The fourth New Hampshire turnpike: Historical New Hampshire/ by W.R. Waterman.
- Title:
- The fourth New Hampshire turnpike: Historical New Hampshire/ by W.R. Waterman.
- Author:
- Waterman, W.R.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord,NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1960.
- Physical Description:
- p.1-25 : some illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1960 Vol.15 (November 1960) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses the Fourth New Hampshire Turnpike, chartered in 1800, which connected the New Hampshire cities of Lebanon and Boscawen. It examines turnpike proprietors Elisha Payne, Russell Freeman, and Constant Storrs and comments on the road's finances and stockholders. The author also reflects on the turnpike's route, inns and taverns established alongside it, and travel by horse and stagecoach. The turnpike was originally a toll road but became a free road in the mid nineteenth century.
- Subjects:
- Roads New Hampshire. , Toll Roads. , New Hampshire History 1775-1865,
- Locations:
- Boscawen (N.H.).
Lebanon (N.H). - Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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