HOOKSETT HISTORIC MARKERS

    The Historic Marker Program, an official program of the Town of Hooksett, is administrated by the Hooksett Heritage Commission. The roadside signs will tell the stories of people and places important to our town’s history.

    Purchase of the markers is funded by the Town and by private donations. For information, please contact the Chair of the Hooksett Heritage Commission.



J.S. BURBANK & CO.
“BURBANK’S KETCHUP FACTORY”
2006
Erected by Auto-Torium

    A thriving family-run business operated on this site from 1888 to 1913. John S. Burbank began selling his wife Clara's homemade ketchup to customers on his milk route and eventually distributed Burbank’s Tomato Ketchup throughout New England. In a single year 12,000 bottles could be made from the 10,000 tomato plants grown on the farm’s 100-plus acres. The Burbanks also made piccalilli, mustard and applesauce.
    The last building on the property, the white clapboard farmhouse, was demolished in 1996.

Route 3, Daniel Webster Highway, across from the
Hooksett Village Shops (Shaw’s/Wal Mart).



PORTSMOUTH & CONCORD RAILROAD
2007
Erected by Manchester Sand, Gravel & Cement Co., Inc.

    Construction of the P&C Railroad to connect NH’s only seaport with its capital and points west began in 1847. The road entered Hooksett at Rowe’s Corner, passed through this area to Suncook and finally reached Concord in 1852. Always financially troubled, P&C failed in 1855, was reorganized and sold to the new Concord & Portsmouth Railroad. In 1858 it was leased to and operated by the Concord Railroad. Fierce competition led to the loss of its direct route to Portsmouth in 1861, and the rails between Suncook and Candia were torn up shortly after.
    In 1944 Boston & Maine purchased all remaining assets of the Concord & Portsmouth.

Route 3, Daniel Webster Highway, across from Green’s Marine,
just north of the intersection of Route 3 and Pleasant Street,