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 UNCANOONUC I 
 MOUNTAINS 
 
 GOFFSTOWN, N. H. 
 
 
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 GEOLOGY, SCENERY AND 
 POINTS OF INTEREST 
 
 PRICE 15 CENTS 
 
THE UNCANOONUC 
 MOUNTAINS 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 GEOLOGY, SCENERY, CASINO, 
 RAILROAD, AND VIEWS 
 
 CONTAINING ALSO, WHERE POSSIBLE, 
 LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, MAGNETIC BEAR- 
 INGS, ALTITUDES, DISTANCES, AND 
 TOWNS IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT 
 POINTS SEEN ARE LOCATED 
 
 TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGIN AND 
 MEANING OF THE DIFFERENT NAMES, 
 AS WELL AS LEGENDS CONNECTED WITH 
 THE SEVERAL POINTS OF INTEREST, AND 
 FULL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO GO TO 
 THE UNCANOONUC. 
 
 WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY 
 
 GEORGE V. HAMLIN 
 
 COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR 
 
 MANCHESTER, N. H, 
 
 PRINTED BY THE RUEMELY PRESS 
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 UNCANOONUC 
 
 Near the mountain there is lying rich beauty 
 
 all around, 
 Where the squirrels are all vieing to make 
 
 homes within the ground; 
 Where the railway now is winding up the 
 
 grand old mound, 
 There dull care is always sleeping, sleeping 
 
 on this cool, cool mound. 
 
 CHORUS 
 
 Down in the lowlands see those pretty 
 
 towns — 
 In the distance we see rising 
 Many other old, old mounds. 
 
 While the laurel is all blooming, when the 
 
 year is young, 
 It's good to know the sun is rising and is so 
 
 bright and strong; 
 Then the trees push out their leaflets near 
 
 the stately hill, 
 See, the summer days are coming, nature 
 
 will be brighter still. — Chorus. 
 
 Mountains make some people love them for 
 
 they are so grand. 
 The Uncanoonuc is a gem, tow'ring o'er a 
 
 fertile land. 
 Here you cannot brood in sorrow, nor feel 
 
 the teardrops flow, 
 Come, and drive away care's furrow viewing 
 
 nature's grand old show. — Chorus. 
 
UNCANOONUC MOUNTAINS 
 
 That "God is no respecter of per- 
 sons," seems more than ever accentuated 
 when one is in the awful presence of his 
 works — such works as cascades, water- 
 falls and oceans, gigantic rocks and ma- 
 jestic mountains. 
 
 And especially is this awful pres- 
 ence felt when standing upon some lordly 
 summit, enjoying the ever-thrilling sen- 
 sation, due to a wonderfully extended hor- 
 izon, of opening the eyes, for perhaps 
 the first time, in childlike wonder, upon 
 a scene of constantly varying views. 
 
 It is this childishness, infused into 
 your soul by the sight of a part, which 
 puts you into the frame of mind best 
 suited to the proper realization of the 
 infinitude of things, and of nature and 
 nature's God, for we must realize it 
 then, we find ourselves nothing more 
 than children. 
 
 Humility and reverence thus derived 
 make us broader and better men, despis- 
 
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 ing human frivolities and meaningless 
 conventionalities — realizing the insignifi- 
 cant circumference of the circle of human 
 knowledge, the boast of superficiality. 
 
 The Uncanoonucs, though of no 
 great altitude, they being only 1,348 feet 
 high, are yet by no means insignificant 
 mountains, for, surrounded as they are 
 by unequalled topographical and geo- 
 logical conditions, it is seldom indeed 
 that one finds a vantage point like the 
 left summit from which to view a vast 
 territory, every aspiring point of which 
 is immortalized as the scene of historic 
 activities between our fathers and the 
 whole-souled children of nature, whose 
 domains they invaded — whose peace 
 they disturbed — whose property they vi- 
 olated. 
 
 From the Uncanoonucs, N. Lat. 
 42° 58' 58", West Long. 71« 35' 19" can 
 be seen, not only the immediate sur- 
 rounding country, but the eye reaches 
 over a hundred miles to the north and 
 exults in the view of Mount Washington, 
 in the White Mountains, the highest 
 peak east of the Rockies. 
 
 Turning now to the east and nearly 
 fifty miles away, the vision is obstructed 
 
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 by Agamenticus, in Maine, near Ogun- 
 quit, and Cape Neddick. Looking now 
 to the south east, the sight feasts itself 
 upon the great Atlantic. 
 
 Still farther south and almost di- 
 rectly south of Boston the beholder may 
 see Blue Hill, and lastly, by facing a lit- 
 tle to the north of west, we see, again 
 beyond the borders of our state, into 
 Vermont, where the peak of Mount As- 
 cutney, one of the Green Mountains, is 
 seen. 
 
 If no greater advantages than those 
 just enumerated were to be enjoyed from 
 the summit of this Pride of the Granite 
 State, they alone would repay the incon- 
 veniences of a long journey to enjoy 
 them. 
 
 But, this is not all. Besides all 
 this, there are to be seen fully twenty 
 other peaks or summits, as well as dis- 
 tant ponds, rivers and lakes, and towns 
 and cities, all of which will receive 
 proper notice as we proceed. 
 
 In addition to all this, the Unca- 
 noonucs are of special interest and im- 
 portance to engineers, because of the 
 very important part they play in the 
 
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 United States Coast Survey, and the tri- 
 angulation of the state of New Hamp- 
 shire. 
 
 Between the left summit and that 
 of Great Monadnock, in Jaffrey, extends 
 the base line, carefully determined by 
 the United States government, "By 
 means of the most delicate instruments." 
 The exact point at which this line inter- 
 sects the Uncanoonucs is shown by a 
 large copper bolt, under a stone, on the 
 site of an observation tower which stood 
 formerly, on this summit. 
 
 It will be readily seen, then, that 
 the Uncanoonucs have a great deal to 
 commend them to student or tourist. 
 
 NAME 
 
 The name Uncanoonuc is said to 
 be from the Indian word Kuncannowet, 
 of the Massachusetts Indians, meaning 
 breasts. This name is probably so ap- 
 plied, because of the human form seem- 
 ingly represented by Joe English Hill 
 3.S the head, the Uncanoonucs the breasts 
 and Shirley Hill and other lowlands to 
 the east and north the abdomen. 
 
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 CONTOUR 
 
 The shape of these mountains is 
 mound like. The summits are gently 
 rounding and the sides slope gracefully 
 from the summits on all sides, produc- 
 ing beauty and symmetry. 
 
 GEOLOGY 
 
 The geological formation of the 
 Uncanoonucs is quartz, granite and lake 
 gneiss, the greater portion being gneiss. 
 "Granite is found at the west base, just 
 by the west line of Goffstown." On 
 these mountains garnets of fine size and 
 quality are numerous — exposed to view. 
 
 APPROACHING UNCANOONUCS FROM 
 SHIRLEY STATION 
 
 Starting from Shirley Station on 
 the North Weare Branch of the Boston 
 & Maine Railroad, on the cars of the 
 Uncanoonuc Railway Company, pas- 
 sengers are carried over steadily rising, 
 yet undulating ground, the whole dis- 
 tance — by clearings, trout brooks, anti- 
 quated dwellings — through varied belts 
 
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 of temperature — under arches formed by 
 the overhanging trees of the forests, 
 through which the road is built — hill- 
 sides alternately blanching and blushing 
 with variegated arbutus and mountain 
 laurel — intermittent sunshine and dark- 
 ness. Then, rounding a beautiful curve, 
 the cars emerge into the glen at the 
 base of the left mountain and at just 
 the right angle to unfold to the now 
 eager visitor, a veritable fairyland. This 
 taste, at the base of the mountain, of so 
 much of the sublime and beautiful in 
 nature, instills a feverish haste to as- 
 cend to the summit and there dissipate 
 in the entrancing and intoxicating de- 
 lights of the greater outlook. The well 
 known aphorism, "Anticipation exceeds 
 realization," has been reversed, and 
 here at least, when impatient and hungry 
 eyes open upon such an indescribably 
 magnificent panorama of neighboring 
 hills, ponds, rivers, towns and cities, to- 
 gether with the profusion of leaf and blos- 
 som, and fanned by the constant and 
 soothing mountain zephyrs, standing be- 
 tween earth and sky, away from the hum 
 of the noisy city, one finds that realiza- 
 tion exceeds the wildest anticipation. 
 
CASINO ON SUMMIT 
 
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 INCLINE RAILWAY 
 
 The Uncanoonuc Incline Railway is 
 a modern cable-trolley electric mountain 
 railway. The large sumptuous observa- 
 tion cars, seating sixty people, and mak- 
 ing half-hourly trips between summit 
 and glen, are the last thing in the car 
 builder's art. They are equipped with 
 every automatic and other safety appli- 
 ance known to railroad engineering, also 
 electric lights and signals. They start, 
 move and stop so gently that, though 
 the speed is five hundred feet per 
 minute, the passenger, were it not for 
 the moving landscape, would hardly ap- 
 preciate that the car was in motion. 
 The steepest grade of the ascent is only 
 33 per cent., and at this point, if the ob- 
 server will but flirt his eyes to the south- 
 ward and eastward, he will behold a 
 never-to-be-forgotten scene of beauty. 
 The lower terminal station in the glen, 
 is a model of its kind, and like all the rest 
 of the equipment of the company, is de- 
 signed for the comfort, convenience and 
 safety of its patrons, and it is also ample 
 and in every way suitable. 
 
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 ROAD BED 
 
 The road bed is of crushed stone, 
 is solid and substantial in every way 
 and meets the most rigid exactions. 
 
 TRACK 
 
 The line of railroad up the moun- 
 tain is a single track, provided with a 
 patent automatic turnout and safety 
 guard rails. The turnout half way up 
 the mountain is a clever device, so con- 
 structed as to permit the cars to meet 
 and pass each other on a single track 
 standard guage railroad. 
 
 SUMMIT 
 
 Five minutes after leaving the glen, 
 (allowing forstops to takeon orlet off pas- 
 sengers), the car reaches the summit at 
 exactly the same moment that the de- 
 scending car stops in the glen. 
 
 Here, upon the best possible site on 
 the whole mountain, is to be found the 
 large and palatial Casino, constructed 
 solely for the pleasure and convenience 
 of its guests as attest the following: 
 
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 1st. Thirty-eight large, airy, well 
 lighted and furnished rooms. 
 
 2nd. Electric bells in every room. 
 
 3rd. Bathrooms with hot and cold 
 water. 
 
 4th. Large observation parlor. 
 
 5th. Observation tower, 85 feet 
 high. 
 
 6th. Largest amusement hall in 
 the state. 
 
 7th. Mammoth dining hall and pri- 
 vate dining rooms. 
 
 8th. Ice cream and lunch tables 
 on main floor. 
 
 9th. Field glasses and telescopes. 
 
 10th. Grand display of electric 
 lights. 
 
 11th. 20,000 candle power search 
 
 light. 
 
 12th. Long distance and local tel- 
 ephones. 
 
 13th. Its equipment is thorough 
 and entirely modern. 
 
 14th. Special rates given clubs, or- 
 ders and organizations. 
 
 The observation tower is a part of 
 the Casino and rises high above the rest 
 of it. 
 
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 MOUNTAIN PARK 
 
 Surrounding the Casino, and cover- 
 ing the whole summit of the mountain, , 
 is the naturally beautiful,and handsomely 1 
 laid out Mountain Park. There are 
 benches and tables for out of door feast- 
 ing; in fact every possible convenience 
 which will not detract from the natural. 
 
 ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE 
 
 The vegetation of the mountain, 
 from the base to the summit, represents 
 several plant zones. All the wild ani- 
 mals indigenous to this climate, except 
 the larger and more ferocious, are found 
 here, including deer. The number and 
 variety of bird life is simply astonishing, 
 beautiful feathered birds, sweet song 
 birds, of which class there are many 
 warblers, the hermit thrush, owls, savage 
 hawks, and even the American eagle are 
 common in the vicinity of the Uncanoo- 
 nucs. It is not a rare or uncommon 
 sight to behold an eagle, seemingly fixed 
 in the air on outstretched wings, and 
 then, almost before the beholder is aware 
 of any change in the position of the bird, 
 
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 he sees him swoop with lightning-like 
 rapidity upon his unsuspecting prey, 
 rarely missing it. 
 
 STREETS AND LANES 
 
 Streets and lanes have been laid out 
 on the mountain and in the glen; and 
 the summer colony of both mountain 
 and glen is rapidly increasing. Houses, 
 log cabins and bungalows are already 
 numerous, with many more projected. 
 All streets have been surveyed and laid 
 out in the manner best calculated to al- 
 low for the greatest possible number of 
 desirable building sites, and also to con- 
 serve as far as seemed consistent with 
 the general plan, primitive conditions. 
 
 Wherever and whenever, since this 
 wonderful retreat was first opened to the 
 public, it was possible to do so, the man- 
 agement has unhesitatingly deferred to 
 nature. 
 
 VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT 
 
 The view presented from the sum- 
 mit of Uncanoonuc is incomparable. It 
 stands pre-eminent. It is in a class 
 
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 of its own. It is the center of a circle 
 of observation whose diameter is two 
 hundred miles. Thirty-two listed dis 
 tant ponds, lakes, rivers, hills and 
 mountains, spires and monuments, towns 
 and cities, the Atlantic Ocean, and many 
 places so far unlisted and undetermined. 
 Crotchet Mountain-^\n Francestown, N. 
 
 Lat. 42°, 59', 53"; W. Long. 71°, 52', 
 
 27"; has an altitude of 2,066 feet; 
 
 mag. bear. N. 74 22 W., and is 14.50 
 
 miles distant. 
 Ascutney — Mag. bear. N. 46 20 W.; N. 
 
 Lat. 43°, 26', 45"; W. Long. 72°, 27', 
 
 08"; has an altitude of 3,168 ft.; in 
 
 Vermont. 
 Zovell—Mag. bear. N. 44 57 W.; N. Lat. 
 
 43°, 12', 11"; W. Long. 72°, 03', 42"; 
 
 in the town of Washington; 28 miles; 
 
 altitude 2,487 feet. 
 Sunapee — Mag. bear. N. 34 45 W.; N. 
 
 Lat. 43°, 17', 56"; W. Long. 72°, 03', 
 
 51"; in the town of Newbury, 32.5 
 
 miles; altitude 2,683 feet. 
 ^Stewart— M2Lg. bear. N. 25 48 W.; N. 
 
 Lat. 43°, 15', 04"; W. Long. 71°, 52', 
 
 04"; in the town of Warner; 23.29 
 
 miles, altitude 1,808 feet. 
 
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 Kearsarge--M3Lg. bear. N. 14 38 W.; N. 
 Lat. 43°, 22', 58"; W. Long. 71°, 51', 
 28"; in the town of Warner; 31 miles; 
 altitude 2,943 feet. 
 
 There seems to be considerable 
 confusion in reference to the name 
 of this mountain, not only in its 
 origin, but in its use. One author 
 says: "It was first called Hezekiah 
 Sargent's Hill, from the name of an 
 early owner; it was next contracted 
 into Kiah Sarg'nt's, and later, long af- 
 ter Sargent's death, Kiarsarge's, and 
 finally as now." Another contends 
 that Kearsarge is derived from the In- 
 dian word Kesarzet, meaning, "The 
 proud or selfish," because of the fact 
 that it stands proudly alone. 
 
 Still another contends that Pequaw- 
 ket in North Conway is Kearsarge, and 
 Pequawket is Indian for Kearsarge. 
 As a matter of fact, many of the maps 
 of our state show two mountains bear- 
 ing the name of Kearsarge. The 
 whole confusion is undoubtedly due 
 to the hotel interests in the north 
 part of the state. These interests, in- 
 flamed by the success of the United 
 States Steamship Kearsarge in its en- 
 
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 gagement off the French harbor of 
 Cherbourg with the English-built, 
 Confederate-manned Alabama; and of 
 the fast growing popularity of the true 
 Kearsarge, for which the ship was 
 named, desired in some way to divert 
 the summer travel from it, and bring 
 it, if possible, to the north. The name 
 was stolen and misapplied to the 
 mountain in Conway. 
 
 Moosilauke — Meaning Moose Region, 
 originally applied to the vicinity, and 
 later, to the mountain. Mag. bear. N. 
 44 E.; N.Lat. 44°, 01', 23"; W.Long. 
 71°, 49' 55"; is in the towns of War- 
 ner and Benton; 73.5 miles; altitude 
 4,811 feet. 
 
 Rattlesyiake Hill — near Pennacook, Mag. 
 bear. N. 14 13 E.; N.Lat. 43°, 13', 41"; 
 W. Long. 71°, 34', 18"; 16.94 miles; 
 altitude 783 feet. 
 
 Bean /MZ— Mag. bear. N. 15 37 E.; N. 
 Lat. 43°, 23', 48"; W. Long. 71°, 32', 
 49"; in the town of Northfield, 28.64 
 miles, altitude 1,515 feet. 
 
 Lafayette— Udig. bear. N. 44 E.; N. 
 Lat. 44°, 09', 38"; W. Long. 71°, 38', 
 41"; in town of Franconia, 82 miles; 
 

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Seventeen 
 
 altitude 5,259 feet. Named to perpet- 
 uate the memory of Gen. Lafayette. 
 Washington — Mag. bear. N. 19 35 E. 
 One of the Agiochooks, (Indian for 
 White Mountains), and was also called 
 Kodaak-Wajo, meaning the hidden 
 mountain, because its summit was so 
 often cloud-capped. 
 
 From this summit, according to In- 
 dian tradition, Passaconnaway held con- 
 ferences with the spirits above, and 
 afterwards, from this summit, went to 
 the Great Councils in Heaven. 
 
 Washington is also of the Presiden- 
 tial Range, which consists of eleven 
 noble mountains and, as in the hearts 
 of his country-men he always ranked 
 first, here Washington still maintains 
 his dignity and grandeur. On the 
 side of Washington is Tuckerman's 
 Ravine, where a beautiful Indian maid- 
 en, after tiring of endless suitors for 
 her heart and hand, strolled away to 
 Glen Ellis Falls and wedded the god 
 of the mountain, in whose arms she 
 was seen by some huntsmen. Her pa- 
 rents are said never to have seen her 
 more ; but the good spirit blessed them 
 
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 — repaid them for her sake, by making 
 it easy to get large game if they would 
 but go to the pool for it. 
 
 Here also, in the White Mountains, 
 lived a Sokoki Chief, Assacumbit. He 
 was extremely cruel and murderous. 
 He was hated and feared by the Eng- 
 lish, but he was strongly attached to 
 the French and, under their leader- 
 ship, later on, he won great renown. 
 In 1705 a French general sent him to 
 France. He was introduced to Louis 
 XIV, who presented him with a sword. 
 When the chieftain held out his hand 
 to receive the sword he said, "This 
 hand has slain one hundred and forty 
 of your Majesty's enemies in New 
 England." "This so pleased the king 
 that he knighted him and commanded 
 a pension of eight livres a day to be 
 allowed him for life." Here also is the 
 Crawford Notch, through which, when 
 it was first opened to travel, the first 
 article carried was a barrel of rum, 
 it having been offered by a company 
 in Portland to whoever should get it 
 up through. 
 Whiteface—Msig. bear. N. 19 19 E.; N. 
 Lat. 430, 56', 00"; W. Long. 71°, 24', 
 
Nineteen 
 
 21"; in town of Waterville; 66 miles; 
 altitude 4,007 feet. 
 Gunstock — Mag. bear. N. 28 00 E.; just 
 south of Lake Winnipiseogee; is in 
 the town of Gilford. 
 
 The line of vision of the last three 
 crosses Lakes Winnipiseogee and 
 Squam, the latter of which is from the 
 Indian Wonneasquamauke, meaning 
 "Beautifully surrounded place of 
 water," and it also furnishes us with 
 the following beautiful little legend, 
 to wit : 
 
 On this lake, at Squaw Cove, the 
 lovely Indian girl Suneta, who had 
 been forced by her father to marry an 
 old man, ran away on her wedding 
 night, with the man she loved. The 
 angry husband soon awoke, and pursu- 
 ing saw, in a blinding flash of light- 
 ning, the lover drown in the lake. 
 Upon his invocation another blinding 
 flash came out of the sky, followed by 
 infernal roarings which so filled the 
 valleys that his heart momentarily 
 stopped. He now repented and called 
 to Suneta, who did not answer. He 
 fell to the earth in a deep sleep, from 
 
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 which he awoke next morning in the 
 bright sunshine, with painful memo- 
 ries, and saw, near the spot where 
 had perished Suneta's lover. Squaw 
 Rock — his wife turned to stone. 
 
 Catamount — Mag. bear. N. 47 35 E.; N- 
 Lat. 43°, 16', 30"; W. Long. 71°, 17' 
 45"; is in the town of Pittsfield; 25 
 miles; altitude 1,341 feet. 
 
 Paxotucaioa — Mag. bear. N. 75 44 E.; is 
 in town of Nottingham; 21.95 miles; 
 altitude 1,000 feet. 
 
 Agameiiticus — Mag. bear. N. 81 01 E.; 
 is in Maine, near Ogunquit; 48.27 
 miles; altitude 742 feet. 
 
 Shirley Hill — Is nearly east of the Un- 
 canoonucs, and is so near to them as 
 to appear, when seen from a distance, 
 as a part of them. It is, however, a 
 large hill, standing alone, and is well 
 worth a visit when in the vicinity. 
 
 Upon this hill is a large bowlder, so 
 poised that it can be rocked by the 
 application of a remarkably slight 
 force. It is known as Tipping Rock. 
 Also upon this hill is the magnificent 
 hostelry known throughout the coun- 
 try, as the Shirley Hill House — the 
 
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 largest summer hotel in southern New- 
 Hampshire. It is eight hundred feet 
 above the sea and has a splendid view, 
 extending on the north to the White 
 Mountains, on the south to the hills 
 of Massachusetts, and on the east to 
 the sea coast. 
 
 It is only a mile from the Uncanoo- 
 nucs, six miles from, and five hundred 
 feet above, the city of Manchester, 
 whose thousand lights present a rare 
 sight at night. The lights of Nashua 
 and many smaller towns are also seen 
 from the spacious piazza of the hotel, 
 which has an area of three thousand 
 feet. The hotel and cottages, which 
 are luxurious in their appointment, 
 furnishing every comfort to guests, 
 accomodate two hundred. Good roads, 
 pleasant walks, bathing, garage, stables, 
 bowling and pool rooms, and tele- 
 phones. The farm connected contains 
 several hundred acres, and the home 
 production of wholesome milk, vege- 
 tables, fruits and berries for the table; 
 trying all the time to make them bet- 
 ter is the aim of the management. 
 Yacum Hill — Also in Goffstown, is 
 somewhat east and south of Shirley 
 
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 Hill. At this place there is a clear 
 crystal spring of mineral water. At 
 this spring, until a few years ago, 
 there stood a summer resort, known 
 as the Yacum Spring House. 
 Goffstown — Looking now to the north 
 east, we behold the beautiful valley 
 village of Goffstown, a delightful cli- 
 mate, fire protection, good streets, elec- 
 tric hghts, fine schools and an excel- 
 lent library, steam and electric cars. 
 A good hotel, a post office and good 
 stores. A desirable home town. 
 
 Prominent among the stores of this 
 town is the neat, well-lighted, commo- 
 dious and well-stocked store of the 
 enterprising young merchant, Mr. W. 
 W, Porritt & Co. At this store, which 
 is a veritable emporium of all the 
 things usually found in a first-class 
 general store, may be found meats, 
 vegetables, groceries, fruits and con- 
 fectionery, souvenirs, and every staple 
 to be found in a thoroughly equipped 
 hardware store, paints and varnishes, 
 etc. Mr. Porritt has made a thorough 
 study of the needs of his business and 
 every article in his business is his 
 
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 specialty, and no orders are too large 
 for him to fill, nor too small to receive 
 his courteous and immediate attention. 
 Mr. Porritt enjoys a large trade from 
 the Uncanoonuc Mountain and makes 
 a specialty of catering to cottagers 
 and summer residents. It is a pleas- 
 ure to deal at this place,for quality and 
 fair prices, and courteous treatment 
 and fair dealing is the motto of this 
 store and the reason of its success. 
 
 While visiting Goffstown the tour- 
 ist should not fail to visit the large 
 general store of Parker & Son, where 
 merchandise of all kinds can be pur- 
 chased as advantageously as in the 
 city. At this store one can get gro- 
 ceries and provisions, oils, paints and 
 varnishes, hardware, cigars and to- 
 bacco, confectionery and dry goods, 
 boots, shoes and rubbers; the entire 
 stock consisting of goods of quality. 
 The Parkers have been continuously 
 engaged in this business for many 
 years, and the patron of this store 
 gets the benefit of carefully selected 
 and purchased goods. This store 
 quickly and courteously fills all orders 
 
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 with painstaking care. It has teams, 
 and is prepared to deliver purchases 
 to customers in the village from 8 a. 
 M. to 5 p. M. daily, and on regular 
 trips which cover Parker Station and 
 the following hills, viz: Pattee, Paige, 
 Kennedy and Shirley, once a week. 
 Parker & Son's store is at the end 
 of the Manchester and Goffstown car 
 line, and persons waiting for cars are 
 always welcome. 
 Bretton Inn — A fine remodeled and up- 
 to-date hotel of twenty-four clean, 
 light and airy rooms, fine furniture 
 and carpets, parlor, reading room and 
 office, large well-lighted dining room 
 seating sixty guests, music, telephones, 
 and ice cream parlor connected, and 
 a garage. 
 
 The house is thoroughly lighted by 
 electricity, heated by steam, and the 
 sanitary equipment is thorough and 
 modern, with fine baths supplied by 
 continuous hot water. Bretton Inn is 
 also in the Fire Precinct of Goffstown 
 and has the best protection against 
 fire. An ideal place, easy of access 
 to Manchester. Its proprietor, Mr. 
 M. L. Murphy, unceasingly makes 
 
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 the convenience and comfort of his 
 guests his first consideration. 
 Maiichester — In the east, but extending 
 further north and south, we behold, 
 like a gem in a perfect setting, the 
 busy and beautiful city of Manchester, 
 the metropolis of New Hampshire. 
 
 In the neighboring city of Man- 
 chester are some notable institutions 
 that are widely known the country 
 over. 
 
 The world's greatest cotton mills of 
 the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, employing over sixteen thousand 
 fairly treated and contented employ- 
 ees, and having the greatest daily out- 
 put of manufactured cotton cloth in 
 the country, together with the New 
 Hampshire Fire Insurance Company 
 are domiciled here. 
 
 This latter company writes fire in 
 surance in nearly all of the states and 
 ranks as one of the strongest fire in- 
 surance companies of the country. 
 The attention of visitors is called 
 to the fact that Manchester is the 
 home office of this company and that 
 its loyal force of local agents are di- 
 rected from the Manchester office. 
 
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 The emblematic sign of the New 
 Hampshire Fire Insurance Company 
 is the well-known and enduring Pro- 
 file Rock, ofttimes called the "Old 
 Man of the Mountains," in the White 
 Mountain range. This wonder of na- 
 ture has been adopted by the com- 
 pany as its trade-mark, as typical of 
 its strength and solidity. In like man- 
 ner has the New Hampshire Fire In- 
 surance Company endured the test of 
 time having met its conflagration losses 
 in Baltimore, San Francisco and Chel- 
 sea in a manner that secured for it a 
 place in the roll of honor list of the 
 companies who promptly paid their 
 losses in full and without discount. 
 Visitors to the home ofifice of the com- 
 pany are always welcome. 
 
 The attention of the tourist is now 
 invited to the factory and maufacture 
 of the world-famous and greatest sell- 
 ing ten cent cigar, the 7-20-4. The 
 factory, a fine six-story building, near 
 the Boston & Maine railway station, 
 standing alone, affords the best venti- 
 lation and light on all sides. The 
 7-20-4 10 cent cigar was established by 
 
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 Mr. R. G. Sullivan, the present pro- 
 prietor, in 1874. He began with one 
 cigar maker and now employs over one 
 thousand persons in the manufacture 
 of this cigar. Mr. Sullivan annually 
 pays the United States government 
 more than ^500,000 in duties on tobac- 
 co imported and for revenue on cigars 
 manufactured. This, with an approx- 
 imate annual pay roll of ^600,000, 
 gives, for two items only, some idea 
 of the enormous output of the 7-20-4 
 10-cent cigar. In the manufacture of 
 this cigar there are used about 4,500 
 bales of Havana tobacco, each bale 
 containing about 140 pounds. This to- 
 bacco is used entirely as a filler, as 
 each 7-20-4 cigar contains long Havana 
 filler, strictly hand made with im- 
 ported Smatra wrapper and Connec- 
 ticut broad leaf binder. For the 
 wrappers there are used upwards 
 of 400 to 450 bales of Sumatra 
 leaf, imported from Amsterdam. This 
 tobacco is grown in Sumatra, and is 
 the finest wrapper grown in the known 
 world. For binder purposes there are 
 used annually of Connecticut broad 
 
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 leaf tobacco, upwards of 1,200 to 1,500 
 cases, each case weighing approxi- 
 mately 850 pounds. This is the finest 
 quality of tobacco grown in the United 
 States, and is the only tobacco used 
 for the binders in the 7-20-4 10-cent 
 cigars. Above all, these cigars are 
 entirely hand made, by skilful and 
 well-paid cigar makers. 
 
 Pine Island Park, popularly known 
 as "the people's play ground," is one 
 of the most popular pleasure and in- 
 land bathing resorts in the state. A 
 pleasant grove of pine trees along the 
 shore of a beautiful sheet of water, it 
 is well stocked with amusements for 
 every taste. The bathing pavilion, 
 rising above the smooth bathing beach, 
 is most deservedly popular. A large 
 wing is reserved for ladies, and they 
 have at their disposal a pleasant sun 
 parlor overlooking the water for rest 
 and recreation after the bath. Expert 
 swimmers are always in attendance 
 and special attention is given to ladies 
 and children. Swimming lessons may 
 be arranged by those who wish. This 
 is one of the most popular amusements 
 
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 in the park. Dancing is always popu- 
 lar, and the happy faces of the young 
 people in step with the inspiring 
 music of Hecker's Singing Orchestra, 
 testify to the good time they are hav- 
 ing. Then there is the penny arcade, 
 roller skating rink, roller coaster, boat 
 house and many other amusements, so 
 that there is always a good time in 
 store for the visitor. 
 
 Lake Massabesic theater, reached 
 by the Lake Massabesic car line, 
 is the sunmier home of the mirthful 
 musical comedy. Cooled by the 
 breezes from the lake, one may enjoy 
 the catchy music and mirth-provoking 
 comedy. Light refreshments may be 
 obtained and the dance hall across the 
 way is deservedly popular. 
 jRocJc JRimmon — In the west part of 
 Manchester, but obscured from view 
 by the intervening woods, is the fam- 
 ous and historic Rock Rimmon. It is 
 named for Rimmon, the sister of Min- 
 eola whose husband, Wonalancet, son 
 of Passaconaway, chief of the Penna- 
 cooks, she secretly and madly loved. 
 Rimmon, learning that Wonalancet 
 
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 thought of making no changes in his 
 domestic arrangements, became dejec- 
 ted and threw herself from the gigan- 
 tic rock which now bears her name. 
 
 Oak Hill and Weston Observatory — In 
 the east part of Manchester may be 
 seen Oak Hill, with an altitude of 537 
 feet. Upon this hill is located the 
 Weston Observatory, a wonderful view 
 point, a work of beauty, and a testimo- 
 nial to the beneficence of Ex-Gov. 
 James A. Weston. 
 
 Merrimack Hiver — Meaning "Deep or 
 profound" river, is a most beautiful 
 stream which is formed at Frankhn 
 by the union of the Pemigewasset and 
 Winnipiseogee rivers. It moves maj- 
 estically along and is augmented by 
 the Contoocook, Soucook, Suncook, 
 Piscataquog and Nashua rivers, be- 
 sides many streams of different sizes. 
 The waters of this river once bore to 
 safety and. friends the brave Hannah 
 Dustin, after putting her Indian cap- 
 tors to rest by the aid of a good toma- 
 hawk and one or two other captives. 
 This river runs more spindles than any 
 other river in the world, to say nothing 
 
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 of Other industries found along its 
 banks. From the Uncanoonuc it is 
 seen in the south part of Manchester. 
 In Manchester and along the east bank 
 of the Merrimack is still to be seen the 
 remains of the old trade canal, which 
 was either a part of or joined the old 
 Middlesex Canal, in Massachusetts, 
 furnishing transportation from Con- 
 cord, N. H., to Boston in the early 
 days. In those days people found no 
 fault with railroad rates. The Merri- 
 mack flows through Franklin, Con- 
 cord, Manchester and Nashua in New 
 Hampshire, and through Lowell, Law- 
 rence and Haverhill in Massachusetts. 
 
 Massabesic Lake — Meaning "the great 
 or large lake or pond," is a little south 
 east from Uncanoonuc, in the direct 
 line of Manchester, is 256 feet above 
 sea level and is 13 miles away. On 
 the eastern side of this lake is plainly 
 seen the residence of Walter M. Par- 
 ker, and a little further to the north is 
 to be seen the village of Auburn. 
 
 Rattlesnake Hill — In Auburn, is seen 
 also from here. 
 
 Thompson's Hill— Mdig, bear. S. 48 25 
 E.,isin Massachusetts, between Salem 
 
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 and Cape Ann, and is 50.62 miles 
 away, with an altitude of 271 feet. 
 
 Holt's mil— Mag. bear. S. 24 47 E., is in 
 Massachusetts, south east of the cities 
 of Lowell and Lawrence; 34.02 miles; 
 altitude 399 feet. 
 
 Hunker Hill Monument — On clear days 
 may be seen. 
 
 Blue Hill— Mag. bear. S. 13 10 E., is 
 in Massachusetts, south of Boston, 
 58.46 miles distant, with an altitude of 
 590 feet. 
 
 Nashua — Named from the Indian river 
 of the same name and meaning, "The 
 river with the pebbly bottom." And 
 some contend that it took its name 
 from the Nashaway Indians. 
 
 Wac/msett — Meaning "At the Moun- 
 tain." Mag. bear. S. 35 36 W., is in 
 Princeton, Mass.; 37.34 miles; altitude 
 2,025 feet; 14 miles north of Worces- 
 ter. 
 
 It was from this mountain that a 
 young converted Indian, in love with 
 the daughter of a Natick farmer, de- 
 scried the location of the Indian cap- 
 tors of his sweetheart and her parents. 
 He mingled with this band, gained a 
 
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 position of trust which he used to 
 liberate his friends, with whom he fled. 
 He married the girl, whose parents 
 now offered no further objections. 
 
 Jfasow— Town of. Mag. bear. S. 47 03 
 W.; 19.56 miles. 
 
 Joe English — Is south and perhaps a lit- 
 tle west of the Uncanoonucs, in New 
 Boston, and attains an altitude of 1,100 
 feet. It forms the head of a fanciful 
 human likeness, with the Uncanoo- 
 nucs and Shirley Hill as the breasts 
 and abdomen. Its southern extremi- 
 ty is an abrupt precipice of huge frag- 
 ments of granite, appearing as a huge 
 mountain of broken rock. 
 
 Aside from all this, Joe English is 
 highly popular because of the follow- 
 ing history, to wit: "One of the last 
 of our Indians who lived in the valley 
 of the Piscataquog was Joe English. 
 He was the grandson of Wosconomet, 
 sagamore of the Agawams at the 
 mouth of the Merrimack. In Queen 
 Ann's war, 1705, he was the firm 
 friend of the whites, and from this 
 fact he got his name. The other In- 
 dians thought he told their plans, to 
 
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 rob and kill the settlers, and they de- 
 termined to kill him the first good 
 chance. One day after a weary hunt 
 he had put away his two guns in a 
 hollow tree, which was still alive and 
 growing, to protect them from the 
 dampness of the night, (the father 
 of Dea. James Cochran, of New Bos- 
 ton, found these guns many years af- 
 ter in the same hollow tree, each loaded 
 with three balls), and was resting in 
 the twilight by his wigwam. A slight 
 noise startled him, and looking sharp 
 he saw three Indians creeping stealth- 
 ily towards him. In a moment he 
 was off for the hill that bears his 
 name. 
 
 He knew the chances were against 
 him in a long race, so made up his 
 mind to outwit his pursuers. He ran 
 slowly, that they might think him an 
 easy prey and be the more eager to 
 take him. They were almost on him 
 at the top of the hill, when off he went 
 again at great speed and they strained 
 every nerve to keep up. Joe soon 
 came to the brink of the cliff. Quick 
 as a flash he sprang one side behind 
 
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 a high, jutting rock and held his 
 breath that they might not hear and 
 find him. It was but a moment; the 
 fast, light steps of his foes were heard 
 flying past, and then with a screech 
 the dark forms went down on the rocks 
 below. Dead! They were food for 
 eagles and wolves. Joe did not dare go 
 back to his wigwam. He made his way 
 to the settlements in the south part of 
 the state, where he thought he would 
 be safe. But the Indians determined 
 to have his life, and on July 27, 1706, 
 near Dunstable, now Nashua, they 
 ambushed him, shot him through the 
 thigh, and then one of them hurried a 
 tomahawk in his brain. Thus died 
 Joe English, the white man's friend; 
 and Massachusetts gave a grant to his 
 wife and two children because, as the 
 words of the grant have it, *he died 
 in the service of his country.' " 
 
 Mont Vernon Church — Mag. bear. S. 46 
 18. W.; is in the town of Mont Ver- 
 non; 7.61 miles. 
 
 Bahoosic Pond — In the town of Am- 
 herst, is just a little farther in the 
 west, and is plainly visible. Baboosic 
 
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 is from the Indian of the Massachu- 
 setts, from the word Paposuc, mean- 
 ing baby and at, or "At the Baby 
 Lake." 
 Monadnock — A composition of two 
 words means "At the Silver Moun- 
 tain." Mag. bear. S. 83 54 W.; is in 
 town of Jaffrey; 27.68 miles; alti- 
 tude 3,186 feet. Between this moun- 
 tain and the left summit of the Uncan- 
 oonucs runs the base line carefully 
 laid by the United States Government 
 in the coast survey, and the triangula- 
 tion of New Hampshire. 
 
 Some people maintain that they 
 have seen Lowell, Haverhill and the 
 whole Merrimack valley from the Unca- 
 noonucs, but of this we are not positive. 
 
 WATER SUPPLY 
 
 The fine, sparkling and health-giv- 
 ing water, which is pumped up the 
 mountain by the latest improved electric 
 machinery, is not the least of the attrac- 
 tions offered by this now immensely pop- 
 ular resort. The supply is always pure 
 and sufficient. Many other fine springs. 
 
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 producing the best of water, are to be 
 found at various places within the 
 grounds. Yet the management, with all 
 this abundance of water, against a future 
 and possible urgent need of water, are 
 spending thousands of dollars in sinking 
 artesian wells at the summit. While 
 the water of the place is not the 
 least of its attractions, we mention it 
 last, in order that the prospective visitor 
 may be duly impressed with the fact that 
 pure, clean and healthy water, in suffi- 
 cient quantities, is here given the great- 
 est consideration by the management. 
 
 WHY THE UNCANOONUC IS THE FINEST 
 PLEASURE RESORT IN NEW ENGLAND 
 
 1. Unsurpassed scenery of four states 
 
 and ocean. 
 
 2. Perfect panorama presented in 
 
 every direction. 
 
 3. The elevation is sufficient without 
 
 rarified atmosphere. 
 
 4. A magnificent view of Manchester, 
 
 day and night. 
 
 5. Hundreds of acres of forests. 
 
 6. Balmy, invigorating air. 
 
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 7. Pure, cold, sparkling water. 
 
 8. Direct connection with all electric 
 
 and steam roads. 
 
 9. A populous and enterprising terri- 
 
 tory to draw from. 
 
 10. Through excursion trains from all 
 
 Massachusetts and New Hamp- 
 shire cities. 
 
 11. Only eight miles from the fast 
 
 growing city of Manchester. 
 
 12. Many people own summer homes 
 
 there. 
 
 13. Large grounds for field sports, base 
 
 ball, etc. 
 
 14. A grand place for picnic parties, 
 
 associations, clubs, orders, etc., to 
 hold field days and outings. 
 
 15. The incline railway is a great at- 
 
 traction in itself, one half mile in 
 length, 33 per cent, grade. 
 
 16. Cars operated by both electric mo- 
 
 tors and cable. 
 
 17. Automatic safety appliances make 
 
 this road absolutely safe, and ac- 
 cidents impossible. 
 
 18. Large observation cars, seating six- 
 
 ty people, make half-hourly trips. 
 
 19. The Uncanoonuc Incline Railway 
 
 Company owns the connecting 
 
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 trolley line, thereby insuring the 
 best of connections. 
 
 BUILDING LOTS 
 
 The building sites owned by the 
 Company are being rapidly taken up, 
 many homes being already established. 
 However, many fine sites may yet be 
 purchased at very fair prices. 
 
 HOW TO GET TO THE UNCANOONUC 
 MOUNTAINS 
 
 Parties wishing to pass a day at the 
 Uncanoonuc, may go there from Man- 
 chester by steam or electrics. The Bos- 
 ton & Maine R. R., North Weare Branch, 
 runs two trains a day, each way, all of 
 them stopping at Shirley, from which 
 place the Uncanoonuc Mountain cars 
 start. If you wish to travel by electrics, 
 take the Goffstown car, which is usually 
 marked "This car for the Uncanoonuc 
 Mountain," and which runs half-hourly 
 between the City Hall in Manchester 
 and Goffstown, passing through Shirley. 
 The trolley ride of two and one half 
 miles, from Shirley to the base of the 
 

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 mountain, affords a charming view of 
 the surrounding country. In June, ^ 
 
 when the mountain laurel is in full 
 bloom, the ride is especially charming. 
 Come to visit the Uncanoonucs first, 
 and then come to stay. 
 
 INFORMATION 
 
 For information of all kinds, per- 
 taining in any way to the mountain and 
 its environs, the railway and its opera- 
 tion, prices of lots and rentals of the 
 grounds or buildings, address: 
 
 Henry A. Laxon, Gen. Man., 
 
 Uncanoonuc Mountain. 
 
 J. B. Pattee, Treasurer, 
 
 Manchester. N. H. 
 
DIRECTORY OF MOUNTAIN 
 COTTAGE OWNERS 
 
 Bartlett, James Base Park 
 
 Batchelder, J. Warren . , . Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Bellaire, David Railroad Avenue 
 
 Bird, Edith Chestnut Lane 
 
 Boisvert, Edmond Oak Avenue 
 
 Boisvert, Victor and Peter . . . Incline Avenue 
 
 Boyd, John H Incline Avenue 
 
 Brown, Parker R., Birch Lane and Summit Park 
 
 Burns, Henry A Shirley Hill Road 
 
 Campbell, A. B Cedar Lane 
 
 Capen, Arthur E Chestnut Lane 
 
 Carroll, Miss Clara Beech Lane 
 
 Currier, James E. Cram Road 
 
 Cram, Hattie Cram Road 
 
 DeMarais, A. A Uncannonuc Avenue 
 
 Donnelly, Bridget . Incline Avenue 
 
 Dumbleton, George M Chestnut Lane 
 
 Estabrook, George O Birch Lane 
 
 Person, John Cram Road 
 
 Foster, Harry Cram Road 
 
 Foss, F. Plummer Birch Lane 
 
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 Gage, Charles F Shirley Hill Road 
 
 Henderson, A. J. and W. F Birch Lane 
 
 Holt, Fred Cram Road 
 
 Kendrick, Charles S. Beech Lane 
 
 Kilton, Orrin A Mountain Lane 
 
 Knoettner, Mrs. Bertha Spring Lane 
 
 Laxon, E. Grace Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Littlefield, Chauncey B Cedar Lane 
 
 Levering, John W Maple Lane 
 
 Marineau, A. D Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Metcalf, Mabel Chestnut Lane 
 
 Morin, N. P Incline Avenue 
 
 Noyes, George Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Patnode, B. N Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Pratt, Sidney W Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
 Roby, Lyman J Beech Lane 
 
 Schneider, Robert Incline Avenue 
 
 Smith, J. Brodie Crescent Lane 
 
 Stiles, William Shirley Hill Road 
 
 Straw, Dr. Zatas Birch Lane 
 
 Swallow, George W Birch Lane 
 
 Williams, J. Arthur Shirley Hill Road 
 
 Wilson, Romy Uncanoonuc Avenue 
 
COTTAGES ON UNCANOONUC 
 
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 7he Old Man of the Mountain 
 
 "Men hang out their signs in- 
 dicative of their respecftive trades; 
 shoemakers hang out a gigantic 
 shoe; jewelers a monster watch; 
 even the dentist hangs out a gold 
 tooth; but up in the Franconia 
 Mountains, God Almighty has 
 hung out a sign to show that in 
 New England HE MAKES 
 MEN."— Daniel Webster. 
 
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