John Brown Family - Gunsmiths
N 42° 59.189 W 071° 07.976
19T E 326107 N 4761521
John Brown Family - Gunsmiths (Fremont)
Waymark Code: WMA4D
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2006
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The text on the marker reads "Around 1845 John Brown of Poplin, now Fremont, built this gun shop, and with sons Andrew & Freeman spent 62 years producing fine target and hunting rifles, shotguns, and pistols. During the Civil War these prominent gunsmiths made firearms for the U.S. Government, and in 1861 their gun shop served as a recruiting office for enlisting Union sharpshooters."
Marker Name: John Brown Family - Gunsmiths
Official Marker Number: 156
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Fremont
Date Marker Established: 1988
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