TOWN HISTORY TOPICS INDEX


This is a listing of historic topics that relate to our town history & culture, both past and more recent.

In most cases there are pages with details and the links (underlined titles) will take you to the appropriate pages on our website.

 


AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE & RESOURCES

Blacksmithing   Trivia question for Sept 2022

Bartlett Grange 104

Blackwater Projects

Great Sheep Boom & Stone Walls

Influence of Railroads

 Potash, Tripoli, Flaxseed Oil & Plumbago & Mining

Power of Water

Remembering the Mills

Inns & Taverns

 Trees, Trivia Question January & February 2022

The Town Pound


ARTS, CRAFTS & STYLES

The Arts

John Kepper Rug Collection

Tombstone Art

Classical Revival


ARCHITECTURE

Baptist Meeting House Alterations, Trivia Question 2024 

Historic House Project

Meeting Houses

   also see Religion below

Moving Buildings


BRIDGES, ROADWAYS & GEOGRAPHY

Bridges

Early Town Planning

Hills, Trivia Queston for Feb. 2024

Old College Road

Old Range Roads

Fourth NH Turnpike

Tollbooth, Trivia Question for Oct 2024


CEMETERIES

Cemetery Information with links


COMMUNICATIONS

Post Offices

Telecommunications

Remembering Early Telecommunications

Early Telecommunications


DAILY LIFE

Old Home Day

Traditions of Celebration, Index

Celebrating Salisbury Historical Society’s  50th Anniversary

In The Home

Memorial Day

Remembering Memorial Day

Heating Homes: see Trivia Question and Answer for Nov 2022

Healthcare

Fighting Fires

Food Preservation  Trivia January 2023

Lighting

Corresopndences

Oral Histories

Town Children At Christmas Party


EDUCATION

Old School Timeline

Remembering the Old School Days


INVENTIONS

The Patented TD Little Hay Bull Rake


MISCELLANEOUS  

The BlackWater Flood Plain

Correspondence Index

Almshouse or Poor Farm, trivia Question for January 2024


NATURAL EVENTS

Wicked Weather, Natural Disasters & Events

 Earthquakes, Floods, Snow,  Climate Challenges, Tornados, Landslides, Yellow Day, Meteorites, Hurricanes, Tornados  


NOTABLE PEOPLE

There are so many people to include on this list.

It is just a beginning, and a work in progress.

Sinkler Bean

William Cate

Mary Campbell     Trivia May 2022

Moses Garland

also see Moses Garland,  Trivia Question April 2024

John and James Haskell

John Kepper

The Littles Of South Road Village 

also see  Bull Rake Trivia Question

The Maloons

Native People

Rueben True and Rhoda Bartlett True, Trivia Question for March 2024

The Websters & Searle’s Hill

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster in Salisbury


RELIGION

Baptist Meeting House

Searles Hill Church

Searle’s Hill Graveyard

Meeting House Index

The Millerites,  Trivia Question for Dec 2017

Worshiping from Box Pews


SALISBURY & WAR

Civil War and Shortly After

Remembering the Artillery Range

Milkweed and the War Effort WW2

England is Grateful WW2

Historic Flags Project

Robert’s Rangers, Trivia Question May 2024


 SETTLEMENTS

Historic Settlements Index

A look at the different settlement clusters in town and their past by location.

LOST SETTLEMENTS

Smith’s Corner           

Searle’s Hill Graveyard

Searle’s Hill Church & Settlement

The Websters & Searle’s Hill


RELIGION

Baptist Meeting House

Searles Hill Church

Searle’s Hill Graveyard

Meeting House Index

The Millerites,  Trivia Question for Dec 2017

Toleration Act of 1819, trivia Question for Dec. 2024

Worshiping from Box Pews

 


 ORAL HISTORY

Oral Histories


TRADITIONS

Memorial Day

Remembering Memorial Day

Celebrating the Holidays-Our Christmas Shop

Christmas in Puritan New England

Decorating our Town for Christmas

The Salisbury Folk Creche 

Celebrating Salisbury Historical’s 50th Anniversary

Old Home Day

Halloween Destination and fast becoming a tradition to visit:  Community Fundraiser-Salisbury Woods, Haunted Barn and Trail 


TRIVIA & HISTORY CHALLENGE

INDEX for Archived Trivia & History Challenge Questions