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
Great Sheep Boom & Stone Walls
Potash, Tripoli, Flaxseed Oil & Plumbago & Mining
Trees, Trivia Question January & February 2022
ARTS, CRAFTS & STYLES
ARCHITECTURE
Baptist Meeting House Alterations, Trivia Question 2024
also see Religion below
BRIDGES, ROADWAYS & GEOGRAPHY
Hills, Trivia Queston for Feb. 2024
Tollbooth, Trivia Question for Oct 2024
CEMETERIES
Cemetery Information with links
COMMUNICATIONS
Remembering Early Telecommunications
DAILY LIFE
Traditions of Celebration, Index
Celebrating Salisbury Historical Society’s 50th Anniversary
Heating Homes: see Trivia Question and Answer for Nov 2022
Food Preservation Trivia January 2023
Town Children At Christmas Party
EDUCATION
Remembering the Old School Days
INVENTIONS
The Patented TD Little Hay Bull Rake
MISCELLANEOUS
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.
also see Moses Garland, Trivia Question April 2024
The Littles Of South Road Village
also see Bull Rake Trivia Question
Rueben True and Rhoda Bartlett True, Trivia Question for March 2024
RELIGION
The Millerites, Trivia Question for Dec 2017
SALISBURY & WAR
Remembering the Artillery Range
Milkweed and the War Effort WW2
Robert’s Rangers, Trivia Question May 2024
SETTLEMENTS
A look at the different settlement clusters in town and their past by location.
LOST SETTLEMENTS
Searle’s Hill Church & Settlement
RELIGION
The Millerites, Trivia Question for Dec 2017
Toleration Act of 1819, trivia Question for Dec. 2024
ORAL HISTORY
TRADITIONS
Celebrating the Holidays-Our Christmas Shop
Christmas in Puritan New England
Decorating our Town for Christmas
Celebrating Salisbury Historical’s 50th Anniversary
Halloween Destination and fast becoming a tradition to visit: Community Fundraiser-Salisbury Woods, Haunted Barn and Trail