One of the historical markers for the 45th Parallel is located
in Clarksville, NH on
Route 145 at the Clarksville
Pond Road turn-off. While
in the North Country be
sure and have your picture
taken here, halfway between
the North Pole
and the Equator
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This marker is located
in Stewartstown, NH on
Route 3 immediately
north of West Stewartstown.
This is a famous photo stop
for North Country visitors
as it is also halfway between
the North Pole
and the Equator
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Located on Route 26
at the Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel. Dixville
is the first town in the country
to cast its votes. At midnight
eligible voters gather at the
Balsams Ballot room, cast
their vote and the results are
broadcast around the world.
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This marker is located on Route 3, 1.7 miles
south of North Stratford. Every spring
groups of men waited for spring thaws
to help them convey the logs and pulpwood
down the Connecticut River. "The first surprising
discovery was that a third of the northern river was
straightened before 1925. The New Hampshire
General Court incorporated Upper Connecticut
River and Lakes Improvement Company in 1863.
and allowed it to "remove the boulders and
rocks and all other obstruction from, and enlarge
the channel...erect dams, piers, and side
or branch booms as may facilitate rafting,
driving, floating and securing lumber upon said
, river." Soon after, lumber baron George
Van Dyke ran the first log drive through this area.
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This historical marker is located on Route 145 at the
junction of Creampoke Rd. Metallak
was buried in the North Hill Cemetery
which is a few feet off from the Creampoke
Road. Metallak was the last full-blooded
Indian to inhabit our section of the North Country
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The Republic of Indian Stream- Located
in the town park. The residents of the area
between Hall's Stream and Indian Stream
were sick of being claimed by both Canada
and The United States and refused to pay
taxes to either country. So they set up
the Indian Stream Republic which lasted less
than four years before they gave into the forces
and were encompassed into Pittsburg.
North Country Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 1 Colebrook, NH 03576