CENTER HARBOR.

Belknap County. The surface
of Center Harbor is uneven, but
the soil is very good, mostly a rich
loam. The town is located be-
tween Winnipiseogee and Squam
lakes. The little village called
“ Center Harbor,” is located in
two towns, viz., Moultonborough,
and Center Harbor. The village
is delightfully situated on the bank
of the Winnipiseogee, and is sur-
rounded by some of the finest
scenery in this country. Red hill,
in Moultonborough, is near this
village, and is easy of access from
the Hotels, where horses and car-
riages are in constant readiness for
the accommodation of all persons
who are desirous of visiting Red
Hill or the surrounding country.

Steamboats, through the warm
weather, constantly ply between
this town and Weir’s Landing, near
the Montreal Railroad, Meredith,
Alton Bay, Wolfeborough, Di-
mond’s Island, and other places of
interest around the lake. For
delightful scenery and varied
recreations. Centre Harbor and
its surroundings are not to be ex-
celled by any summer resort, in
the State. The estimated number
of summer boarders who spend
the warm weather here, is six
hundred. Thousands call at the
various hotels for a dinner, a day,
or a week, who are not included in
this number.

Travelers, from New York, will
secure a direct route to this place,
by taking the Norwich line of
steamers on Long Island Sound at
5 o’clock P. M.; thence over the
Norwich and Worcester railroad
to Worcester; thence over the
Worcester and Nashua railroad to
Nashua; thence over the Concord
railroad to Concord; thence over
the Boston, Concord and Montreal
railroad to Weir’s Landing, on
Lake Winnipiseogee. From thence
a delightful steamboat ride on the
lake, of ten miles, brings you to the
Senter, Moulton, and Lake Houses,
and to your journey’s end.

Employments. The inhabitants
are generally employed in farming
and keeping summer boarders.

150,000 feet of lumber is annually
sawed, and 15,000 pairs of sale
shoes are made.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $52,325; mechanical labor,
$ 6,100; stocks and money at in-
terest, $ 3,730; deposits in savings
banks, $1,627; estimated amount
from summer tourists, $50,000;
stock in trade, $ 3,150.

Churches and Schools. Two
churches, Congreg’ational and
Freewill Baptist. There are eight
schools in town;, average length
for the year, sixteen weeks.

Library. Y. M. C. A. Library.

Hotels. Senter House, Moulton
House and Lake House.

First Settlers. The first settlers
were Ebenezer Chamberlain and
Colonel Joseph Senter, who came
from Manchester (then London-
derry) via. the Merrimack river
in 1765. They constructed a boat
of such light material as to be ea-
sily transported around the Falls.
In this boat the families embarked
with their provisions, and house-
hold goods, and passed up the
river about sixty miles and arrived
at their log cabin on the shore of
the lake, in about the same time it
now takes a steamer to cross the
Atlantic. The town derived its
name from Colonel Senter, but the
spelling was changed, probably for
its central location on the lake.