The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . idge soonafter the Province road was built. Themills were first built on the Meredithside of the river, and in 1775 wereowned by Stephen Gale but were sweptaway by a freshet in the year mill privilege was purchased in1780 by Col. Samuel Ladd, who rebuilton the Gilford side of the river. Col-onel Ladd lost his milldam three yearssuccessively, and in 1788 his mill wasburned, but it was immediately rebuilt. About this time Abraham Folsombuilt mills both for
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . idge soonafter the Province road was built. Themills were first built on the Meredithside of the river, and in 1775 wereowned by Stephen Gale but were sweptaway by a freshet in the year mill privilege was purchased in1780 by Col. Samuel Ladd, who rebuilton the Gilford side of the river. Col-onel Ladd lost his milldam three yearssuccessively, and in 1788 his mill wasburned, but it was immediately rebuilt. About this time Abraham Folsombuilt mills both for sawing lumberand grinding grain at Lakeport, whichwas then called Folsoms mills. Thesemills were also destroyed by fire butagain constructed the following were also mills at The Weirs in1803, called Prescotts mills, but theseestablishments went into disuse, whilethe mills at Meredith Bridge and Lake-port did an extensive business, and thecommunity around them rapidly in-creased in numbers and importance. One of the first houses on the Gil-man ton side of the river was the millhouse, erected by Col. Samuel Ladd in. The Old 1erley Corner on Main Street. 1780, near the present location of theHuse machine shops. Colonel Laddpurchased the land of Samuel Jewett,who settled half a mile above, the pre-vious year. It is stated that ColonelLadd paid but seven Spanish dollars THE II.!.I STRATED LACONIAN. for this lot of two and a half acres ofland on the east side of the river, andpreviously owned the territory nowknown as Ladds Hill, just across thecity line in Belmont. The land on thenorth side of the river was first ownedby Schoolmaster James of Gale next purchased this terri-tory and sold it to Colonel Ladd. Thisland commenced near the presentChurch street bridge and the boundran in a straight line to Lake Winne-squam, near the mouth of the Winnipe-saukee river, thus including all of themost valuable property to-day in thecity of Laconia. Most of the land
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