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Gilford, Belknap, NH
Settled in 1778 and originally a part of Gilmanton, the town was first called Gunstock Parish. In 1812, Captain Lemuel B. Mason, who had fought in the 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War and subsequently retired to Gunstock Parish, successfully proposed incorporation of a new town to be named Guilford after that battle. The name would later be contracted by clerical error. The original parish name is used by Gunstock Mountain and the ski resort located on it.
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- Gilford settled in 1778 as a part of Gilmanton
wikipedia.org - Union Meetinghouse was built in Gilford in 1834
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Gilford, New Hampshire
One of the four shire towns for Strafford county, is situated on the S. side of Winnepisiogee lake. This town lies 26 miles...Read MORE... - 1854 - Gilford
Gilford, a post-township of Belknap co., New Hampshire, 25 miles N. by E. from Concord. Population, 2425.
Gilford Village, a post-village in...Read MORE... - John J. Morrill General Store was built in Gilford in 1857
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Gilford Village, N.H.
Postcard- 1895 - Gilford
Gilford, a township of Belknap co., N.H. It contains Gilford Village, also a part of Laconia and a part of Lake Village. It lies on Lake...Read MORE... 
Lake Shore Park and Inn
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Belknap Mountains Recreation Area
Postcard- 1937 The first chair lift in the eastern United States was built at Belknap Recreational Area in Gilford
www.nhhistory.org - 1960 The first American to win an Olympic downhill skiing medal was 21-year-old Penny Pitou of Gilford, who earned silver medals in both downhill and giant slalom
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Gilford Village, N.H.
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Lake Shore Park and Inn
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Belknap Mountains Recreation Area
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Gilford settled in 1778 as a part of Gilmanton
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Union Meetinghouse was built in Gilford in 1834
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1839 - Gilford
Gilford, New Hampshire
One of the four shire towns for Strafford county, is situated on the S. side of Winnepisiogee lake. This town lies 26 miles... Read MORE...
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1854 - Gilford
Gilford, a post-township of Belknap co., New Hampshire, 25 miles N. by E. from Concord. Population, 2425.
Gilford Village, a post-village in... Read MORE...
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John J. Morrill General Store was built in Gilford in 1857
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1895 - Gilford
Gilford, a township of Belknap co., N.H. It contains Gilford Village, also a part of Laconia and a part of Lake Village. It lies on Lake... Read MORE...
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1937 The first chair lift in the eastern United States was built at Belknap Recreational Area in Gilford
www.nhhistory.org
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1960 The first American to win an Olympic downhill skiing medal was 21-year-old Penny Pitou of Gilford, who earned silver medals in both downhill and giant slalom
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