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Mt. Moosilauke (1881 ) - Carriage Road Distances & Tolls



Paid Rate of Tolls established per mile

Foot passengers $.02

Persons on horseback .03

Persons in a carriage .05

Horses drawing a carriage .02

Horses drawing two wheels .04

Two placed carriage and four wheels .04

Coach with two horses and four wheels .06

Coach and four with four wheels .08


From Laws of NH, Chap. 186, page 564, 1881.


Mt. Moosilauke (1870) - Carriage Road Miles



Measured by Nathaniel Merrill, 2d,
and Amos L. Merrill

From N Merrill, 2d's to Benton
line on east bank of Big Brook 1 mile 25 rods

Half-way Spring * 2 mile 13 rods

Half-way Monument 2 mile 62 1/2 rods

Cold Spring 3 mile 121 rods

Prospect House 4 mile 125 rods


* It is said by thirsty people that Half-way Spring dries up in summer time when it rains.


From "The History of Warren, A Mountain Hamlet Located Amoung the White Hills of New Hampshire" by William Little, 1870.

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