Two Hundred years of farming in Gilsum: Historical New Hampshire/ by Paul W. Gates.
- Title:
- Two Hundred years of farming in Gilsum: Historical New Hampshire/ by Paul W. Gates.
- Author:
- Gates, Paul W.,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1978.
- Physical Description:
- p. 1-24: illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1977 Vol.33, Issue 1 (Spring 1978) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- By the late 18th century, suprlus rural population was leaving southern New England for new land in the rugged Gilsum-Sullivan area in southwestern New Hampshire, as well as, outside New England. Gilsum's first settlers came form Connecticut and Massachusetts in the 1760's. Agriculture, the initial mainstay, peaked by the 1850's and soon rural areas declined and people drifted to small factory towns.Population declined in most areas unitl the 1920's with the hilly areas of Gilsum declining until the time of this articles publishing (1978).
- Subjects:
- Agriculture New Hampshire. , Population.
- Locations:
- Gilsum (N.H.).
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