Packer's Falls
N 43° 06.860 W 070° 55.504
19T E 343380 N 4775310
Packer's Falls - Durham
Waymark Code: WMA41
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2006
Views: 30
Text of the marker reads "These scenic falls, 1.6 miles west of here on the Lamprey River, once provided waterpower and industry for the early settlers. A deed dated April 11, 1694, shows that Capt. Packer, Jonathan Woodman, James Davis, Joseph Meder, and James Thomas were granted "the hole streame of Lamprele River for erecting a saw mill or mills." Thomas Packer of Portsmouth was a merchant, physician, judge, member of the King's Council, and father of the famous Sheriff Thomas Packer."
Marker Name: Packer's Falls
Official Marker Number: 154
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Durham
Date Marker Established: 1985
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