Upper Valley 250

In 2011, twelve towns in the Upper Valley will be celebrating the 250th Anniversary of their charters. Canaan, Enfield, Fairlee, Hanover, Hartford, Hartland, Lebanon, Lyme, Norwich, Plainfield, Thetford or Windsor, are part of a group known as the Middle Grants. In 1761, Governor Benning Wentworth issued the charters to these towns and many more.

Go on a UV250 Quest

• Visit all twelve towns with our Super Quest
• Try these special UV250 Quests
• Can you answer these UV250 Challenge Questions?

What's going on in your town
Many commemorations are being planned in Upper Valley towns. There are plans afoot for concerts, lectures, craft demonstrations and workshops, historical Quests, fireworks and more. Take a look at the calendar to the right to see whats going on in your town or follow these links to specific uv250 town website.

• Enfield
• Hanover photos and Tweets
• Hartford
• Lebanon
• Lyme
• Plainfield
• Norwich
• Thetford
• Springfield
• Windsor
• Lyme

Read more about UV250

• UV250 on the Valley Buzz
• 250 Years of the Upper Valley in VT and NH
• Turning 250 Blog
• UV250 on Facebook
• Breakfast on the Connecticut B & B

Colonial Quest Curriculum
Valley Quest has an all new Colonial Quest Curriculum. Thanks to a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council, this standards-based curriculum is available on-line for teachers to use in examining early settlement history via the lens of your hometown.These quests are the results of classrooms using this curriculum to help their towns celebrate their 250th:

• Plainfield NH
• Hanover NH
• Hartland VT
• White River Junction VT

Logo by Ashleigh Merrill of Lebanon High School