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Indian Head Bank, Nashua
Nashua New Hampshire was occupied by Native peoples when the English colonizers arrived to the area in 1675. It was originally called Indian Head due to their being an Indian trading post at the confluence of the Nashua and Merrimac rivers.
Example of a Coin bank issued or sold to customers from back in the ‘good old days’
In the year 1803 a canal boat was built in Indian Head Village by a local lawyer, Robert Fletcher, that was to be used for commercial transportation. This was a big deal for the village in those days and a large celebration was held and the boat was christened “The Nashua”, from the Algonquian Native American language meaning “Land between two rivers”, and to mark the beginning of a new era of commerce and prosperity for the village, the name of the village was also changed to Nashua.
The Indian Head Bank was formed in 1851 in Nashua, moving to several locations during its operation, and having several branches in the area. It lasted a long time, eventually losing its name when a merger with Fleet-Norstar (later Fleet Bank) was approved by stockholders in 1988.
