The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ing lo-cality, which is destined, in the notdistant future, to be one of the mostpopular summer resorts in the state,as it is already one of the most pros-perous, up-to-date business and resi-dence towns. The sudden death, by a carriageaccident, of Austin Corbin, a fewyears since, near his fine summer res-idence on the old homestead, was aserious loss to his native town ofNewport, to whose interests he wasdevotedly attached, as he had manyprojected improvements in mind;but the unique enterprise
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ing lo-cality, which is destined, in the notdistant future, to be one of the mostpopular summer resorts in the state,as it is already one of the most pros-perous, up-to-date business and resi-dence towns. The sudden death, by a carriageaccident, of Austin Corbin, a fewyears since, near his fine summer res-idence on the old homestead, was aserious loss to his native town ofNewport, to whose interests he wasdevotedly attached, as he had manyprojected improvements in mind;but the unique enterprise of the park,above mentioned, with its great herdof buffalo—the largest in the coun- 266 Newport Today — Its Men and Affairs - 1 -^i^HBQI^^H ., . ? Vlitx^-- -J-*-- J ?-»:* , ^-^ifliil^^^^^^lH ? 1^ A IRii . i JiSi^pM*- Si rP^^^^SSmk ^^nww Main Street. Looking North from Wheelers Corner try—will serve to turn the attentionof travelers in this direction, in in-creasing numbers for years to Corbin was one of a noted fam-. and fame it takes due pride, amongwhom are the late Mrs. Sarah J. Hale,author and editor, Hon. Edwin , president of the St. LouisChamber of Commerce and ex-Lieu-tenant Governor of Missouri, MarionMcGregor Christopher, long the fa-mous organist of Broadway Taber-nacle, New York, and the late RearAdmiral George E. Belknap, one ofthe most accomplished officers of theAmerican navy, whose boyhood homestill stands in the village. Early Home of Admiral Belknap ily ill the American business world,the only survivor of whom is DanielC. Corbin of Spokane, Washington,president of the Spokane and Inter-national Railway, and extensively en-gaged in various other enterprises,who may safely be counted as New-ports most successful living here it may be noted that thetown has given birth to many per-sons of distinction in whose names
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