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CrawfordCentury · 06-05-2009, 11:00 AM

Alton was originally a part of the town of New Durham. Called 'New Durham Gore,' it was set off as a seperate town in the late 1700s.

Doesn't seem like a fair arrangement. The new town got the lake, an important bay, and Mount Prospect (I think of it as the mini-Monadnock of the Lakes Region

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06-05-2009, 11:00 AM	#17
CrawfordCentury Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere betwixt Gonic and Chocorua Posts: 191 Thanks: 13 Thanked 30 Times in 21 Posts	Alton was originally a part of the town of New Durham. Called 'New Durham Gore,' it was set off as a seperate town in the late 1700s. Doesn't seem like a fair arrangement. The new town got the lake, an important bay, and Mount Prospect (I think of it as the mini-Monadnock of the Lakes Region ). __________________ Plant a garden. Heat with wood. And thank a veteran.