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Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
"Keene, a beautiful city, the capital of Cheshire co, N.H., in Keene township, on the Ashuelot River, and on *Cheshire division of the Fitchburg Railroad, the Ash "lot division of the Connecticut River Railroad, and the Southern division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. It is 42 miles N.W. of Fitchburg, Mass., 92 miles N.W. of Boston, and about 50 miles W.S.W. of Concord. It is built on level ground, has wide and straight streets, mostly ornamented with shade-trees, and contains a court-house, 8 hurches, 4 national banks, 2 savings-banks, a city hall, a high school, and a public library. One daily and 2 weekly newspapers are published here. Keene has manufactures of furniture, leather, pottery, chairs, woollen goods, bricks, and carriages. Pop. in 1890, 7446."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Keene, a beautiful city, the capital of Cheshire co, N.H., in Keene township, on the Ashuelot River, and on *Cheshire division of the Fitchburg Railroad, the Ash "lot division of the Connecticut River Railroad, and the Southern division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. It is 42 miles N.W. of Fitchburg, Mass., 92 miles N.W. of Boston, and about 50 miles W.S.W. of Concord. It is built on level ground, has wide and straight streets, mostly ornamented with shade-trees, and contains a court-house, 8 hurches, 4 national banks, 2 savings-banks, a city hall, a high school, and a public library. One daily and 2 weekly newspapers are published here. Keene has manufactures of furniture, leather, pottery, chairs, woollen goods, bricks, and carriages. Pop. in 1890, 7446."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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First Congregational Church
Erected 1786 - Moved in 1828 - Enlarged in 1860- 1812 - May 4 - A foot of snow fell near Keene, NH
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1822 - Tavern Fire
Keene, (N. H.) June 1. FIRE. - The inhabitants of this village were alarmed on Monday night, about 11 o'clock by the flames bursting through the roof ...Read MORE...- 1854 - Storm
THE STORM of last week was very severe with us, but much more so in other parts. At Manchester several unfinished buildings were blown down. At Keene ...Read MORE... - 1865 - Destructive Fire at Keene, N. H.
KEENE, N. H., Oct. 21. - About twelve o'clock on Thursday night fire was discovered in the rear of Richards' block, which was soon communicated to...Read MORE... - 1867 - Another DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in KEENE.
On Monday afternoon of this week Keene was visited by a conflagration which in the amount of property destroyed, and in detriment to the...Read MORE... - 1890 - Three Fingers Mangled.
While jointing some heavy two-inch planks upon the buzz planer at Nims, Whitney & Co.'s, Thursday morning, Oscar H. Fay let his left hand slip from...Read MORE... 
Court Street
Hotel Ellis
Cheshire House
B. & M. R.R. Yards
High School and Armory
The Square, 1907
Factories and Freight Yards, 1908
St. Bernards Catholic Church, 1908
Elliot City Hospital, 1909
The Saturday Auction, 1910
Cheshire County Jail
Lancaster Shoe Company's Factory
State Normal School
New Depot, 1910
Y.M.C.A.- 1916
Keene, a city, the capital of Cheshire co., N.H., on the Ashuelot River and on the Boston and Maine R., 50 miles WSW. of Concord. It contains a...Read MORE... 
Main Cutting Plant of the Victoria White Granite Company
Central Square
Surry Road, 1937
Main Street looking North, 1940s- 1968 - May 21 - WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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