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01JAN
1600 | Native Americans in Bethlehem
The three major Indian nations in northeastern America were divided into three...Read More
01JAN
1760-1774 | Early Settlement of Lloyd Hills
From 1623 to 1641 the towns in New Hampshire operated without any provincial...Read More
01JAN
1787-1895 | Early History, Settlers & Business
The township of Bethlehem lies in the northern part of Grafton County, bounded on the north and east by...Read More
01JAN
1798-1799 | Official Incorporation
In November of 1798 a formal act for the incorporation of Bethlehem was drawn up which read...Read More
01JAN
1880-1890 | Mills & Factories
The first grist mill in Bethlehem was located at McGregory Hollow, now known as...Read More
01JAN
1800-1931 | Churches
Early history indicates that a Baptist Church was formed in 1800, a Congregational Church in...Read More
01JAN
1860-1911 | Stage Coach Days
The long summer days were broken by exciting rides through the countryside. These...Read More
01JAN
1867-1935 | Railroads
During the earliest years of Bethlehem settlement, the steam cars came no nearer...Read More
01JAN
1863-1996 | Early Fire & Police
Bethlehem, like all other towns, has had its share of fires. Some of the old landmarks that have...Read More
01JAN
1873-1974 | Hotel Era
When the Bethlehem boys in blue returned from the savage Civil War they found...Read More
01JUN
1873 | Cottage Colony
Bethlehem village owes its development to its tourist business. Situated on a high plateau its invigorating mountain air, pure water and ...Read More
01JAN
1879-1973 | Mount Agassiz
In the 1880's Mt. Agassiz was under the control of Milo J. Corliss who constructed a carriage road to its summit on which he erected an observatory.Read More
01JAN
1885-1931 | Schools
In 1885, Bethlehem had nine school districts, eleven common schools and one...Read More
01JAN
1893-1925 | Bethlehem Village District
For many years before the precinct applied for and received its charter in 1893, efforts were made to raise money for...Read More
01JAN
1898 | Early Recreations
A hotel by the name of "Bellevue House" was built in 1875 on the site of the present Country Club House. This hotel was opened by Mr. David Phillips and burned in 1900. The new Club House was built on this siteRead More
01JUN
1898-1980 | Hattie Whitcomb’s Reflections of Life in Bethlehem
Although I was born way back in 1898, my childhood memories are very...Read More
01JAN
1930-1940 | Tea Houses
The latest word in Tea Rooms as of July 24th 1920 is found in the Virginia Tea House which just opened east of town near Bethlehem Junction by way of Twin Mountain.Read More
01JAN
1933-1938 | CCC Camp #2118 at Pierce Bridge
Organization of the 153rd Company, Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), took place at Fort Williams, Maine, May 3, 1933, under the command of C.O. Ashton, 5th Infantry.Read More
01JAN
1940-1962 | Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies
It was back in the 1880’s that murder and medicine first came to thrill Frances Glessner.Read More
01JAN
1909 | Boston Post Cane Tradition
On August 2, 1909, under the savvy ownership of Mr. Edwin A. Grozier, the Boston Post engaged in its most...Read More
01FEB
1874-Present | Hebrew Hayfever Association
It was August of 1915 in Accord, New York when hay fever and asthma struck my mother, Sarah Herskowitz, full...Read More
01JAN
1874-Present | Jewish Community
The Jewish community in Bethlehem is presently a year-round community. It becomes larger in the summer, from June to...Read More