Historic Tales of Windham

The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlement's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham.
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Historic Tales of Windham

The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlement's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham.
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Historic Tales of Windham

Historic Tales of Windham

Historic Tales of Windham

Historic Tales of Windham

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The natural beauty and fertile lands of Windham drew first the Pawtucket Indians and then Scotch-Irish settlers. The town's rich history is full of intriguing stories, including Wallace Fessenden's unscrupulous baseball umpiring, the return of a native son after his burial at sea in Indonesia and the poetic life of the Rustic Bard, Robert Dinsmoor. Tourism boomed as early as the 1850s, when visitors flocked to the waterside temptations of Canobie Lake and later Cobbett's Pond, where eccentric millionaire Edward Searles built his famous castle. Local historian Derek Saffie weaves together a collection of historic stories from the settlement's roots as Nutfield to the town of Windham.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467135641
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 06/13/2016
Series: American Chronicles
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 1,093,743
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Derek Saffie has been collecting relics from Windham's past for several years and displaying them at his website www.windhamnhhistory.com. He is an alternate member of the Windham Historic Commission, a trustee of the Windham Museum and a member of the Windham Historical Society. For his work with local history, he has been featured in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune and the Manchester Union Leader. Derek is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science at Merrimack College.

Table of Contents

Foreword Al Letizio Jr. 9

Foreword Rick Holmes 11

1 A Look at Windham 15

2 The Founding of Windham 17

3 The Shipwreck of the Catherine 25

4 The Great Merino Sheep Craze 28

5 The "Rustic Bard" 33

6 The Mysterious Death of Reverend Simon-Finley Williams 37

7 Building North Lowell Road 41

8 Butterfield's Boulder 44

9 The Railroad Gomes to Windham 48

10 The Man Who Saved Windham's History 55

11 Wallace Fessenden 59

12 Case of the Discounted Railroad Ticket 64

13 Lamson's Farm 68

14 A Day at Granite State Grove 71

15 Edward Francis Searles 76

16 Cobbett's Pond 85

17 Chick Austin's Playhouse 95

18 Greetings from Windham 101

19 Robbery! 107

20 How Windham has Celebrated Its History 110

Bibliography 121

About the Author 125

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