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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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with strong swim-mers in attendance. A good shore dinner can be bought at thePavilion. New London to Westerly and Watch Hill Before going on toward Worcester or Boston we counsel you,reader, by no means to omit this trip to Watch Hill, one ofNew Englands most attractive summer spots. You may, afterthe breezy alongshore run, return by the pretty cross-countryrun to Norwich and rejoin our main route there. Take ferry to GROTON, where car waits. Up the hill soars the Groton Monument, erected in memoryof that hard-fought defeat of Groton Heights, 1781. Beyond NOANK stands on a hill the historic Fort Rachel,hastily thrown up in 1813 by citizens of Mystic. A most picturesque little ship-building town is MYSTIC, splitin halves by the river. Just before we reach the quaint old village of STONINGTON,we pass the entrance to the Manor Inn, a gentlemans estatetransformed into an inn, with all that is curious and old in fur-niture (tea 50c., dinner $2). For Trolley Timetables—See Back of Book 55
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The Fioais—WATCH HILL—The Lighthouse The Bridge was long the name of WESTERLY, which is astronghold of the Seventh Day Baptists, and as smart a Yankeetown as you will see. Back of the handsome Library lies hiddena very pleasant public Park, with gentle knolls and openmeadow. From here 5\^e reach WATCH HILL.WATCH HILL, R. I. (Hotel: Ocean House) There is not, to our knowledge, any shore resort in NewEngland possessing quite the particular charm of WATCHHILL. Its splendid hotels; its little Midway, quiet, not vulgar,its green lawns running to the sea—attract both grave and gay. The beach, on the western side, is protected against theAtlantic surge, has a clean sandy bottom, no undertow, and givesunsurpassed bathing. The Trip Around the Triangle Health and a Day! Let us outline a perfect day in South-eastern Connecticut. In New London board a morning ferry toGroton, climb Monument Hill and view city and river; take thebreezy alongshore trip to Westerly and Watch Hill; bathe, shopin

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