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Nineteenth-century Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1886.
L. R. Burleigh. Troy, New York: L.R. Burleigh, 1886.
Map. Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress (30)
Digital ID #pm004900
Nineteenth-century Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough, New Hampshire was a small mill town with a population of around 2,500 when the MacDowells discovered it in the 1890s. The abandoned farm that they purchased there in 1896 would become The MacDowell Colony, and is located beyond the eastern edge of this bird’s-eye-view map. Rising in the background is Mount Monadnock. Known as "the mountain that stands alone," Mount Monadnock is a distinctive landmark in southwestern New Hampshire.
