1865: See? Travel really was more fun for everyone back then …
ADVENTURES of a DEAF-MUTE in the WHITE MOUNTAINS ~ by William B. Swett ~ Continued ~
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“Lake Village” is “Lakeport” in Laconia.
You can view some great glimpses of the Concord & Montreal line (mostly from several decades after Swett’s trip) HERE.
I based this engine on the “John Elliot”, which actually ran in Keene around this time.
Something about this scene, with the ragged child & the laughing passengers, reminds me of an afternoon in Slovakia in 2011…
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