Summer Boarding Farms in the 19th Century
September’s Featured Article Please read this month’s new Featured Article – Summer Boarding Farmsin the 19th Century.
Category Exhibits
October 2023 Newsletter
Celebrating Canterbury’s Tri-Centennial BIRTHDAY Initial discussions have been held by the Society’s trustees contemplating how the town might celebrate our 300th birthday in 2027. A town wide invitation will be extended in the spring inviting everyone to attend a meeting…
September 2023 Newsletter
EXHIBIT OPEN IN SEPTEMBER We are pleased to report that on Canterbury Fair Day we had record numbers of visitors to both the Houser Center One Room Schoolhouse and to the opening of our newest exhibit entitled “Canterbury Eclectic-Selections From…
April 2023 Newsletter
IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR GIFT RECEIVED A Civil War “Dog Tag” belonging to Henry W. McDaniel has been donated to the Historical Society. McDaniel was listed in Lyford’s History of Canterbury as having enlisted on September 17, 1862. His “tag” identifies…
MAY 2021 NEWSLETTER
Historical Society May 2021 Newsletter HAROLD SARGENT’S SCHOOL HOUSE MODEL NOW ON DISPLAY IN ELKINS LIBRARY Last December Harold Sargent presented his model of the Houser Center Schoolhouse to the Historical Society. During the winter months the model has been…
Plans for 2018!
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRUSTEES HOLD ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION The Society’s trustees gathered on January 6th for what has become an annual event, i.e. reviewing the past year’s activities, assessing the Society’s current situation and planning for the upcoming year and…
“I’ve been working on the railroad”; talk and new exhibit!
Before the days of Interstate 93, tractor trailer trucks, and personal automobiles, the railroad was the lifeline that connected Canterbury to the world. Although long gone and mostly forgotten now, Canterbury once had a vibrant railroad system that included multiple…
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