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History
River Story
Earliest Settlers
Trades
Hodge Podge
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The first people to settle along the Lamprey River.
Who were the Squamscot Indians?
100
The name of the river that runs through our town.
What is the Lamprey River?
100
The type of houses the Squamscot Indians lived in.
What is a wigwam?
100
A person whose job was to make shoes
What is a cobbler?
100
The nickname given to the shoreline of Newmarket.
What is Lubberland?
200
The first European settler in Newmarket; the founder of our town.
Who is Edward Hilton?
200
The reason that mills were built along the river.
What is water power?
200
The transportation used by the Squamscot Indians to go up and down the river.
What is a canoe?
200
A person whose job was to make things out of wood.
What is a carpenter?
200
The towns that border Newmarket.
What are Newfields, Epping, Lee, and Stratham?
300
The reason Newmarket separated from Exeter in 1727
What is... to form a church of their own?
300
The name of the town where the source of the Lamprey River can be found
What is Northwood?
300
Something used by the Squamscot Indians to catch fish in the Lamprey River.
What is a weir?
300
A person whose job was to make wooden barrels.
What is a cooper?
300
a wide flat bottom boat used for carrying freight up and down the river.
What is a gundalow?
400
The name of the town Newmarket used to be part of
What is Exeter?
400
The word that names the end of a river.
What is the mouth?
400
The protective forts the early settlers built to protect themselves against Indian attacks.
What are garrison houses?
400
A person whose job was to make things out of iron.
What is a blacksmith?
400
The length of the Lamprey River.
What is 47 miles?
500
The name of the town that used to be South Newmarket.
What is Newfields?
500
The name of the water body that the Lamprey flows directly into on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Great Bay?
500
A reason the Squamscot Indians probably settled by the river.
What is food?
500
A person whose job was to turn animal skins into leather.
What is a tanner?
500
a group of people living and working together.
What is a community?