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Once around the park ...

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  ...virtually.  x x Our last blog we started with an arch, again an arch,  A more modest arch can be seen today at nearby Schouler Park.  For directions, map see theclio entry  here .  Framed with the arch is the North Conway railroad station  The station is featured on the cover of my book  North Conway . (All proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Conway Public Library).  x  train station on national register text here and photos here .  different fencing  and change over time horse to car  x  series of maps helps  start with 1860 map  x Notice no railroad in the overall above  The detail below shows the S.W. Thompson "Kiarsarge" House and the North Conway Academy across from Lucy's Saloon.  x x 1885 map from The White Mountain Echo , June 27, p. 12.   text from p. x  heart of North Conway  we will compare and contrast over time and over space/geography  This m...