|
Hotels. Mount Belknap House,
Lake Village. Laconia Hotel and
Willard Hotel, Laconia Village.
The total value of Hotels is $75,
000.
The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.: D.L.
First Settlers. This town was
originally a part of Gilmanton, and
was incorporated June 16, 1812.
James Ames and S. S. Gilman
made the first settlement in 1778.
First Ministers. Elder Richard
Martin (F. W. Baptist) settled here
in 1798. Elder Uriah Morton, or-
dained in 1808; died in 1817.
Boundaries. North by Winni-
piseogee Lake, east by Alton and
Gilmanton, south by Belmont, and
west by Long Bay and Laconia.
Area, 23,000 acres; improved land,
18,728.
Distances. Twenty-five miles
north of Concord.
Railroads. The Boston, Con-
cord and. Montreal passes through
this town on its western border.
Tlie Lake Shore Railroad, if ever
built, will pass through the north-
ern portion of the town.
GILMAVTO'K. |
Belknap County. Gilmanton
is one of the best farming towns
in the county, and before Belmont
was disannexed from it the value
of agricultural products exceeded
that of any town in the State. The
surface is broken and uneven, but
the soil is deep and fertile, and the
farmers are well rewarded for their
labor, with good crops of wheat,
corn, oats, hay and potatoes.
Rivers and Po?ids. It is well
watered by Suncook and Soucook
rivers, which afford some excellent
water privileges. Suncook River
has its source in a pond on the top
of one of the Suncook mountains,
900 feet above its base. The
water of this pond falls into an-
other at the foot of the mountain
one mile in length, and one half
mile in width; flowing through
this it hills into another, covering
about 500 acres, from which it
meanders through the town, re-
ceiving several streams in its
course. The Soucook River has
its soirrce from Loon, Rocky and
Shell Camp Ponds, in the south
part of the town, which are the
only ponds of any note.
Mountains. Suncook Moun-
tains extending in a southerly di-
rection, are in this town. The
highest peak is about 900 feet
above the level of the sea. Por-
cupine Hill, is a remarkably ab-
rupt precipice of granite gueiss and |
