The town of Exeter is situated in Rockingham Count, a county which it served as the county seat until 1997. Located where the Exeter River feeds the Squamscott River, a tidal river. It is named for the historic English city of Exeter in Devon. Originally inhabited by the Squamscott Indians, Reverend John Wheelwright, along with a number of other Europeans who were exiled to what is now New Hampshire, became the first to buy land from Wehanownowit, the paramount chief of the Algonquin. The purchases took place on April 3, 1638. Wheelright had been exiled by the Massachusetts for sharing religious views which were different from the beliefs of the Puritan theocracy. When he was banished, he took about 175 others with him. They were primarily hunters, fishers, and many herded cattle. In 1647, a grist mill was established, and this business was followed some time later by a sawmill, a builder of masts, staves, and other things made of lumber. The Republican Party was founded during a secret meeting at the Squamscott Hotel. Amos Tuck proposed the name of the party, and he explained that it sounded like both Jeffersonian and Madisonian. President Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln attended college preparatory school Phillips Exeter Academy, which was founded in 1781. It burned in 1961.
Regular Blogs
The blogger attempts to cover what goes on in Exeter, New Hampshire as well as what goes on with the blogger, with posts about what's happening at various restaurants, home improvements she makes, her books, and an announcement when her first book was published.
http://brickersblog.blogspot.com
A local man writes about state, local, and federal politics, giving his opinions on them freely. Subjects are quite varied but include broad based taxes, right-to-work legislation, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and the contract the Selectmen offered to the Town Manager.
http://exeternewsservice.blogspot.com
RiverWoods, an active independent retirement community which was founded by seniors, shares information about its dog park, the annual resident art calendar, ski trip at Sunday River in Maine, and scholarships they offer as well as the importance of bats and White-Nose Syndrome.
http://www.riverwoodsrc.org/blog
