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The Kiarsarge House is a new
and elegant hotel, erected during
the year 1872, and has accommoda-
tions for three hundred guests. It
is delightfully located in the very
heart of the village, and com-
mands fine views in all direc-
tions. A fine band of music is
engaged for each season, and with
a daily arrival of one hundred to
one hundred and fifty persons, a
lively and animated scene is pre-
sented at all times of the day and
evening; for in addition to its own
guests, it is made an exchange or
centre where guests from the other
hotels, are sure to meet friends
who may either be stopping tem-
porarily, or passing through the
place, on their way to the moun-
tains.
With the present railroad facili-
ties for reaching this point, there
is no doubt but it must become
one of the most popular resorts in
the State. Visitors begin to come
here as early as May, and remain |
the Saratoga of the mountains.
First Settlements. Daniel Foster
obtained a grant of this township,
October 1st, 1765, with the condi-
tion that each grantee should pay
a rent of one ear of Indian corn an-
nually, for the space of ten years, if
demanded. The first settlements
were commenced here in 1764, ’65
and ’66, by James and Benjamin
Osgood, John Dolloff, Ehenezer
Burbank and others.
First Ministers. Rev. Nathan
iel Porter, D. D., Congregational,
settled here in 1778, dismissed in
1815.
Boundaries. North by Chatham
and Bartlett, east by the State of
Maine; south by Eaton and Mad-
ison, and west by Madison and
Albany. Area 23,040 acres. Im-
proved land, 9,965 acres.
Distances. Seventy-two miles
north-east from Concord, and
twenty-five north from Ossipee.
Railroads. “Portland and Og-
densburg,” and “ Great Falls and |
