Big Island Pond: Atkinson, Derry, and Hampstead, New Hampshire/ compiled by T.A. Goulet.
- Title:
- Big Island Pond: Atkinson, Derry, and Hampstead, New Hampshire/ compiled by T.A. Goulet.
- Author:
- Goulet, T.A.
- Call Number:
- 977.87b H231ad
- Publication Information:
- Derry, NH: BigIslandpondhistory.org, 2023.
- Physical Description:
- 204 p.: illustrations, maps (some color); 28 cm.
- Description:
- Beloved by many, southern New Hampshire's Big Island Pond- with its large, protected island- retains its wild nature. The first Royal Governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth, built a farm on the big island and named Lake Wentworth in 1741. By 1878 a rebuilt dam on the Spicket River raised water levels, and united Lake Wentworth in Derry, and Atkinson with Perch Pond in Hampstead, creating present-day Big Island Pond. With the New improved dam, campers and picnickers soon arrived to enjoy the pond. A number of notable residents amongst the ponds included, inventors, a hollywood starlet, war heroes, and more.
- Locations:
- Big Island Pond (N.H.).
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- Credit Line:
- Gift of Tom Goulet; April 2024;
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