2025 Events Schedule

Free program meetings are usually held on the third Monday of each month except February, March, December. We are also planning to have “Open House/activities on selected weekends. These events are held at the Society Headquarters in the old Campton Town House on Rt. 175 in Campton Hollow. See the list of events below to see what is coming up next.

2025 Events – Download the Event Calendar

• Feb 1, Sat 5pm – Silent Movie accompanied by Jeff Rapsis and Potluck dinner
• April 21, Mon 7pm – Ian Halm “The Evolution of Forest Fire Suppression”
• May 19, Mon 7pm – Glenn Knoblock ”Brewing in NH at the Dam Brewhouse”
• May 31, Sat 9-3pm – Community yard sale and open house
• May 31, Sat 3:30pm – The history and tour of the settlers cabin. Meet at the corner of Town Pound and Braymen Road
• June 16, Mon 7pm – Mae Williams and Andrew Cushing “NH Preservation Society on Researching Your Old House”
• July 21, Mon 7pm – Daniel Mills “A Place of Vanishing: Barbara Newhall Follett and the Woman in the Woods”
• Aug 18, Mon 7pm – Dave Pushee “The History in the Beebe River Watershed”
• Sept 15, Mon 7pm – Jim Gagne “Climbing the Tallest Peak of Each of the Seven Continents” 
• Sept 27, Sat 10-2pm – OLD HOME DAY!!!     Vendor Form
• Oct 20, Mon 7pm – Nadine Miller “The Village of Livermore Falls”
• Nov 17, Mon 7pm – Nathaniel McDonald “The History of Aviation in NH”
• Early Dec, Sun 6-8pm – Christmas Concert and Cookie Swap

2024 Events – Download the Event Calendar

• Dec 8, Sun 6-8pm – Christmas Concert and Cookie Swap
• Nov 18, Mon 6:30pm – AT THE MT FARE INN – “A Tour and Presentation on the History of the Mountain Fare Inn”
• Oct 21, Mon 7pm – Dan Egan “Waterville Valley Resort on the International Stage”
• Sept 28, Sat 10-2pm – OLD HOME DAY!!!     Vendor Form
• Aug 19, Mon 7pm – Dan Heyduk “The History of Franconia Notch”
• July 15, Mon 7pm – Glenn Knoblock “The History of the Kancamagus”
• June 17, Mon 7pm – Jeff Warner “Range the Wild Woods: Loggers’ Songs and Stories”
• June 1, Sat 9-3pm – Community yard sale and open house
• May 20, Mon 7pm – Dave Govatski ”Local CCC Camps”
• April 15, Mon 7pm – Jeremy D’Entremont “New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them”
• March 18, Mon 7pm – Shannon Mullen “In Other Words, Leadership”
• Feb 3, Sat 5pm – Silent Movie accompanied by Jeff Rapsis and Potluck dinner

2023 Events

• Dec 3, Sun 4pm – Christmas Concert and Cookie Swap
• Nov 20, Mon 7 pm – Jane Kellogg “Campton Conservation Commision”
• Oct 16, Mon 7pm – Marcia Schmidt Blaine “Macabre Attractions: The Willey Slide and Disaster Tourism”
• Sept 23, Sat 10-2 – OLD HOME DAY!!!
• Sept 9, Sat 7pm – Sky and Jessye Bartlett “Rhythm Bones Concert – Cacophony in Campton”
• Aug 14, Mon 7pm – Michael Tougas “Thirteen Days in October: The Untold Cuban Missile Crisis Story”
• July 17, Mon 7pm – Steve Taylor “NH Roads Not Taken”
• June 19, Mon 7pm – Daniel Heyduk “The Pemigewasset Valley: A History”
• May 15, Mon 7pm – Ken MacGray presents “52 With A View”
• April 17, Mon 7pm – John Allen presents “New Hampshire on Skis”
• March 11, Sat 6pm – Sugar on Snow Dance Party! At the Dole Mill starting at 6pm
• Feb 4, Sat 5pm – Silent Movie accompanied by Jeff Rapsis, Potluck dinner accompanied by the Fiddlehead Field Kids Orchestra 

2022 Events

• Dec 17, Saturday at 4pm – Holiday Concert and Cookie Swap
• Nov 21, Monday – Cindy Guldemond presents “Commercial Fishing in New England” 
• Oct 17, Monday – David Govotski presents “Ancient Trees of North America”
• Sept 24, Saturday from 10-2 OLD HOME DAY   —   Vendor Form
• Sept 19, Monday – Jo Radner presents “Yankee Ingenuity: Stories of Headstrong & Resourceful People”
• August 15, Monday – Tim Lewis presents “A Cog Kid Recalls The Jitney Years at the Mount Washington Railway” 
• July 18, Monday – Kim Varney Chandler presents “Campton’s Three Historic Covered Bridges”
• June 20, Monday – Robert Goodby presents “Digging into Native History in NH”
• May 16, Monday – Dan Szczesny presents “The White Mountain: A Year in the Life of Mount Washington”
• April 18, Monday – Sky Bartlet presents “E. Dole & Co. Woolen Mill Restoration” NOTE: This presentation will be held at
  the Dole Mill!  1249 New Hampshire Rte 175, Campton, NH The red building just south of the traffic light and before the school.
• February 12, Saturday – Silent Movie accompanied by Jeff Rapsis, Potluck dinner accompanied by the Fiddlehead Field Kids Orchestra

2021 Events

• July 19, Monday  –  Richard Adams Carey presents “In the Evil Day: Individual Rights, Town Government, and the Crime that Stunned the Nation”
• NEW DATE Aug 23, Monday  – Hans Hug, Jr. presents “Wrecks of Winnipesaukee”
• Sept 20, Monday  – David Govatski presents “White Mountain Forest Fires”
• Oct 2, Saturday – Heritage Day 10-2  FLYER   and   Vendor Form
• Oct 16, Saturday – Fieldtrip by invitation with the Society for Industrial Archeology Check out their website as well!
• Oct 18, Monday  – Canceled
• Nov 15, Monday – Ray Anderson presents “Living at the Scandinavi Inn”
• Dec 12, Sunday – Holiday Concert and Cookie Swap Canceled due to Covid. We are planning on continuing the tradition in 2022