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==History== [[File:General View of Lincoln, NH.jpg|thumb|left|General view {{circa|1915}}]] [[Image:The Flume, Franconia Notch, NH.jpg|thumb|left|[[Flume Gorge|The Flume]] {{circa|1915}}]] [[Image:Franconianotchtrail.JPG|thumb|left|Hiking trail in [[Franconia Notch State Park]]]] In 1764, colonial Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] granted {{convert|32456|acre|km2}} to a group of approximately 70 land investors from [[Connecticut]]. Lincoln was named after [[Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle]], 9th [[Earl of Lincoln]] β a cousin of the Wentworth governors. He held the position of [[comptroller]] of [[customs]] for the port of [[London]] under King [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] and [[George III]], which was important to trade between [[British North America|America]] and England.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 553β555| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&q=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA553}}</ref> The town was settled about 1782. The 1790 census indicates that it had 22 inhabitants. Rocky soil yielded poor farming, but the area's abundant [[lumber|timber]], combined with [[hydropower|water power]] to run [[sawmill]]s on the [[Pemigewasset River]] and its [[East Branch Pemigewasset River|East Branch]], helped Lincoln develop into a center for logging. By 1853, the Merrimack River Lumber Company was operating. The railroad transported freight, and increasingly brought tourists to the beautiful mountain region. In 1892, James Everell Henry (1831β1912) bought approximately {{convert|100000|acre|km2}} of virgin timber and established a logging enterprise at what is today the center of Lincoln. In 1902, he built a pulp and [[paper mill]]. He erected the Lincoln House hotel in 1903, although a 1907 fire would nearly raze the community. Until he died in 1912, Henry controlled his [[company town]], installing relatives in positions of civic authority.<ref name="History of Lincoln, New Hampshire">{{Cite web |url=http://www.logginginlincoln.com/Page4.html |title=History of Lincoln, New Hampshire |access-date=February 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524030230/http://www.logginginlincoln.com/Page4.html |archive-date=May 24, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1917, Henry's heirs sold the business to the Parker Young Company, which in turn sold it to the Marcalus Manufacturing Company in 1946. Franconia Paper took over in 1950, producing 150 tons of paper a day until [[bankruptcy]] in 1971, at which time new river classification standards discouraged further [[papermaking]] in Lincoln.<ref name="History of Lincoln, New Hampshire"/> [[Tourism]] is today the principal business. Nearby [[Loon Mountain]] has long drawn [[skiing|skiers]], and in recent years has attempted to convert itself into a four-season attraction. [[Flume Gorge|The Flume]] is one of the most visited attractions in the state. Discovered in 1808, it is a natural [[canyon]] extending {{convert|800|ft|m}} at the base of [[Mount Liberty (New Hampshire)|Mount Liberty]]. Walls of Conway [[granite]] rise to a height of {{convert|70|to|90|ft}} and are only {{convert|12|to|20|ft}} apart.
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