| Dover (New Hampshire) an industrial city, is the seat of
Strafford County,
southeastern New Hampshire, at falls of the Cocheco River; incorporated as
a city 1855. Major manufactures include machinery, textiles, tools and
dies, plastic products, and electronic equipment. Of note is the Woodman
Institute, with a museum containing exhibits on local history and natural
science. One of the oldest settlements in the state, the community,
founded in 1623, was called Bristol and Northam before its present name
was adopted in the mid-17th century. The early settlers suffered
frequently from attacks by Native Americans, the most destructive of which
was the Cocheco Massacre of 1689. |
