Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce
NAME OF ORGANIZATION | COMMUNITIES COVERED | WEBSITE ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|
| Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce | Ashland, Meredith, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Holderness, Sandwich, WEIRS BEACH, and the Newfound Area | meredithareachamber.com |
Meredith Aerial Photo Gallery
The Meredith Butterfly
Greetings from Meredith, N.H. For more photos and info about the Old Oak, seen in the Butterfly’s upper right wing, click on the link.
The Meredith Train Station
The Meredith. N.H. Passenger Station.
Boston & Maine Railroad Square, Meredith, N.H.
View of Meredith 1838
A famous engraving of Meredith by William Henry Barlett, looking north from Ladd Hill. The view shows the village as it was then, and Meredith Bay, with the Congregational Church in its former location near the shore on today’s Pleasant Street. (The church is portrayed hugely, out of proportion to its surroundings.) In the foreground we see a small flock of sheep. Sheep farming was one of the main occupations of the early settlers of the town during the “sheep boom” of 1820-1850. The big boom in the New Hampshire sheep business was caused by various factors: embargoes on foreign wool during the 1810s, the surplus of local woolen mill capacity, and improvements in the breeding stock. The sheep boom came to a quick close around 1850 due to competition from western farms, who could now easily ship their more cheaply produced wool via the rapidly expanding network of railroads.
