WolfeboroArcadia Publishing, 2001 - 128 strán (strany) The town of Wolfeboro lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Blessed with beautiful hills and vistas, the area was frequented by hunters and trappers but had no settlement until the eighteenth century, when British governors, including John Wentworth, urged coastal dwellers to move inland. In 1759, it was named Wolfeboro in honor of Battle of Quebec hero Gen. James Wolfe, and on August 1, 1770, King George II granted the township to the settlers. Wolfeboro unfolds a visual perspective of town life from the 1800s through the mid-1900s. Breathtaking views of the several lakes and mountains are combined with photographs of the people and the structures they built to further the town's growth and progress: the stunning homes, the museums, and the buildings in and around Wolfeboro. Seven scenes highlight the changes over a period of eighty years in the downtown area, which is known as the Bridge. Also depicted are the Carry at Wolfeboro Neck that was used long ago by Native Americans, the ice pylons, the shoe factory, Fisherville on the lake, the hotels in all their splendor, and the prominent Brewster Memorial Hall, which today serves as town hall. |
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Acknowledgments | 6 |
Introduction | 7 |
Landmarks | 9 |
Early Churches | 19 |
Beginnings Recalled | 25 |
Education | 29 |
People | 35 |
Homes | 47 |
Business | 59 |
Summer and Winter | 97 |
Views | 115 |
Around the Shores | 121 |
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20th century Abenaki Avery Bank Building became Belknap Mountains Belvue bob houses Boston & Maine bought Brewster Academy Bridge camp Carpenter School Center Street Charles H Clark House Museum Clow Cottages Crescent Lake Daniel Pickering Durgin Block early Edwin Lowe farm fire Fisherville Folsom Glendon House Glendon Street Goose Corner governor Grant Hampshire Hersey Hobbs-Is-Inn homestead Hotel Huggins Hospital John Wentworth Joseph Kimball Kingswood known Lake Wentworth Lake Winnipesaukee land later located Maine Railroad Meader mill Monitor Engine Monitor Hose North Main Old Home Day Paper Store Peavey Block photograph shows Pickering Corner picture Pleasant Valley Point Breeze post office purchased Railroad Avenue residents Rust Pond served Sewall Road shore Smith's River snow roller sold South Main Street South Wolfeboro Stamp Act Island summer Thomas Lees Town of Wolfeboro Varney wagon William Wolfeboro Falls Wolfeboro Historical Society Wolfeboro Neck Wolfeborough Wyanoke