It’s a reputation that Dover has proudly maintained since it was founded in 1722. The town’s iron industry forged proud leaders and residents who built a bustling downtown business environment full of retail storefronts, restaurants, theaters, and shops. For more than 300 years, as the faces and cultural histories of each family changed, Dover evolved. For much of that time, it had newspapers and radio stations to tell stories and share information. Slowly, they went away.