is now Berlin, NH.

"[20] "Spofford Village attained national stature in the 19th century for the manufacture of bits, augers, and gimlets in a series of shops powered by Partridge Brook.

Benjamin Pierce, members of the Hopkins family, and others also began to manufacture 'patent accelerating heads' for hand spinning wheels in a wooden building on this site.

Reflecting recent improvements in steel technology, the bridge incorporates rolled I-beams that minimized shop time and eased assembly in the field.

With vertical members in compression and diagonals in tension, the High Pratt truss was strong and easy to construct, making it a favorite of state highway engineers.

Enlarged in 1884 and subsequently, the Ravine House became a key institution in opening up the northern Presidential Range to trail builders and hikers.

At its zenith between the two World Wars, the hotel accommodated some 100 guests, offering tennis courts, a bowling alley, trout fishing, a swimming pond, and hiking.

They built the nearby Ararat Armenian Congregational Church in 1913, and it remains a symbol of their freedom to worship and the center of community life.

"[31] "On the night of September 19–20, 1961, Portsmouth, NH couple Betty and Barney Hill experienced a close encounter with an unidentified flying object and two hours of 'lost' time while driving south on Rte 3 near Lincoln.

They filed an official Air Force Project Blue Book report of a brightly lit cigar-shaped craft the next day, but were not public with their story until it was leaked in the Boston Traveler in 1965.

[35] "This 30 acre tract along the Merrimack River was the family farm of Revolutionary War hero General John Stark and his wife Molly.