Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==History== [[Image:Moultonborough Corner.jpg|thumb|left|Moultonborough Corner in 1910]] The first European settlers were grantees from [[Hampton, New Hampshire]], among whom were at least sixteen Moultons, giving the town its name. The first recorded town meeting took place on March 31, 1777, at which [[Jonathan Moulton]] was elected town clerk, among other officials elected that day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.moultonboroughhistory.org/MHS%20Articles%20&%20Tidbits/Articles/Early%20Town%20Reports.htm|title=Early Town Reports|last=Rice|first=Jane|date=January 12, 2019|website=Moultonborough History}}</ref> The town was incorporated on November 27, 1777.<ref name=":0" /> Colonel Moulton (later a [[brigadier general]]) was considered to be one of the richest men in the province at the start of the [[American Revolution]]. Moultonborough was chartered in 1763 by colonial Governor [[Benning Wentworth]], and at the time was described as being near the "Winnepisseoky Pond". It was officially incorporated in 1777. Moultonborough is home to the "[[Castle in the Clouds]]", an estate set in the [[Ossipee Mountains]]. [[Thomas Gustave Plant]] made a fortune manufacturing shoes, bought {{convert|6300|acre|km2|0}} and hired the [[Boston]] architectural firm of J. Williams Beal & Sons to design "Lucknow", a stone mansion built between 1913 and 1914. The property, with sweeping views of Lake Winnipesaukee, is a popular tourist attraction. The town is also the location of the first known bear attack in Northern America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Belknap |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpY-AAAAYAAJ |title=The History of New-Hampshire: Comprehending the Events of One Complete Century and Seventy-five Years from the Discovery of the River Pascataqua to the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety. Containing Also, a Geographical Description of the State, with Sketches of Its Natural History, Productions, Improvements, and Present State of Society and Manners, Laws, and Government |publisher=Bradford and Read |year=1813 |pages=111β112 |language=en}}</ref> In August 1784, a heartbreaking incident occurred. An eight-year-old boy, son of a Mr. Leach, was attacked by a bear while tending to horses and cows in a pasture. His father, hearing his cries, rushed to the scene but was unable to save his child. The bear dragged the boy into the bushes, and the father's attempts to defend him were in vain. The family spent a distressing night, and the next morning, neighbors joined in the search, finding the child's hat and tracking his blood. Tragically, they discovered the boy's mangled corpse. As they mourned, the bear unexpectedly reappeared, prompting three individuals to shoot and kill it. A fire was then ignited to dispose of the bear's remains.
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
(section)
Add topic