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Dover is drained by the Cochecho and Bellamy rivers, both of which flow into the tidal Piscataqua River, [21] which forms the city's eastern boundary and the New Hampshire–Maine border. Long Hill, elevation greater than 300 feet (91 m) above sea level and located 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the city center, is the highest point in Dover.
The mills occupy a bend in the Cochecho River that has been site of cotton textile manufacturing since at least 1823, when the Dover Manufacturing Company supplanted earlier sawmills and gristmills. The present mill buildings were built between the 1880s and the early 20th century, [2] and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Major Richard Waldron (or Richard Waldern, Richard Walderne; 6 January 1615 – 27 June 1689) was an English-born merchant, soldier, and government official who rose to prominence in early colonial Dover, New Hampshire. His presence spread to greater New Hampshire and neighboring Massachusetts.
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.
Throughout the history of Dover, there have been families that in one generation, or over several generations, have contributed much to the community.
In 1713 a new meetinghouse was built at "Pine Hill", where Dover's center is now located, and services were halted at this location around 1720. The building was demolished later in the 18th century and the site abandoned, but its location remained well known, and was documented in local histories.
Historical Memoranda Concerning Persons and Places in Old Dover, New Hampshire. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-4382-4. OCLC 179483796. Sanborn, Frederick (1904). New Hampshire: an Epitome of Popular Government. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin. p. 109. OCLC 1225004. Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1880).
A mature frontier: the New Hampshire economy 1790–1850 Historical New Hampshire 24#1 (1969) 3–19. Squires, J. Duane. The Granite State of the United States: A History of New Hampshire from 1623 to the Present (1956) vol 1; Stackpole, Everett S. History of New Hampshire (4 vol 1916–1922) vol 4 online covers Civil War and late 19th century