Historic Markers - Baker River NH55

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Baker River NH55

Baker River

Known to Indians as Asquamchumauke, the nearby river was renamed for Lt. Thomas Baker (1682-1753) whose company of 34 scouts from Northhampton, Mass. passed down this valley in 1712. A few miles south his men destroyed a Pemigewasset Indian village. Massachusetts rewarded the expedition with a scalp bounty of L40 and made Baker a captain.

NH-25, Rumney rest area, NE of Rumney, Grafton County New Hampshire


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