History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . ie best(piality. as also bog and magnetic iron and tin ore, have been found here,the former in immense quantities. The tin ore is considered the firstever discovered in the United States, and was found by Dr. Jackson,state geologist. Ellis river, the only stream of note, waters the town, inaddition to which are several brooks and rivuh-ts. The view here givenis of (loodrich ialls with the old Imnber-nnll on the luain road fromJackson to Bartlett, about two miles from Jackson City, at the junctionof the two branches of Ellis river. The heigh
History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . ie best(piality. as also bog and magnetic iron and tin ore, have been found here,the former in immense quantities. The tin ore is considered the firstever discovered in the United States, and was found by Dr. Jackson,state geologist. Ellis river, the only stream of note, waters the town, inaddition to which are several brooks and rivuh-ts. The view here givenis of (loodrich ialls with the old Imnber-nnll on the luain road fromJackson to Bartlett, about two miles from Jackson City, at the junctionof the two branches of Ellis river. The height of the rock at the right,from the water, is eighty feet. There is a large circidar ])ool below thefdl. the ^^•at<?r of which is of great depth. When the river is full, thewater poms a broad, beautiful sheet over the dam, covering the rocks, NEW IIAMrSIIIllE TOWN OF JACKSOM. -?,^r, and throwiiit, ii|) clouds o( ^^|iray, sonietunes to ilio lii. of erection just in rear of the hiijh rock upon the right. One of the|)rincipal thoroughfares to the far-famed White Hills leads through thisrown ; and the traveller, as he passes along, cannot but be interested aslir beliolds the be uitiful scenery with which the locality abounds. Jack-son lias bur one village, usually called The Corner, — sometimesfamiliarlv •.lacksdn Citv, — where a half-dozen houses cannot lie foundin a half a mile; at inie of which, passengers coming up from Conwayand down from the Glen House, destined to the Crawford House, meetand share the noon-day hospitalities of mine host. There are twochurches — Free-will Baptist, and a Protestant Union honse; eight schooldistricts, and one post-office : also, two saw-mills, and one , !89; valuation, $111,187. 536 HISTORY AND DESCrUPTIOX OF XEW ENGLAND. Jaffrev, ill the eastern division of Cheshire county, adjoins Peterbor-ough, and is forty-six miles from Concord. This town was granted bvthe M
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