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College Road

Lang Pond Rd, Wolfeboro, NH 3894 , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 43° 36' 51.012", -71° 15' 28.728"
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COLLEGE ROAD
Governor John Wentworth and the King's Council voted in the spring of 1771 that a highway be made from the Governor's estate at wolfeborough to Dartmouth College.
Joseph Senter, David Copp and Saumuel Shepard surveyed the 67~mile road which followed this route to Plymouth. Thence it passed through Groton, around Lary's and Goose ponds, over Moose Mountain to Hanover, Wentworth rode over it to Dartmouth's first commencement August 28, 1771.



Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05
 
   
 
 
College Road Historical Marker Location Map, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire