Interesting Links
Learn more about the history of the Amoskeag Mills and the lives of its workers:

• The Persistent River
  Hippopress, Manchester's "alternative" weekly news magazine, on September 5, 2002 published several articles focusing on the successful efforts to rebuild Manchester's Millyard alongside the Merrimack River. The renovation of PSNH Energy Park is included in the issue.
• The Millyard Museum
  Official web site of the Manchester Historic Association’s Millyard Museum. Read about the museum’s permanent and current exhibitions.
• It’s all in the jeans…
  How big was the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company? When Levi Strauss invented riveted blue jeans in California, he used cloth from the Amoskeag Mills. Read about it here.
• French Canadian History
  The emigration of French Canadians played a large role in the success of the mills in New England. Learn about the French Canadians and their work at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.
• Life in the mills
  Go to "WPA Life Histories from New Hampshire" page using the above link, then to "List All NH Titles" which includes a story called "French Canadian Textile Worker". Click on it to read a detailed biography written in the 1930s as part of the WPA Federal Writers’ Project about the fascinating true account of life in Manchester and the mills from a French Canadian who worked at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in the late 1800s.