

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Late in Arriving: How Electricity Changed Rural NH Life
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Saturday, Feb 7 at 2pm
Warner Town Hall, 1st Floor
Co-hosted by Pillsbury Free Library and The Warner Historical Society
Presenter: Stephen Taylor
This program is free!

Imagine a New Hampshire town where some people enjoyed the benefits of electricity – lighting at the flick of a switch and reliable heating controlled by a thermostat – while others lived with smelly kerosene lamps and smoky box stoves. In New Hampshire, during the first half of the 20th century,  residents of developed communities enjoyed the transformative benefits of electric power while those in the sparsely populated regions lived and worked in conditions little changed from the 19th century.  

It took the coming of the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration and a determined band of farmers to overcome opposition from the established private utilities to create the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative in 1939. Despite labor and material shortages during World War II, within a decade, power came to almost all of the previously unserved areas of the state. For thousands of households, this meant relief from the drudgery of the wood-fueled cookstove, the washboard and the kerosene lamp. Reliable electric power similarly brought new ways of life to farmers and artisans. This program will explore how these developments changed civic and social life in New Hampshire’s countryside, and touch the ways the disparity of broadband access in the state today echoes these earlier struggles.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/warner/late-in-arriving-how-electricity-changed-rural-nh-life/200029538820100
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Warner
- **state**: NH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Warner Town Hall
- **lat**: 43.28079
- **long**: -71.81598
- **full address**: Warner Town Hall, 5 E Main St, Warner, NH 03278-4421, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Pillsbury Free Library (https://allevents.in/org/pillsbury-free-library/17214067)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Warner Town Hall, 5 E Main St, Warner, NH 03278-4421, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pillsbury Free Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Late in Arriving: How Electricity Changed Rural NH Life ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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