Lakeport steam boat landing

Diver1111 · 12-27-2013, 09:15 PM

Winter research produced this excerpt from HISTORY & GENEALOGY OF (LACONIA)-part of a town by town series online at

http://www.nh.searchroots.com/belknap.html.

Anyone know where this landing was exactly? I do have a wharf on an old 1909 topo map on the eastern shore north of the channel:

HORSE RAILROAD -- The Laconia and Lake Village Horse Railroad was
chartered at June session 1881, of the New Hampshire Legislature.
The grantees were A.G. Folsom, James H. Tilton, J.P. Hutchinson and
Richard Gove. The capital stock was fixed at fifteen thousand
dollars and the road built in the summer of 1882. The first car
was run over the road on Friday afternoon, August 18, 1882. The first
annual meeting of the stockholders was held at Folsom Hall January
16, 1883. A.G. Folsom, J.P. Hutchinson, S.C. Clark, C.A. Busiel,
S.S. Wiggin, R. Gover and S.B. Smith were elected directors, and
subsequently A.G. Folsom was chosen president of the board, J.P.
Hutchinson clerk and W.L. Melcher treasurer. Bela S. Keniston was
the first superintendent of the road. About two and one-half miles
of track were laid, extending from the Williard Hotel, in Laconia,
to the steamboat landing in Lake village. The road was a success
from the commencement.

12-27-2013, 09:15 PM	#1
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 603 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,032 Times in 227 Posts	Lakeport steam boat landing Winter research produced this excerpt from HISTORY & GENEALOGY OF (LACONIA)-part of a town by town series online at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/belknap.html. Anyone know where this landing was exactly? I do have a wharf on an old 1909 topo map on the eastern shore north of the channel: HORSE RAILROAD -- The Laconia and Lake Village Horse Railroad was chartered at June session 1881, of the New Hampshire Legislature. The grantees were A.G. Folsom, James H. Tilton, J.P. Hutchinson and Richard Gove. The capital stock was fixed at fifteen thousand dollars and the road built in the summer of 1882. The first car was run over the road on Friday afternoon, August 18, 1882. The first annual meeting of the stockholders was held at Folsom Hall January 16, 1883. A.G. Folsom, J.P. Hutchinson, S.C. Clark, C.A. Busiel, S.S. Wiggin, R. Gover and S.B. Smith were elected directors, and subsequently A.G. Folsom was chosen president of the board, J.P. Hutchinson clerk and W.L. Melcher treasurer. Bela S. Keniston was the first superintendent of the road. About two and one-half miles of track were laid, extending from the Williard Hotel, in Laconia, to the steamboat landing in Lake village. The road was a success from the commencement.