Overview

Jaffrey Economy and Public and Civic Life

This section of the site focuses on how Jaffrey developed over time, the businesses and industries that came (and went), how the land was used (and misused), how we spent our leisure time (and how we served others who came here to relax and re-create), how we educated our children and where, what public facililities we built, and what churches and granges and clubs and organizations we started, attended, built, and suported. ❧

CHAPTERS

Commerce and Industry
  {Trade, Markets, Mills, Manufacturing}

Farming
  {Clearing land, Farmsteads, Crops, Livestock, 'Going West'}

Forestry
  {Forest to Farming & Grazing to Forest}

Recreation
  {Summer visitors, Weekenders, Winter Carnival, Climbing the     Mountain, Hunting & Fishing}

Schools
  {One room schoolhouses, Academies, Jaffrey-Rindge}

Government
  {Trends over time, Public servants, Boards & Commissions, Meeting     places}

Institutions
  {Churches, Organizations, Clubs}