Moultonborough Public Library
and
Moultonborough Historical Society

Present

Banjos, Bones, and Ballads

A NH Humanities Council Program with Jeff Warner

We had a wonderful evening with Jeff Warner at the Moultonborough Public Library. Mr. Warner mixed his knowledge of music with banjos, bones, ballads, and humor.

Thank You for a wonderful evening.

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We had a packed house with over 100 in attendance.
	Showing how to use Bones.
	Banjos, Bones, and Ballads with Jeff Warner
Sharing his rich history in music.

Traditional songs, rich in local history and a sense of place, present the latest news from the distant past. They help us to interpret present-day life with an understanding of the working people who built our country. Tavern songs, banjo tunes, 18th century New England hymns, sailor songs, and humorous stories about traditional singers and their songs highlight this informative program.

Monday, May 14th. 7pm
at the
Moultonborough Public Library

at the
Moultonborough Public Library

Thank you Dick and Mary for a great evening thought the eyes of old postcards of Moultonborough.

Dick Wakefield

Click here to go to the "A Postcard History of Moultonborough" webpage.

A Postcard History of Moultonborough - YouTube Video

You can watch Mr. Wakefield's complete presentation below. Click on the screen icon on the lower right of the YouTube video to watch in full screen.

Below is Dick and Mary's PowerPoint Presentation.. Just click on the left and right arrows to move through the presentation.

We have just added a new item to our online collection. We have scanned an old cook book from the Moultonborough Grange. If anyone could help us date the cook book would be a great help. We hope you will look through it and look for names from our past and maybe even try some of the recipes. Compiled by Members of Moultonboro Grange, No. 197 Moultonboro, New Hampshire Click here to view the cook book.

Business Directory of Moultonborough 1991/1992

By: Big Apple Computer Club

We have just added a new webpage to our Articles and Tidbits section of our website. Produced by the Big Apple Computer Club it list most of the businesses in Moultonborough for 1991/1992.

Please check it out by following the link below.

Business Directory of Moultonborough 1991/92 NEW

HISTORY OF LEE'S MILL AREA

Written by Mildred C. Larson in April 1959

Follow the link below to check out this article that we just added to our website.

Click Here

Moultonborough Historical Society

Museum

Opening For the Season - June 1st

The Moultonborough Historical Society Museum at the Lamprey House will be opening for the season on June 1st. We are looking forward to a exciting new season with lots to do and plenty for you to see.

Mark your calendars to come and drop by and have Meca and I give you a tour.

We will be open on Thursday thru Saturday from 10am - 4pm.
Hope to see you there.

Drop On By

2012 Program Calendar

Check Out the 2012 Moultonborough Historical Society Calendar. We have added many interesting programs for the upcoming year.

May 14 at the Library

and many more programs......

Click here to go to our 2012 Calendar Page

Moultonborough Cemetery Records

New webpage added to our website. Click Here

The Claude Rains Grave Site in Moultonborough

Presented by  Harry Vogel

On November 14, 2011 Harry Vogel, Executive Director and Senior Biologist of the Loon Preservation Committee, presented The History of the Loon Center and Markus Wildlife Sanctuary at the Loon Center. 

The talk began with the story of Fred and Paula Anna Markus.  Fred immigrated with his parents and siblings from Germany to work in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts a few years before the turn of the 20th century.  He  studied at MIT and after serving in the Navy in WWI worked as a hospital architect in Boston. 

His family vacations in New Hampshire instilled in Fred a love of our woods, mountains, and lakes.  He became an active member of the AMC.  While working on a project in Washington, DC, he met Paula, a Swiss bank employee.  They married and moved to Belmont, MA. 

 In 1932 they purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land on Lake Winnipesaukee and enjoyed getting away to the Camp with their adopted sons Eric and Phillip.  In the early ‘60s Fred noticed a decline in the number of loons in the cove.  In an effort to increase the populations of many species of wildlife no longer witnessed in numbers evidenced in their early years at Hemlock Point, Fred purchased an additional fifty acres and began to reclaim damaged wetlands and re-establish loon nesting sites. 

After Paula’s death in 1965, Fred created the Paula Anna Markus Foundation to protect the property from development and to allow visitors to enjoy the land in its natural state. 

The Foundation granted a 99-year lease to the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and the site now serves as the headquarters of the Loon Preservation Committee.

http://www.loon.org/

Harry Vogel, Executive Director and Senior Biologist of the Loon Preservation Committee.
	Harry Vogel presented "The History of the Loon Center and Markus Wildlife Sanctuary" at the Loon Center.
Drop by the Loon Center and tour their Museum and Store. (Click on the picture to view larger image.)
	The Loon Center Store. (Click on the picture to view larger image.)

Visit the Loon Center

Directions

From Route 25 at Moultonborough, turn right onto Blake Road at Moultonborough Central School (look for The Loon Center sign). Go one mile to the end and turn right onto Lee’s Mill Road. The Loon Center and Wildlife Sanctuary are on the left, at 183 Lee’s Mills Road.

Thanks

October 11th, 2011

Weirs Aviation Scrapbook

Presented by Jane Rice

 

Thank you Jane Rice for an interesting evening filled with the history of early aviation in New Hampshire.

Monte Carlo Night 2011

Is Now In The History Books - A Huge Success

Everyone had a great time at our 2rd Annual Monte Carlo Night at the Moultonborough Lions Club. With great food by Magic Food Productions" owners of, The Canoe, The North End and O's Steakhouse as well as an evening filled with gambling, raffles, auctions, music and more.

We would like to thank all of the people and businesses that gave items for our raffles and auctions. Also Monte Carlo Night would not of been possible without all of the hard work of all of our members and volunteers. Plus we want to sent out a special thank you to Tracey Russett who made the night possible.

THANK YOU EVERYONE

Monte Carlo Night 2011 Page

NEW PANORAMA PICTURES

 Of the Lamprey House, Middle Neck School House, and Old Moultonborough Town House

The software used is from Microsoft and is called Photosynth. You might need to download a small Microsoft program called Silverlight to view the picture in 3D.

Click on the picture and move your mouse to move around the room.

THE LAMPREY HOUSE MUSEUM

MIDDLE NECK SCHOOLOUSE

OLD MOULTONBOROUGH TOWN HOUSE

MOULTONBOROUGH GRANGE HALL

The Emerson Barn - Sept. 3. 2011

You can see even more Panoramas by clicking on our

Local Panoramas (Microsoft Photosynth)  Page.

The Moultonborough Historical Society
We are now on
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Search Our Website

Use this Google Search Page to look through our website.

Use it to search all of our web pages to find articles and information about Moultonborough history.

Thank you for a wonderful evening at the Moultonborough Public Library.

Thank You

Standing Room Only

INDIAN WARS OF NEW ENGLAND

PRESENTED BY  MICHAEL TOUGIAS MONDAY JULY 11, 7:00 PM at the Moultonborough Public Library.

Co-sponsored by the Moultonborough Public Library and the Moultonborough Historical Society.

It was standing room only Monday night at the Moultonborough Public Library when Michael Tougias gave his presentation on the "Indian Wars of New England.

We would like to thank Mr. Tougias for another interesting evening as usual.

Standing room only.	.
	Mr. Tougias was available after the presentation to sign and sell copies of his many books.

Presentation by: Jordan S. Prouty Winchester Repeating Arms Rifle Collection Watch the video presentation.

You can check out the whole collection on our "Articles & Tidbits" webpage by following the link below.

Articles & Tidbits 

Pictures from our Open House

To see pictures from our Open House visit the
 "Open House 2011" webpage.

Check out all of the pictures and video of the 4th of July Parade here in Moultonborough.
 I have just uploaded a new page in our "Articles & Tidbits" section of our website.

There you will find pictures and a video of the parade.

Follow this link to go to the "4th of July Parade" page.

You can watch the Youtube video of the parade below.

Moultonborough Historical Society Video Series

The Camps at Lee's Mill

Thank You Art.

Just click on the link below to watch the two part video.

The Camps at Lee's Mill

Online Store
Now Open

Click Here to check it out.

I am proud to announce that our online store is now up and running. 

We hope to add more items as our website grows.

We use PayPal for our shopping cart system for a easy and secure shopping experience.

 

The mission of the Moultonborough Historical Society is to:

 

• preserve the history and character of the Town of Moultonborough, • share our buildings, collections and resources with the community through research, exhibitions and educational programs, and • inspire our members and future generations to appreciate our rich heritage.

The Moultonborough Historical Society’s ongoing project is the Museum. This is the result of meticulous, concentrated attention to detail from a dedicated group of historic-minded individuals along with generous monetary contributions from our year-round residents and very generous property owners from around the country.

 

 

 

Moultonborough was granted in 1763 and was incorporated on November 24, 1777. The town is nestled among the hills on the north side of Lake Winnipesaukee in Carroll County. Surrounded by the Ossipee Mountains and Red Hill, the area offers year-round scenic beauty. The town was one of the earliest resort towns in NH. Today our economy is driven by the same factors the early settlers depended on - the woods and the lake.

In the early 1800’s, while the town was still growing, Moultonborough had one meetinghouse, nine school-houses, two taverns, one store, five sawmills, five grain mills, one cloth mill, one bark mill, one carding machine and one tannery. Moultonborough Falls (on Route 25) was also a center of trade and could boast three stores, two hotels, a tannery, a currier’s shop, a blacksmith, a gristmill, sawmill, carding and fulling mill, sleigh and carriage maker, saddle and harness maker, a printing office and shoe shop.

Our town has certainly changed and grown. We are proud of our heritage and hope you will visit our Museum and learn more about our history.

 

Come to a Meeting

Meetings are free and open to the public and generally held on the second Monday of each month. Programs feature topics of interest about Moultonborough and the Lakes Region. Please look for notices of meetings in the Meredith News.

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