Staying small in a century of growth: Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1900-2000/ by Kathryn Grover.

Title:

Staying small in a century of growth: Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1900-2000/ by Kathryn Grover.

Author:

Grover, Kathryn.

Call Number:

977.8b C229gr

Publication Information:

Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2017.

Physical Description:

642 p.: illustrations, maps, 2017.

Description:

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Canterbury, New Hampshire, was an agricultural town with a declining population, grouped in farm-based neighborhoods with one-room schools, poor roads, and different religious affiliations, including a Shaker village. Unaffected as yet by the automobile and the telephone, residents tended to live and work within a small distance of their homes. The devastating effects of a great fire in the town center during World War II signaled a change in the town's identity that took hold over the second half of the entury. A rise in population blended with an agricultural past to create a new identity as a residential community wishing to retail and preserve its rural quality. Through the decades, Canterbury retained a distinct sense of self, embodied in a can-do spirit that continues to bring residents together around projects and traditions big and small. This twentieth century history is an example of that self, involving community fudnraising and the time and talents of more than two hundred people.

Subjects:

Canterbury (N.H.) History.

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Credit Line:

March 2023 ;