Like many rural New England
towns, Goffstown has suffered
agrarian hardships, sent soldiers
off to war, experienced fluctuating
demographics and produced larger-than-life leaders, such as Governor
David L. Morril and Samuel Blodget.
Throughout the twentieth century's
great waves of industry, tourism and
shifting social values, Goffstown has
cultivated a special knack for reinvention
and earned a sterling reputation for friendliness. From eighteenth-century
border disputes to the first Old Home Day; from the Saint Anselm College
fire to the Pumpkin Regatta, over three hundred years' worth of Goffstown's
history springs to life with Dubrulle's deft touch.