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Title: Trolley trips through New England ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: New England -- Description and travel. (from old catalog) Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Guyde publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ght welltake the 3:15 p. m. steamer and enjoy the cool two-hours sail ^down the picturesque Kennebec to BATH, arriving at 6 p. m.Lunch here, then take the 6:30 trolley for a pleasant ride in thecool of the evening, arriving in PORTLAND at 9:15 p. m. Thismakes a popular Trip Around the Triangle from Portland(popular round-trip tickets for this combination trolley-and-boat ride sold for $1).AUGUSTA, ME. (Hotel: Augusta House, $3 a day up.) Entering Augusta, we pass the stately Capitol. The originaledifice was built in 1828 by designs from Bulfinch, and it is onlyrecently the two wings have been added. The next house waslong the home of J. ,G. Blaine. Beyond we como to the fineAugusta House, doubtless the best hotel of interior Maine. A favorite short trip is to the National Soldiers Home atTOGUS. This institution houses some 1500 inmates, and issituated in a large and remarkably pretty park, open to thepublic. Many picnickers resort to these grounds. 50 Trolley Trips Through New England
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We Enter Waterville by the Long Trolley Bridge The prettiest ride out of Augusta is that to the WinthropLakes. We first come to EAST WINTHROP at the head ofCobbosseecontee, a sheet surrounded by camps and cottages.Here is Island Park, an evening dancing resort. Beyond wereach the shore of Maranacook (Tallwood Inn), one of tlieprettiest spots in the State, amid balsam and fir. We run downthe shore to WINTHROP a pleasant little village tucked in be-tween Maranacook and Annabessacook. All these lakes affordsplendid bass fishing. On to the Gateway to the Interior Pressing northward, we board the car marked Waterville. Shortly we swing east on private right of way past WebberPond and strike the western tip of China Lake, a fishing placerapidly growing in public favor. Small steamers ply on the lake.WATERVILLE, ME. (Hotel: Elmwood House, $3.) A handsome city is Waterville, with streets shaded by talland beautiful trees from the Park to the College. Colby Collegeand the Coburn Classical Inst

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