. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . hl)oring town of Lisl)on are several gold mines. Thereare a number of vcrj^ popular hotels and boarding houses in the town ;and the Goodnow and Sunset Hill Houses, both large and fashionablesummer resorts, are a little distance across the line in Lisbon. Thelatter is best reached from Lisbon station, ten miles below casterlj part of Lisbon, in which the above houses stand, formsthe western rim of the Franconia Valley, and overlooks its village aswell
. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . hl)oring town of Lisl)on are several gold mines. Thereare a number of vcrj^ popular hotels and boarding houses in the town ;and the Goodnow and Sunset Hill Houses, both large and fashionablesummer resorts, are a little distance across the line in Lisbon. Thelatter is best reached from Lisbon station, ten miles below casterlj part of Lisbon, in which the above houses stand, formsthe western rim of the Franconia Valley, and overlooks its village aswell as includes in its view all the surrounding beauties. The newForest Hills House, which was opened in , by Messrs. H. W. Priestand J. W. Dudley, has become a great favorite with the best occupies a commanding site on the summit of Pine Hill, on theBethlehem road, and only four miles from that place, and aboutthe same froni the Profile House. From cvcrj^ side charming viewsare obtained, including, in the sweep of the horizon from west to southand east, Sugar Hill, in Lisbon, the whole of the Franconia Valley, 89. 90 village and mountains, and the Mount AVasliiugtou range. Fifty acresare devoted to lawns and groves. The hotel is admirably conducted,and is a great acquisition to the long list of White Mountain quiet beauties and healthful atmosphere have led to the buildingof several private summer cottages; others are projected, and afarm near the village has been laid out in streets and lots for this])urpose. The Lafayette House, in the easterly part of the valley, com-l)ines some of the features of an old country tavern with the modernmountain house, and is kept by the three Richardson brothers, whowere popular stage drivers in the old coaching days. Receiving gueststhe year around, they have the first comers in the smnmer also, beforethe larger houses are open. Just beyond, on the hillside, on the Notchroad, is the Profile House farm with its fine her
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