WENTWORTH
Wentworth is home to Plummer’s Ledge Natural Area and part of the White Mountain National Forest. It has
a picturesque town common bordered with a Federal style church and antique homes. With abundant water power from the Baker River, Wentworth once had 9 sawmills; in 1856 during a flood the mills, homes, barns and roads were washed away and the river widened by 90 feet ending the river’s power.
Population in 2009: 7872 Land Area: 41.9 square miles Tax Rate: $ 15.99/1000
Public Library
Schools: Wentworth Cooperative (grades K-8) Pemi-Baker Cooperative (grades 9-12) SAU 48
WATERVILLE VALLEY
Incorporated in 1829 from land grants Waterville was a popular summer resort as early as 1911. In 1914
when the federal government was authorized to purchase lands for the National Forests- Waterville lost a substantial mount of acreage, Major development of Waterville as a winter recreation area was began in 1965 by Olympic ski racer- Tom Corcoran. The town name was officially changed to Waterville Valley by the legislature in 1967.
Population in 2009: 268 Land Area: 64.4 square miles Tax Rate: $ 11.68/1000
Schools: Waterville Valley (grades K-8) Pemi Baker Regional (grades 9-12)) SAU 48
Town Boards: Selectmen, Zoning, Planning, Conservation
Special Events: 9/4 and 9/5 Town Square Concert 5:30-8:30; 9/5 End of Summer Bash & Fireworks Noon to 9pm; 10/2 Waterville Valley Chili Challenge Noon- 2PM;
10/9- 10/11 Fall Foliage Festival
WOODSTOCK
Woodstock was first granted in 1763 as Peeling- later named Woodstock after a
palace in Woodstock, England. It includes the village of North Woodstock, the commercial center. The extensive forested lands include the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest an outdoor lab founded by the US Forest Service. The Appalachian Trail crosses the northwest corner, Russell Pond in the east and Lost River in the west. The logging industry and grand hotels accessed by rail vanished, but Woodstock remains a popular tourist destination.
Population in 2009: 1,163 Land Area: 58.5 square miles Tax Rate: $ 15.55/1000
Public Library
Schools: Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative (grades K-12) SAU 68
Town Boards: Selectmen, Planning, Zoning, Conservation
Special Events: 9/1 Road Cycling New England Disabled Sports Center, Lincoln
9/2 Waterskiing New England Disabled Sports 2-6PM River Edge Marina, Holderness
9/3 Lost River Gorge & Caves Wild Caving Tours 8:30am-11am Lost River, No Woodstock
9/4 Summer Send Off, Loon Mt., Lincoln
9/5 Rubber Ducky Regatta 10AM-1PM Cascade Park, North Woodstock
9/17 Golf Tournament New England Disabled Sports
9/17 – 9/19 35th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games Loon Mt, Lincoln
10/9 15th Annual Lincoln Craft Fair, Lincoln Village Center 
10/10 Oktoberfest at Loon Mt, Lincoln
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Sugar Maples in the hills.
half of the century treated more than 4,000 people for tuberculosis- the thought being that the pure mountain air was curative.
have been changed because of large quantities of yellow-orange ochre found in Mt. Cardigan. The town is only 16 miles east of Dartmouth College and 10 miles from Plymouth a quiet country lifestyle with easy access to the larger communities. Orange is listed as having no cable access or town utilities.
Vermont, and is 20 miles north of Dartmouth College. One of the original settlers was inventor Samuel Morey, who lea to the invention of the marine steam engine and first used a paddlewheel to propel a steam boat along the Connecticut River. The highest point is Mt Cube at 2,909 feet, it was home to Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr. The town has natural resources of mountains, hills, ponds giving property owners great beauty.

valley produced crops and the usual river side industries such as sawmills, gristmills, cider mills and blacksmith shops. Today Monroe has a thriving sawmill, large egg farms, some dairy farms and the huge Comerford Dam and smaller McIndoe Falls dam.
youths.
is dissolved by an act of the NH legislature. Located 15 miles from Lincoln on the Kancamagus Highway, which opened in 1959, it also borders a southern tip of Bethlehem and to the south is Waterville Valley. Lincoln, in the 70’s presented a bill in the State House to annex Livermore but was defeated. The elevation is 2,054 and a 2000 census recorded a population of 3.
Lebanon, Connecticut, home of Reverend Eleazar Wheelock,
restored. Kilburn Brothers opened a factory to produce stereoscopes that were popular in the Victorian age.






The Story of Lost River Caves: The first documented exploration of Lost River took place in 1852. Similar to Alice’s tumble down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland, local historian Elmer E. Woodbury related in his writings how the Jackman brothers, Royal and Lyman were busily fishing along the stream, working their way over and around the boulders when suddenly Lyman disappeared out of site as if the earth had swallowed him up. He had slipped into a moss covered hole and fallen into a cave about 15 feet below into a pool of water about waist deep. Now known as Shadow Cave, it was the first of the many caves the boys would soon discover.







