Clark's Trading Post
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Clark's Trading Post is a visitor attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains. It is known for its trained bears[1] and for the White Mountain Central Railroad, a 30-minute, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) steam-powered train ride.
Clark's Trading Post includes several museums:
- Americana Museum - collections of American historic items including steam and gas engines, early household appliances, advertising and products
- 1884 Pemigewasset Hook and Ladder Fire Station -horse-drawn fire engines, wagons and firefighting equipment
- Clark History Museum - History of Clark's Trading Post and the Clark family
- Florence Murray Museum - includes antique games, guns, swords, souvenir china, typewriters, railroad memorabilia
- Avery's Garage - a replica gas station with early motoring memorabilia, vintage motorcycles and antique automobiles
The attraction is located along U.S. Route 3, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of North Woodstock and 9 miles (14 km) south of Franconia Notch.
History
The property opened as a roadside stand in 1928 known as "Ed Clark's Eskimo Sled Dog Ranch", selling souvenirs and allowing visitors to view Florence and Ed Clark's Labrador sled dogs.[1] The Clarks purchased their first black bear in 1931, and Florence and Ed's sons Edward and Murray began training the bears in 1949.[2]
In the 1950s, the Clark brothers began salvaging old steam locomotives and displaying them at the Trading Post. The current train ride is powered during most of the season by a Climax steam locomotive and mid-weeks during fall foliage season by a 1943 GE diesel locomotive. The train's route includes a 1904 Howe-truss covered bridge that was dismantled from East Montpelier, Vermont, and reassembled across the Pemigewasset River at the Trading Post.[3]
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