This week in Concord history
Feb. 3, 1968: In Concord, Richard Nixon opens his presidential campaign with a speech in which he says America is a country with a torn soul, a country that needs a new leader who recognizes its “crisis of the spirit” and can restore “the lift of a driving dream.” He then hosts the press for a party at the Highway Hotel. Special guests: Nixon’s 19-year-old daughter Julie and her fiancee, David Eisenhower. Feb. 3, 1944: On the...
1904: A different kind of business
In 1904, the Boston & Maine Railroad found themselves in the Electric Trolley business here in Concord. Around the year 1902 the Concord & Montreal Railroad, a leased line of the Boston & Maine Railroad, obtained a charter to build a new line to Manchester, New Hampshire. During the same period, the Boston & Maine Railroad found themselves in control of the Concord City Street Railway, in prior years known as the...
