Rochester, New Hampshire, 1890-2010
Subtitle: "a compact little industrial city"
By: by Kathryn Grover
Publisher: Jetty House, Peter E. Randall Publisher; Peter E. Randall
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9781937721091
Subjects: History
Notes: Maps and portraits on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-529) and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming a city : Rochester in the early 1890s; title: 1890-91 : murders and rumored murders; title: "A working person's city"; title: 1893 : the Strafford County Asylum fire; title: Making, breaking, and reshaping a downtown - 1913 : the escape and extradition of Harry Thaw; title: Roads and rails, cars and trains; title: 1917-19 : World War I; title: Farms and open space; title: 1941-45 : World War II; title: Homes, families, and belonging; title: 1947 : the forest fire; title: Rochester at play; title: 1890-2012 : then and now; title: Politics, politicians, and public responsiblity.