Editing Franklin, New Hampshire (section)

==History==
Situated at the confluence of the [[Pemigewasset River|Pemigewasset]] and [[Winnipesaukee River|Winnipesaukee]] rivers that form the [[Merrimack River]], the town was settled by Anglo-European colonists in 1764 and originally known as "Pemigewasset Village". It was taken from portions of [[Salisbury, New Hampshire|Salisbury]], [[Andover, New Hampshire|Andover]], [[Sanbornton, New Hampshire|Sanbornton]] and [[Northfield, New Hampshire|Northfield]]. The name "Franklin" was adopted in 1820 in honor of statesman and founding father [[Benjamin Franklin]]. [[Water power]] from the falls on the Winnipesaukee River helped it develop as a [[mill town]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.| author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 497–499| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&q=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA497}}</ref> It incorporated as a town in 1828, and then as a city in 1895.

[[Daniel Webster]] was born in a section of Franklin that was then part of Salisbury. There is [[Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site|a state historic site]] located off [[New Hampshire Route 127|Route 127]] that preserves the famous orator's childhood home. As an adult, Webster owned [[Daniel Webster Family Home|"The Elms"]], a farm near the [[Merrimack River]] along present-day [[U.S. Route 3|Route 3]].

In 1943, the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] created the Franklin Falls Reservoir above Franklin by constructing the [[Franklin Falls Dam]] for [[flood control]] on the Pemigewasset River.

===Image gallery===

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File:Bird's-eye View, Franklin, NH.jpg|Bird's eye view {{circa|1912}}
File:Merrimack River, Franklin, NH.jpg|Merrimack River in 1905
File:Old High School, Franklin, NH.jpg|Old High School in 1908
File:View of Central Street, Franklin, NH.jpg|Central Street in 1909
File:Sulloway Mills, Franklin, NH.jpg|Sulloway Mills {{circa|1910}}
File:Webster Birthplace, Franklin, NH.jpg|Daniel Webster birthplace {{circa|1910}}
File:FranklinNH CityHall.jpg|City Hall
File:FranklinNH FreePublicLibrary.jpg|The library
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