Lake Winnipesaukee (1952)
Here we see beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee in 1952. Perhaps it’s just an absolutely fabulous day in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, but I’m amazed with how many people are on the piers. Are they waiting for the Mt. Washington steamship to pick them up for a tour? On the bottom left is the support structure used [...]
The Coe House
The Coe House (Glencoe). 1820-23. The origianl structure was enlarged and given a Victorian makeover by Daniel Coe in 1850. Presidents Grant and Cleveland were entertained there. Now the Coe House Restaurant. Special thanks to the Nichols Memorial Library in Center Harbor, NH.
John Greenleaf Whittier Poem
Not to far away from the Center Harbor Bandstand there’s a rock with an excerpt from “A Legend of the Lake” byJohn Greenleaf Whittier.
Slab City – Picture of the Week
Incorporated: 1764 Origin: This territory was first granted by the Massachusetts government in 1735 by petition by Robert Hale for Captain William Raymond’s men, who were soldiers in the Canadian wars. It was know as Beverly-Canada, for their home in Beverly, Massachusetts, or Hale’s-Town. In 1748, Ichabod Robie, Meshech Weare, and others from Hampton Falls [...]
