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Donations mean the world to the Washington New Hampshire Historic Society! Your donation helps with operating expenses, the ongoing maintenance of our buildings and museums, allows us to continue important historical documentation projects, and helps us offer free public arts and humanities events! Please donate and help us in our mission to preserve our cultural history. Donate Your donations support our programs and operational expenses. THANK YOU! Donate Now! As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, your donations mean the world to us. They allow us to meet general operating expenses; fund special programs; and maintain our three historic buildings, among many other things. To donate by mail, send your check to Washington NH Historical Society P.O. Box 90 Washington, NH 03280 To contribute online, please click the button below. Donations typically range from $15 to $250+, but any amount is appreciated! Reminder! We qualify with many companies for matching grants, so check with your employer too! THANK YOU for your generosity!

d0322f73-9cb1-4ccd-85f7-b7100aa045c2 < Back 2005 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Civil War Soldiers Buried in Washington, NH; Henry Crain in the Civil War, Civil War Enlistment Bonuses; The Civil War Monument; Civil War Excerpts from the Town History, Our Yankee Barn; The Museum; Schoolgirl's Tale; Tales from the Past; Pauperism; 744th Company Returns OPEN / PDF Previous Next

3c0ca1e0-5f25-42c4-b93d-6466eb711eda < Back 2006 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Who Was Waldo Farnsworth?; Breaking News (Beede House Move); The Summer at the Museum (Summer Camps); The Slaughter Wheel; The Devil's Chair; By Special Request — Recipe Courtesy of Phil Barker; Maple Sugar Memories OPEN / PDF Previous Next

267d7ef6-200c-4bc9-86cc-d13e5b805c61 < Back 2011 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Carroll Davidson Wright; Items for Sale; Clara's Travels – from the Diary of Clara May Hurd; Dear Ancestor (poem by Unknown); Museum Update; Thanks to the family of Sally Krone; Clara May Hurd's Diary (excerpt); Mark Your Calendar – 225th Birthday Celebration for Washington Meetinghouse and Town Hall; Veteran's Day Recognition – Octogenerians Tom Talpey, Charlie Fields, Guy Eaton and Don Leach; Washington Historical Society Officers; Membership Form; Holiday Wishes OPEN / PDF Previous Next

f8f73533-7044-4564-8edc-9cf59445d6a6 < Back 2004 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Vital Statistics; Recent News from the Town; Our Yankee Barn; Round Window in the Town House; Museum Acquisitions OPEN / PDF Previous Next

The WNHHS has three levels of annual membership: $10 Individual, $15 Family, and $25 Sustaining. Member benefits include free access to all events, meetings and museums; our semi-annual newsletter; and emails with news and information. Join us! Membership Your active membership helps support our programs and other operational expenses. THANK YOU! Join Us! Please click the button below to become a NEW Member or to RENEW an existing membership. Annual memberships run from June to May the following year. Memberships are $15 per Individual, $20 per Family, and $25 per Friend, $50 per Historian, and $500 per Life Time membership. Benefits include free access to all events, meetings, and museums; our semi-annual newsletter; and direct emails with news and information.

c430a424-d197-44de-b04a-587434e5cc4a < Back 2013 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Cider Makin'; Boys, Bicycles, and a Backhouse; A Recollection Shared by Jim Crandall; Capt. Samuel Jones Leg Buried in Washington; Archivist's Report; Item's for Sale; Confession Is Good for the Soul, Thomas Jefferson’s Experiment with Sugar Maples; WHS Officers; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

Lakes & Ponds More About Washington's 26 Lakes and Ponds* In 1934 the State Planning Board issued an inventory entitled “Area of Water Bodies in the State of New Hampshire.” Most of the following data on elevation and acreage of Washington Ponds are taken from this inventory. The answer to the question, "How many ponds does Washington Have?," depends on whether private ponds, mill ponds, and ponds partly to mostly outside the town are counted. In Let Me Show You New Hampshire, E.S. Bowles remarks that Washington has more ponds than any other New Hampshire town except Pittsburg which is six times as large (p. 95). The following list includes what were once mill ponds, and also all ponds partly or wholly within the town (the acreage given is the acreage within Washington). It excludes private manmade ponds, though some of them are larger than Barney Pond. The order is from the largest to the smallest, and the total acreage is 1478.71. *This content is from Appendix C of Portrait Of a Hill Town by Ronald and Grace Jager, Washington, NH, 1977. The Book is available in the Museum Gift Shop , or our online store. Scenic Lakes & Ponds Click on picture for more details. Washington Lakes & Ponds Click on the Pond/Lake Name to see more information from either NH Fish & Game Department Bathymetry Maps or Google Earth. * DHHS advises everyone to avoid eating all bass and pickerel from May Pond and Ashuelot Pond due to mercury levels. Read More About Our Lakes & Ponds The book Portrait of a Hill Town: A History of Washington, New Hampshire 1886 – 1976 has more information about our lakes and ponds. The book is available at the Museum Store, and online through the links below. "Portrait of a Hill Town" $18.00 Price View Details

aa118c6c-c284-41c2-a0cf-0cd70783ae88 < Back 2003 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Breaking News; Old Mills and Quilts; Old Mills; Old Quilts; The Second New Hampshire Turnpike; Dog Pelter OPEN / PDF Previous Next

15cfddd8-4770-4ff1-aa71-31c3b9691eec < Back 1999 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Museum Committee Report; District #5 Schoolhouse OPEN / PDF Previous Next

d20b990f-0109-41c5-8448-d0a4dafc46b6 < Back 2011 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Museum Report; Clara Hurd Diary Update; Richard Crane Memories; Washington Meetinghouse / Town Hall Documentary Update; WHS Programs for 2011; Items for Sale; Gustine Hurd Images; A Building for the Shedd Free Library; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

17355b33-e15f-4591-a880-8c27d75768b8 < Back 2017 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Washington Historical Society Officers; Remembering Miss Margaret Hoyt; Making Calls; In Memoriam (Betty Talpey); 1963:Purchase of the Farnsworth Farm; Items for Sale; Programs for Washington Historical Society 2017; Museum News; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next