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Stoddard New Hampshire will celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2024. Join our year-long celebration!

09/09/2025

To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the town of Stoddard, NH, longtime residents of the town were interviewed about their lives in Stoddard over the past...

11/05/2024

Our anniversary year ended with a big party at Lakefalls Lodge last Saturday, Nov 2—the closest weekend to when the original charter request was accepted.

We mingled, dined, sang Happy Birthday to Stoddard, and danced with 140 of our neighbors, many of them new friends we met over the year at 36 different events all over town!

In tribute to our townspeople of 50 years ago, who once dug a pit next to Town Hall and roasted a pig from someone’s farm, we enjoyed roast pork and many other delicious foods from a local caterer.

What a finale! 🎉💃🕺 🎆

10/19/2024

It was a full house at Town Hall last night for the first screening of Stoddard Stories: Fifty Years of Stoddard History Told by Those Who Lived It. 📽️ 🍿 ✮

We’ll put it up online soon for those who couldn’t attend.

10/15/2024

🎥 Stoddard Stories: A Film Premiere

Join us for the first screening of "Stoddard Stories: 50 Years of History as Told by Those Who Lived It." This one-hour film, created from interviews with long-time Stoddard residents, captures the heart of our town’s past. Professionally produced, it’s a vivid look at the stories that shaped Stoddard.

📅 Friday, October 18 at 7 PM
📍 Town Hall

The Historical Society invites you to experience these personal recollections—popcorn included! 🍿

10/14/2024

We ended our Discover Stoddard series of hikes on a picture-perfect New England fall day, with over 50 people walking through the woods to learn about our long-ago neighbors, the Hermit of Taylor Pond and the independent millionairess who built Lakefalls Lodge. As well as a bonus episode about another local who became a star of P.T. Barnum’s show.

Thanks as always to Alan Rumrill, who led the hike and shared his knowledge, the owners who opened their properties, and the stalwart chefs who produced the barbeque, including the burger-flipper who doesn’t eat red meat. It was a great finale. 🍂🍁

10/03/2024

🍁 The weather looks great for this Saturday’s final “Discover Stoddard” hike!

Join us this Sat, 10/5 from 10am to 1pm, for a hike and a history lesson on the Old Town Road. It’s an easy, approx. 2-mile round trip route on fairly flat terrain.

Led by ALAN RUMRILL, we’ll visit the homestead and gravesite of PERLEY SWETT, the last of the old-time Stoddard Yankees, whose life has fascinated locals and made headlines. His story is captured in the popular book, *Perley: The True Story of a New Hampshire Hermit*. Along the way, Alan will share stories of Perley's remarkable life.

🍖 After the hike, we’ll enjoy a barbecue and learn about FLORENCE BROOKS ATEN, the woman behind the Adirondack-style lodge built in the 1920s, which now serves as the heart of Lakefalls Lodge.

📍 Meet at the Lakefalls parking area, on the Granite Lake side of Stoddard. (For directions, simply enter 'Lakefalls Lodge' into Google Maps.) 🗺️

We hope you can join us for this walk through history!

09/27/2024

🌳 Walk the Old Town Road and Learn About Perley Swett! Join us Oct 5th for a Get to Know Stoddard Hike (10am to 1pm), approx. one mile each way, with fairly flat terrain.

Perley Swett died in the 1970s as probably the last old-time Stoddard Yankee still living on the original family farm. His colorful history filled newspaper articles during his lifetime, and a more recent popular book called “Perley: The True Story of a New Hampshire Hermit.”

Join Alan Rumrill to walk to his homestead and gravesite, hearing the stories along the way. Afterward, we’ll have a barbeque and learn about Florence Brooks Aten, who built the Adirondack style lodge in the 1920s that is now the center of Lakefalls.

📍 Meet at the parking area of Lakefalls, which is on the Granite Lake side of Stoddard (Get directions by entering Lakefalls Lodge into Google Maps). 🗺️

09/23/2024

🎉 SOLD OUT! 🎉 Thank you for your incredible response to the Grand Finale of our 250th Birthday Bash! We're grateful to all who purchased tickets. We can’t wait to celebrate with you on November 2nd!

*Tickets are non-refundable.

09/20/2024

Sharing photos from last Saturday’s Little Big Forest hike. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a scenic walk exploring the natural beauty of Stoddard! 🌿

09/13/2024

Double the Fun this Saturday, September 14th!

🌲 Morning Hike: Kick off your day with the Get to Know Stoddard Hike from 10 AM to 12 PM. Explore the vibrant Little Big Forest (LBF) as it bursts with end-of-summer natural wonders. Meet at the new parking area on Shedd Hill Rd., and if you're bringing a non-motorized boat, head to the dock by 10:15 AM.

🎶 Afternoon Concert: After your hike, unwind with some great music at the 5th and Final Concert hosted by Hidden Lake Association from 3 PM to 6 PM. The “Boom Box” Band will have you dancing to the best rock and pop hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s at 380 Kennedy Brook Drive - HLA Waterfront.

🚫 Important: NO parking at the HLA Waterfront. Please park on Kennedy Brook Drive or Scenic Drive (one side only). Limited space for boats.

🪑 Don’t forget to bring a chair, 🥤a beverage, and 🍎 a snack for the concert—just no glass or ceramic ware, please!

Join us for a perfect day of nature and music! 🎉

09/12/2024

Join us at this Saturday’s concert to hear more details on our September theme. 🩵💜

The concert features Boom Box Band, a tribute to the great dance-able rock of the 70's, 80's & 90's, performing all your favorite rock and pop hits from the best decades of rock music.

This Saturday, September 14, 3-6pm
380 Kennedy Brook Drive - HLA Waterfront

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750 Aten Road
Stoddard, NH
03457

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http://celebratestoddard250.org/

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