Slab City – Picture of the Week
Incorporated: 1764 Origin: This territory was first granted by the Massachusetts government in 1735 by petition by Robert Hale for Captain William Raymond’s men, who were soldiers in the Canadian wars. It was know as Beverly-Canada, for their home in Beverly, Massachusetts, or Hale’s-Town. In 1748, Ichabod Robie, Meshech Weare, and others from Hampton Falls [...]
Meredith, New Hampshire circa 1900′s – Picture of the Week
Meredith was first known as Palmer’s Town in honor of Samuel Palmer, a teacher of surveying and navigation who laid out much of the land surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1748, it was one of the first towns to have a charter granted by the Masonian Proprietors. Many grantees were from Salem, Massachusetts, so Palmer’s Town was renamed New Salem. It was [...]
