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Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.: D.L.
the south-west corner of the town,
and this and Bear Camp and Red
Hill Ponds, are the principal bod-
ies of water.
Mountains. Sandwich Moun-
tains are a lofty range, extending
in a north-easterly course, and
terminating at Cochorua Peak in
Albany. Part of Ossipee Moun-
tain lies in the south-easterly part
of the town. Squam Mountain ex-
tends from Holderness, through a
corner of Campton into Sandwich.
There are many elevations which
would be called mountains, with
geographical names, in many lo-
calities of the State, but here, un-
der the towering Whitefaee, they
are considered only hills. In Oc-
tober, 1820, after a long drouth, a
; heavy rain set in, and continued
for a number of days, causing a
heavy slide from Whitefaee Moun-
tain, cutting a deep ravine in its
sides, for several miles in extent,
and sweeping rocks and trees in
pi’omiscuous confusion into the
meadows, at its base. The traces
of this slide, on the side of the
mountain, can be distinctly seen,
for nearly forty miles from the
base of the mountain. As in those
days when Cochorua and his tribe,
roamed through this trackless
waste, the sides of these moun-
tains, and the ravines among them,
are shaded with deep, dark forests,
and are still the haunts of the bear,
panther, and deer. But the
whiz of the red man’s arrow, which
often pierced the heart of the ino-
cent fawn has long since ceased.
Village. There is a very pleas-
ant village, in this town, at a point
called Hoyt’s Corner. Here are
several stores, one hotel, offices of
various kinds, three churches, an
academy and about 60 dwellings. |
Employments. The people are
generally, engaged in farming, and
keeping summer boarders, from
which they receive good returns for
their labor. About 30,000 pairs of
shoes are annually made, and 300,
000, shingles, and 500,000 feet of
boards &c., annually produced.
A large mill for the manufacture
of excelsior and salt boxes, has
commenced operations. (See
tables.)
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $181,475; mechanical labor,
$ 12,500; stocks, bonds, and money
at interest, $13,688; deposits in
savings banks, $ 10,964; stock in
trade $ 12,450; from summer tour-
ists, $30,000. Some persons, who
i*eside here, are considered very
wealthy, but the town does not
have the honor of showing it on
paper.
Churches and Schools. There are
one Congregational, two Quakei,
two Freewill Baptist, and two
Methodist churches. Elder G. N.
Bryant, Methodist; Rev. C. L.
Tappan, Congregational; and Rev.
L. B. Tasker, and II. R. Beede,
are pastors. There are twenty-
three school districts, and twenty-
one schools; average length, for
the year, eighteen weeks. Amount
of money annually appropriated
for school purposes, $2,420.53.
Literary Institution. Beede’s Lit-
erary Institute. (See Literary In-
stitutions.)
Banks. There are two banks in
town. Carroll County National
Bank, and the Sandwich Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
Hotel. Eagle Hotel.
First Settlements. This town
was originally granted by Gover-
nor Benning Wentworth, in 1763,
and comprised six miles square. |
