{"product_id":"2940012769688","title":"Sketch of Dunbarton","description":"Dunbarton is a town \"set upon a hill which cannot be hid.\" The highest\u003cbr\u003epoint of land is on the farm of Benjamin Lord, north of the Center, and\u003cbr\u003eis 779 feet above the sea level. From that spot, and from many other\u003cbr\u003eplaces nearly as high, the views of hills and mountains are beautiful\u003cbr\u003eand grand beyond description.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twin Uncanoonucs are near neighbors on the south, Monadnock,\u003cbr\u003efarther off on the south-west, and Kearsarge twenty miles to the north\u003cbr\u003ewest. On the northern horizon are seen Mount Washington and other peaks\u003cbr\u003eof the White Mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe longest hill in town is the mile-long Mills hill, and midway on\u003cbr\u003eits slope live descendants of Thomas Mills, one of the first settlers.\u003cbr\u003eAmong other hills are Duncanowett, Hammond, Tenney, Grapevine, Harris,\u003cbr\u003eLegache, and Prospect Hills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo rivers run through the town, but there are numerous brooks where\u003cbr\u003etrout fishing is pursued with more or less success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo body of water is large enough to be called a lake, but Gorham Pond\u003cbr\u003eis a beautiful sheet of water and on its banks picnics are held.\u003cbr\u003eStark's and Kimball's Ponds have furnished water power for mills, the\u003cbr\u003elatter, owned by Willie F. Paige, is still in use. Long Pond, in the\u003cbr\u003esouth part of the town, was the scene of a tragedy in 1879, when Moses\u003cbr\u003eMerrill, an officer at the State Industrial School, Manchester, was\u003cbr\u003edrowned in an ineffectual attempt to save an inmate of that institution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne portion of the south part of the town is called Skeeterboro,\u003cbr\u003eanother Mountalona, so named by James Rogers, one of the first\u003cbr\u003esettlers, from the place in Ireland from whence he came.[1] East of the\u003cbr\u003eCenter is Guinea, so called because some negroes once lived there. The\u003cbr\u003evillage of North Dunbarton is also called Page's Corner; and not far\u003cbr\u003eaway to the eastward is a hill known as Onestack, because one large\u003cbr\u003estack of hay stood there for many years. A brook bears the same name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose who know Dunbarton only in the present can hardly realize that\u003cbr\u003e1450 people ever lived there at one time, but that was the census in\u003cbr\u003e1820. The first census, taken 1767, was 271. In 1840 it was 1067; in\u003cbr\u003e1890, only 523. The last census gave about 575.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first settlement was made in 1740[2] by James Rogers and Joseph\u003cbr\u003ePutney on the land known as the \"Great Meadows,\" now owned by James M.\u003cbr\u003eBailey. They were driven away by the Indians for a time. A stone now\u003cbr\u003emarks the spot where stood the only apple tree spared by the Indians.\u003cbr\u003eProbably the first boy born in town belonged to one of these families.\u003cbr\u003eJames Rogers was shot by Ebenezer Ayer, who mistook him in the dark for\u003cbr\u003ea bear, as he wore a bearskin coat. He was the father of Major Robert\u003cbr\u003eRogers, celebrated as the leader of the ranger corps of the French and\u003cbr\u003eIndian wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout 1751 William Stinson, John Hogg, and Thomas Mills settled in the\u003cbr\u003ewest part of the town. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Mills, was the first\u003cbr\u003egirl born in town. Her birthplace was a log cabin on the farm now owned\u003cbr\u003eby John C. and George F. Mills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fourteen years the town was called Starkstown in honor of Archibald\u003cbr\u003eStark, one of the first land owners (though not a resident), and father\u003cbr\u003eof General John Stark. In 1765 the town was incorporated, and was\u003cbr\u003enamed, with a slight change, for Dumbarton[3] in Scotland near which\u003cbr\u003eplace Stark and other emigrants had lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunbarton was one of the towns taken from Hillsborough County to\u003cbr\u003eform the County of Merrimack. Its centennial was duly celebrated\u003cbr\u003eand attended by a vast concourse of invited guests and towns people.\u003cbr\u003eA report of its proceedings was compiled by Rev. Sylvanus Hayward.\u003cbr\u003eThough small in area and population, Dunbarton occupies a large place\u003cbr\u003ein the hearts of its sons and daughters. However dear our adopted homes\u003cbr\u003emay become, we still feel that \"whatever skies above us rise the hills,\u003cbr\u003ethe hills are home.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centennial Rev. George A. Putnam paid a glowing tribute to his\u003cbr\u003enative town, saying: \"Dunbarton is one of the most intelligent and best\u003cbr\u003eeducated communities in New England. I think it will be hard to find\u003cbr\u003eanother place where, in proportion to its population, so many young\u003cbr\u003emen have been liberally educated and have entered some of the learned\u003cbr\u003eprofessions, where so many young men and women have become first class\u003cbr\u003eteachers of common schools. My own observation has been altogether in\u003cbr\u003efavor of Dunbarton in this particular. And it is clear as any historic\u003cbr\u003efact the superior education of Dunbarton's children has been largely\u003cbr\u003edue to her religious institutions and Christian teachers.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121010983152,"sku":"2940012769688","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012769688_p0.jpg?v=1763572511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012769688","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}