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Title: History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches ..
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Cogswell, Elliott C. (Elliott Colby), 1814-1887
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Publisher: Manchester (N.H.) J.B. Clarke
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e many a man feel that there was l)ut a stepbetween him and death. Horse and rider involuntarilyshrink from the perilous descent, and look with alarm atthe opposite acclivity. Yet, over this, parties of pleasure,men of business, and beasts of burden, have almost dailypassed, and braved the danger and toil for a hundred years.Upon this eminence, settlements were early made, andlarge families have been raised and sent forth, tall, robustmen, and vigorous women, able to cope with obstacles any-where, without fear of taller forms, stronger frames, ormore elastic muscles. The range of vision in most direc-tions is extensive, and the air invigorating. KnowltonsLake sparkles as a gem of beauty in the very bosom of thistract of land, a favorite resort once for the red man,when tall pines and majestic oaks shadowed the land.Here Col. John Morrison lived when he served his countryso well in the days of the Revolution ; and here his son,the Hon. Robert Morrison, resides, passing his age amid the
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HISTOBY OF NORTHWOOD. 581 pleasant cares and the comforts of i-ural life; findingpleasnre in rock and rill, in flower and tree; never tired oflife, nor sighing for its end. Bennetts hill.This eminence lies between the turnpike and )3ow Lakein Strafford. The view from it in several directions is ex-tended and rich, and full of interest to the stranger. Asuitable establishment here for summer residents wouldreceive a liberal patronage. An enterprising man mightsoon realize a fortune on this, or Blakes Plill, who wouldinvite the dwellers in cities to revel in luxuries of scenerylike this. The Hills, Knowleses, and Bennetts early settledin this region and reared large families that have scatteredthemselves over no small part of the country. The soilliere is rich and capable of sustaining a large population.At the foot of this eminence in one direction, on the roadleading to the upper part of Bow Lake, is the saw-millowned by William and G. T. Sherburn, near which is alarge quantity of pin

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