Packer's Falls - New Hampshire Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Text of the marker reads "These scenic falls, 1.6 miles west of here on the Lamprey River, once provided waterpower and industry for the early settlers. A deed dated April 11, 1694, shows that Capt. Packer, Jonathan Woodman, James Davis, Joseph Meder, and James Thomas were granted "the hole streame of Lamprele River for erecting a saw mill or mills." Thomas Packer of Portsmouth was a merchant, physician, judge, member of the King's Council, and father of the famous Sheriff Thomas Packer."

Marker Name: Packer's Falls Official Marker Number: 154 Marker Type: Official NH State Marker Location: Durham Date Marker Established: 1985

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