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1 New Hampshire, Belknap County, Barnstead — 0201 — Jonathan Chesley — 1736 - 1826
On S Barnstead Road (New Hampshire Route 126) north of Gray Road, on the left when traveling north.
2 New Hampshire, Belknap County, Gilmanton — 017 — Old Province Road
On New Hampshire Route 107, on the right when traveling north.
3 New Hampshire, Belknap County, Laconia — Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company — 1637 - 1774
Near Endicott Street (U.S. 3) east of Lakeside Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
4 New Hampshire, Belknap County, Laconia — Endicott Rock
On Endicott Street (U.S. 3) east of Lakeside Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
5 New Hampshire, Carroll County, Chocorua — 31 — The Chocorua Legend
On Chocorua Mountain Highway (New Hampshire Route 16) 0.8 miles north of Chocorua Lake Road, on the left when traveling north.
6 New Hampshire, Carroll County, Hart's Location — 186 — Sawyer's Rock
On Crawford Notch Road (U.S. 302) west of White Mountain Road (New Hampshire Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
7 New Hampshire, Carroll County, Ossipee, Center Ossipee — 20 — Captain Lovewell's War
On White Mountain Highway (New Hampshire Route 16) at New Hampshire Route 16B, on the right when traveling north on White Mountain Highway.
8 New Hampshire, Carroll County, Wolfeboro — 116 — College Road
On North Main Street (New Hampshire Route 109) at Lang Pond Road, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
9 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Chesterfield, West Chesterfield — 060 — First Methodist Meeting Place In New Hampshire
On Franklin Pierce Highway (New Hampshire Route 9) at Pond Brook Road, on the right when traveling west on Franklin Pierce Highway.
10 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Fitzwilliam — Brigadier General James Reed
On New Hampshire Route 119 at Templeton Turnpike, on the left when traveling south on State Route 119.
11 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Fitzwilliam — 99 — Brigadier General James Reed — (1722-1807)
On New Hampshire Route 119 west of Templeton Turnpike, on the left when traveling west.
12 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Keene — Deacon Josiah Fisher
Near West Street at Federal Street.
13 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Keene — Keene Remembers
On Main Street at Roxbury Street, in the median on Main Street.
14 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Keene — Nathan Blake
On Main Street at Winchester Street, on the right on Main Street.
15 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Keene — The First Meeting House in Upper Ashuelot
On Main St. (New Hampshire Route 12) 0.1 miles north of Rte. 101E and Hwy. 12, on the right when traveling south.
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16 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Keene — The Old Fort
On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 12) north of Gates Street, on the right when traveling north.
17 New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Walpole — John Kilburn Cabin
On New Hampshire Route 12, 0.9 miles north of Upper Walpole Road, on the right when traveling north.
18 New Hampshire, Coos County, Pinkham's Grant — 011 — First Ascent of Mount Washington
On New Hampshire Route 16 at milepost 99.6,, 10 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 2), on the left when traveling south.
19 New Hampshire, Grafton County, Bath — 121 — Bath, New Hampshire
On Rum Hill Road (U.S. 302), on the right when traveling south.
20 New Hampshire, Grafton County, Canaan — Canaan Street
On Church Street (Route 4) at Canaan Street (U.S. 4), on the left when traveling east on Church Street.
21 New Hampshire, Grafton County, Enfield — The Enfield Shakers
On New Hampshire Route 4A at Caleb Dyer Lane, on the right when traveling south on State Route 4A.
22 New Hampshire, Grafton County, Franconia — A Bit of History
On U.S. 3.
23 New Hampshire, Grafton County, Franconia — Why is it called A NOTCH?
Near U.S. 93.
24 New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Bedford — 102 — Colonel John Goffe — (1701 - 1786)
On South River Road (U.S. 3) 0.1 miles south of Kilton Road, on the right when traveling south.
25 New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Boston — 0146 — Home of the Molly Stark Cannon
26 New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Temple — 0012 — Temple Glass Factory
On Gen. Miller Highway.
27 New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Weare — Pine Tree Riot
On South Stark Highway (New Hampshire Route 114) 0.1 miles south of Orchard Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.
28 New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Weare — Site of Pine Tree Tavern — 1772 • 1928
On South Stark Highway (New Hampshire Route 114) 0.1 miles south of Orchard Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.
29 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Boscawen — 0049 — Hannah Dustin — 1657 - 1737
On King Street (U.S. 4), on the right when traveling east.
30 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Boscawen — Heroum Gesta — Fides Justitia
On King Street (U.S. 4), on the right.
31 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Canterbury — Henry Parkinson, A. M.
On NW Road (Route 132) 0.1 miles south of Rum Brook Road, on the right when traveling south.
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32 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Eastman
On Eastman Street at Portsmouth Street, on the right when traveling north on Eastman Street.
33 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — First Session of the Legislature at Concord
On North Main Street south of Horseshoe Pond Lane, on the left when traveling north.
34 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Main Street's Origins — Downtown Concord — Est. 1725 —
On North Main Street (U.S. 3) at Capitol Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
35 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — On The Interval Below This Spot
On East Side Drive (New Hampshire Route 132), on the right when traveling south.
36 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — 110 — Ratification of the Federal Constitution
On Bouton Street (U.S. 3) at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on Bouton Street.
37 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of First Block House
On North Main Street (U.S. 202) at Chapel Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
38 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of First Ferry
On Eastman Street, on the right when traveling north.
39 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of Rumford Garrison No. 2
On Eastman Street, 0.1 miles north of Portsmouth Street, on the left when traveling north.
40 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of Rumford Garrison No. 5
On North Main Street (U.S. 3) at Loudon Road, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
41 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of Rumford Garrison No. 6
On Hall Street at Water Street (U.S. 3) on Hall Street.
42 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — Site of Rumford Garrison No. 7
On South Main Street (U.S. 3) at Wentworth Ave. (Private), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
43 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — The First Garrison in Concord
On North Main Street, 0.2 miles north of U.S. 202, on the right when traveling north.
44 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — 0238 — The Pennacook
On College Drive, on the right when traveling north.
45 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Concord — This Monument is in Memory of Samuel Bradley
On Pleasant Street (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling west.
46 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Dunbarton — 0111 — Molly Stark House
On Stark Highway South (New Hampshire Route 13) at New Hampshire Route 77, on the right when traveling south on Stark Highway South.
47 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Franklin — 0091 — Birthplace of Daniel Webster
On North Road, 0.7 miles north of Salisbury Road (New Hampshire Route 127), on the right when traveling north.
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48 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Franklin — Philip Call — First White Settler of Franklin, N.H.
On S Main Street (U.S. 3) 0.5 miles south of Holy Cross Road, on the left when traveling north.
49 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Hopkinton, Contoocook — Woodwell's Garrison 1744
On Indian Ridge Road.
50 New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Pembroke — 0144 — First Meeting House
On Pembroke Street (U.S. 3), on the right when traveling south.
51 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Chester — The Chester Congregational Church
On Chester Street (New Hampshire Route 121) at Raymond Road (New Hampshire Route 102), on the left when traveling east on Chester Street.
52 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — 131 — Brigadier General Enoch Poor
On Newfields Road (New Hampshire Route 85), on the right when traveling north.
53 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — Exeter NH Folsom and Gilman Marker
On Drinkwater Road at Rt. 111, in the median on Drinkwater Road.
54 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — 097 — Exeter Town House
On Front Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
55 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — 161 — Ladd-Gilman House
On Water Street, on the right.
56 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — Powder House — — 1771 —
Near Jady Hill Avenue.
57 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — Powder House — — 1771 —
On Swasey Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
58 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — 032 — Revolutionary Capital
On Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
59 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — Second Burial Ground
Near Newfields Road.
60 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Exeter — Site of the First Mill At Falls of the Squamscott River
On String Bridge, on the right when traveling south.
61 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Fremont — Historic Black Rocks Village / Historic Fremont, N.H.-Olde Poplin
On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 107) south of Sandown Road, on the right when traveling south.
62 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Fremont — John Prescott Lovering's Inn — circa 1756
On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 107) at Sandown Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
63 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Fremont — 142 — Mast Tree Riot of 1734
On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 107) at New Hampshire Route 111-A, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
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64 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Greenland — 480 Portsmouth Avenue — Town of Greenland — Incorporated 1721
On Portsmouth Avenue at Post Road (New Hampshire Route 151), on the right when traveling west on Portsmouth Avenue. Reported damaged.
65 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Greenland — Congregational Church — Greenland, N.H.
On Church Lane (New Hampshire Route 151) just south of Portsmouth Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
66 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Hampton — 0028 — First Public School Marker
On Winnacunnet Road, on the left.
67 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Kingston — 046 — Josiah Bartlett — — 1729–1795 —
On West Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
68 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, New Castle — Frost Cemetery
On Main Street (Route 1B) east of Atkinson Street, on the left when traveling east.
69 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Newington — Bloody Point Ferry
On Shattuck Way north of Bloody Point Road, on the right when traveling north.
70 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Newington — 0151 — Newington
On General Sullivan Bridge at Shattuck Way, on the left when traveling north on General Sullivan Bridge.
71 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Newmarket — Wentworth Cheswill — (1746–1817)
On South Main Street (New Hampshire Route 152) west of Packers Falls Road.
72 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Nottingham — 0259 — Nottingham Square
On Raymond Road (New Hampshire Route 156) at Ledge Farm Road, on the right when traveling north on Raymond Road.
73 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — African Burying Ground Memorial
On State Street (U.S. 1) east of Middle Street, on the right when traveling east.
74 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Black Yankees and The Sea — Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
Near Marcy Street east of Puddle Lane, on the right when traveling north.
75 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Horse Chestnut — Aesculus hippocastanum
On Market Street, on the right when traveling south.
76 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Joseph & Nancy (Cotton) and their children, Eleazor & James — Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
On State Street (U.S. 1) at Court Place, on the right when traveling north on State Street.
77 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Liberty Pole and Bridge
On Marcy Street.
78 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Oracle House — Circa 1702
On Marcy St. at Court St., on the right when traveling south on Marcy St..
79 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Pleasant Street
On Pleasant Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on Pleasant Street.
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80 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Point of Graves
On Mechanic Street.
81 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — Site of "Negro Burying Ground" — Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
On State Street (U.S. 1) east of Middle Street, on the right when traveling east.
82 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Portsmouth — The Original New Hampshire State House
On Congress Street just west of Pleasant Street.
83 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Rye — 018 — Isles Of Shoals
Near Ocean Boulevard (Route 1A).
84 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Seabrook — 0120 — Bound Rock
On Woodstock Street west of Ocean Drive, on the left when traveling west.
85 New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Seabrook — 103 — Shapley Line
On Lafayette Road (U.S. 1) at Rocks Road, on the right when traveling north on Lafayette Road.
86 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Barrington — 0279 — The Balch Household Graves
On Franklin Pierce Highway (New Hampshire Route 9) 0.1 miles east of Oak Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
87 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Dover — 2 — Dover's Early Settlers — The Cochecho Massacre
On Central Avenue (New Hampshire Route 9) south of First Street, on the right when traveling south.
88 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Dover — 0051 — Dr. Jeremy Belknap (1744 - 1798)
On Boston Harbor Road.
89 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Dover — 0264 — Home of John Parker Hale — 1840-1873
On Central Avenue at Summer Street, on the right when traveling south on Central Avenue.
90 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Durham — 89 — Major General John Sullivan — 1740-1795
On Newmarket Road (New Hampshire Route 108), on the left when traveling west.
91 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Durham — Major General John Sullivan Memorial
On Newmarket Road.
92 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Durham — 0154 — Packer's Falls
On New Hampshire Route 108 near Route 108.
93 New Hampshire, Strafford County, New Durham — New Durham Meeting House
On New Hampshire Route 11, on the right when traveling north.
94 New Hampshire, Strafford County, Rollinsford — David Hamilton of Westburn
On Sligo Road at Pinch Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Sligo Road.
95 New Hampshire, Sullivan County, Charlestown — Liberty Tree Memorial
On Main Street (New Hampshire Route 12) north of Olcott Lane, on the left when traveling north.
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96 New Hampshire, Sullivan County, North Charlestown — North Charlestown Village
On River Road (SR 12A) at Depot Hill Road on River Road (SR 12A).
 
 
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