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Penacook, originally called "Fisherville", [3] is a village [4] within the city of Concord in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It lies along Concord's northern border with Boscawen . The name comes from the Pennacook tribe that lived in the area.
Historian David Stewart-Smith suggests that the Penacook were Central Abenaki people. [4] Their southern neighbors were the Massachusett and Wampanoag. [5]Pennacook territory bordered the Connecticut River in the West, Lake Winnipesauke in the north, the Piscataqua to the east, and the villages of the closely allied Pawtucket confederation along the southern Merrimack River to the south.
The Rolfe Barn is a historic barn at 16 Penacook Street in the Penacook village of Concord, New Hampshire. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [ 1 ] The barn was first added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2003; additional structures on the property were added in 2005 (homestead ...
Kancamagus (pronounced "kan-kah-mah-gus", "Fearless One", [1] "Fearless Hunter of Animals" [2]), was the third and final Sagamore of the Penacook Confederacy of Native American tribes. Nephew of Wonalancet and grandson of Passaconaway , [ 3 ] Kancamagus ruled what is now southern New Hampshire .
Contoocook River Amusement Park was a trolley park in Penacook, New Hampshire.The park was developed along the south bank of the Contoocook River.For twenty cents in 1893, and up until 1925, one could ride 7 miles (11 km) on the trolley from downtown Concord to Penacook to enjoy free entertainment, fireworks, swimming, dancing at a large pavilion, boating, roller-skating, bowling, and even a ...
Penacook Lake is a 362-acre (1.5 km 2) [1] lake located in Merrimack County in central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Concord. It has also been known as "Long Pond". [ 2 ] It is the largest lake in Concord and serves as the city's water supply.
The Contoocook River (/ k ə n ˈ t ʊ k ə k / ⓘ) is a 71-mile-long (114 km) [1] river in New Hampshire. It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey/Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord), where it empties into the Merrimack River. It is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire that flow in a predominantly northward direction.
The Raid on Dover (also known as the Cochecho Massacre) took place in Dover, New Hampshire, on June 27–28, 1689.Led by Chief Kancamagus of the Pennacook, it was part of King William's War, the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), fought between England and France and their respective Native allies.