Editing Woodstock, New Hampshire (section)

== History ==
First granted in 1763, [[British North America|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] named the town "Peeling" after an [[England|English]] town. Many of the first colonists were originally from [[Lebanon, Connecticut]]. In 1771, his nephew, Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]], gave it the name "Fairfield", after [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]. The town was renamed "Woodstock" in 1840 for [[Blenheim Palace]] in [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]], England, possibly due to the popularity of the 1826 [[Walter Scott]] novel ''[[Woodstock (novel)|Woodstock]]''.<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 = 702–703| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&q=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA702}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Congress |first=United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTydfx6atuEC&q=woodstock+new+hampshire+walter+scott&pg=PA12988|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|date=2013|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref>

[[Logging]] became a principal early industry, with [[sawmill]]s established using [[water power]] from the [[Pemigewasset River]]. The entrance of the [[railroad]] in the 19th century opened the wilderness to development, carrying away wood products to market. It also brought tourists, many attracted by paintings of the region by [[White Mountain art]]ists. Several inns and hotels were built to accommodate the wealthy, who sought relief from the summer heat, humidity and pollution of coal-age [[Boston]], [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[Philadelphia]]. They often relaxed by taking carriage rides through the [[White Mountains (New England)|White Mountains]], or by exploring along the [[Lost River (New Hampshire)|Lost River]] in the [[Lost River Reservation]]. But with the advent of automobiles, patrons were no longer restricted by the limits of rail service. Consequently, many grand hotels established near depots declined and closed. North Woodstock, however, remains a popular [[tourist destination]].

The [[Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest]], an outdoor laboratory for [[ecology|ecological]] studies founded by the [[United States Forest Service]] in 1955, is located in the southern part of town.
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Image:Street Scene, North Woodstock, NH.jpg|Street scene {{circa|1910}}
Image:Lost River from Prospect Point.jpg|[[Lost River (New Hampshire)|Lost River]] {{circa|1908}}
Image:Deer Park Hotel & Depot, North Woodstock, NH.jpg|Deer Park Hotel {{circa|1908}}
Image:Main Street, North Woodstock, NH.jpg|Main Street in 1916
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