Chesterfield New Hampshire Historical Society
Historical Trivia
An Abenaki Story about Oodzee-hozo
How New England's landscape was created
Chesterfield's Proprietors Chart & Royal Charter
A 2023 restored copy of the c1760 Proprietors Chart and a summary of the 1752 Royal Charter
Six Reasons why Chesterfield's was not settled till 1761
Although Chartered in 1733 and 1752, the first Anglo Settlers delayed their arrival.
New Hampshire's War with Vermont
Chesterfield's role in the New Hampshire Land Grants Controversy and its secession from NH
The King's Broad Arrow Acts: Mast Trees for the Royal Navy
During colonial times, there were restrictions on the harvest of Eastern White Pines
Mrs. Mary Rowlandson's 17th Century Ordeal
A summary of the book Captivity and Redemption or Mrs. Mary Rowlandson in 1676
Physicians Training 19th Century
How the change in training made grave robbing lucrative
Sheep, Stonewalls, and Wheel Heads
How Chesterfield impacted the Nation or
Why CHS Logo is the Miner's Accelerated Wheel Head
This includes a video on how the Great Wheel with the Accelerated head works
A brief look into the culture of the Western Abenaki
How the town got its name, and its connected to the calendar!
