By Dwight Miller Exeter’s American Legion Post 94 was chartered in September 1919, the 94th chapter established in...
Exeter History Tellers
Echoes of Exeter- Ghosts of Exeter’s Past
Echoes of Exeter: Bringing History to Life at the Cemetery By Dwight Miller My fascination with local history began...
Exeter History Tellers – Parades, Pageants, and Picnics, Part 2
Exeter History Tellers #14 By Dwight Miller Researching old issues of the Exeter Sun to learn more about...
Year by year history of Exeter’s festivals and queen candidates
Queens By Year Year Festival Name Queen Sponsored by Court1 Court2 Court3 Court4 Court5 Court6 Court7 Court8...
Parades, Pageants, and Picnics: Exeter’s Festival History Since 1908
Community festivals are an age-old tradition across every country, culture, and nationality. They often arise from...
Edward Brown Dobson: Exeter’s Renaissance Man and Storyteller
Edward Brown Dobson (1935- ) Eddie is the middle child of Paul and Elizabeth Brown Dobson and one of the two most...
John Firebaugh: The Founding Figure of Exeter
John Franklin Firebaugh- Exeter’s First Citizen By Dwight Miller John Firebaugh is rightly remembered as the founding...
D.W. Parkhurst: The Man Who Named Exeter—Or Did He?
D.W. Parkhurst is widely credited on the city website, newspaper articles and murals as the man who named Exeter after...
The W.A. Waterman Legacy: Innovation, Resilience, and Service
Exeter History Tellers #9 by Dwight Miller The museum at CACHE proudly features an exhibit on Waterman’s, the...