List of New Hampshire historical markers (201–225)
This is part of the list of New Hampshire historical markers.
The text of the markers is reproduced below.
"This respected citizen of Barnstead made many contributions to our nation's early history. In 1770 he built the Barnstead portion of the Province Road, a critical transportation link leading from Portsmouth to Canada. During the American Revolution, his deeds at Fort William and Mary in New Castle helped to provide needed munitions for the patriots at the Battle of Bunker Hill. After the war, Quartermaster Chesley was elected a selectman, served as a representative to the General Court and as a delegate to the state convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution."
"Founded in 1793, Enfield Shaker Village was the 9th of the original Shaker communities established in the U.S. At its peak c.1850 some 300 Shakers lived, worked and worshipped here, practicing equality of the sexes, celibacy, pacifism, racial equality, and communal ownership of property. This self-contained community farmed 3,000 acres [12 km2] and maintained more than 50 buildings along four miles [6 km] of highway. Surviving Shaker buildings include the 1837 Great Stone dwelling, one of the largest Shaker structures ever built. The Shakers left Enfield in 1923."
"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. By the 1850s, rural stonemasons had mastered the art of building such bridges without mortar. Hiram Monroe (1799–1871), active in town affairs, persuaded Hillsborough to build a dozen. Five survive, and a sixth is covered by Pierce Lake. Among the local builders were Reuben E. Loveren (1817–1883), and brothers Calvin A. Gould (1826–1877) and James H. Gould (1828–1890). All three worked on this, the double-arched Sawyer Bridge, in 1866."
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