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Oil; stocks &c., S42,900; deposits
in savings banks, $ 229,835; esti-
mated amount received from sum-
mer tourists, $ 125,000; profession-
al business, $ 100,000.
Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. T. H. Emerson, pas-
tor ; 2d Congregational; Christian,
Rev. Lewis Philips, pastor; 1st
Freewill Baptist, Rev. A. D. Fair-
banks, pastor; 2d F. W. Baptist,
Christian and Methodist, united;
total value of all church property,
8 20.000. There are sixteen schools
in town; average length, for the
year, twenty weeks; total amount
of money appropriated annually
for school purposes, $ 2,505.14.
Literary Institution. Wolfe-
borough Christian Institute is a
prosperous Institution, and has a
fund of $ 10,000, J. W. Simonds,
A. M., is the principal.
Libraries. Wolfeborough Pub-
lic Library, 750 volumes; Charles
H. Parker, private library, 500
volumes.
Banks. Lake National Bank,
Carroll County Savings Bank and
Wolfeborough Savings Bank. (See
tables.)
Hotels. Pavilion, Glendon, Bel-
vue, Lake and Franklin Houses.
Value of Hotel property, $ 175,000.
Livery Stables. There are two
Livery Stables, with twenty-nine
horses.
First Settlers. B. Blake, J. Lu-
cas, James Lary, J. Fullerton and
others first settled here. The town
wras named for Gen. Wolfe, an
officer who ■was killed in the battle
before Quebec, Canada, September
13th, 1759. Incorporated July 9th,
1770. Gov. John Wentworth
erected a splendid mansion in this
town, about five miles east of
Wolfeborough village. |
First Minister. Rev. Ebenezer
Allen (Congregational,) ordained
in 1792; died in 1806.
Boundaries. Northeast by Ossi-
pee, south-east by Brookfield, south-
west by Winnipiseogee Lake and
Alton, and north-west by Tufton-
borough. Area, 28,680 acres; im-
proved land, 16,694 acres.
Distances. Forty-five miles
north-east from Concord, and eight-
miles south-west from Ossipee.
Railroads. The Wolfeborough
Branch of the Eastern, Great Falls
and Conway Railroad has its ter-
minus in this town, on the shores
of the lake. In the summer sea-
son, steamboats arrive and depart
from the wharves at the village,
several times daily, from and to
all important points in and around
the lake.
WOODSTOCK.
Grafton County. The surface
of this large township is uneven,
diversified with hills, valleys, and
mountains. The soil on the rivers
is good, and produces excellent
crops of corn, grain, and hay.
Much of the town is still a dense
forest, and the extensive drives of
logs we see floating down the Mer-
rimack in the spring, come largely
from this town.
Rivers. The Pemigewassett
River passes through the eastern
section, and receives large branch-
es in its passage, which furnish
good water power.
Mountains. The principal ele-
vations are Cushman’s Mountain
in the south-west, Black Mountain
in the north-west, and Blue Moun-
tain in the west. Among these
mountains, branches of the wild
Ammonoosuck, and Baker’s River,
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