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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
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In the 1950s, the Clark brothers began salvaging old steam locomotives and displaying them at the Trading Post. This led to the construction of the
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Americana Museum – collections of American historic items including steam and gas engines, early household appliances, advertising and products
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in 1931 and used it to attract tourists. The Clarks' sons, Edward and Murray, began training the bears in 1949 and created a bear show.
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Avery's Garage – a replica gas station with early motoring memorabilia, vintage motorcycles and antique automobiles
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Florence Murray Museum – includes antique games, guns, swords, souvenir china, typewriters, railroad memorabilia
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1884 Pemigewasset Hook and Ladder Fire Station – horse-drawn fire engines, wagons and firefighting equipment
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track. Construction on the railroad began in 1955 and the first train ride was on July 30, 1958.
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Clark's Bridge, Spanning Pemigewasset River at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, Grafton County, NH
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Clark History Museum – History of Clark's Trading Post and the Clark family
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The current train ride is powered during most of the season by a 1920
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Other locations with historic trains in a non-historic setting:
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Entrance in 2011, when still known as Clark's Trading Post
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Buildings and structures in Grafton County, New Hampshire
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Historic American Engineering Record in New Hampshire
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Tourist attractions in Grafton County, New Hampshire
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Roadside attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire, U.S.
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Clark's Trading Post

Lincoln, New Hampshire
Coordinates
44°2′54″N 71°41′8″W / 44.04833°N 71.68556°W / 44.04833; -71.68556
White Mountain Central Railroad
clarksbears.com
Lincoln, New Hampshire
White Mountains
bears
White Mountain Central Railroad
U.S. Route 3
North Woodstock
Franconia Notch

sled dogs
black bear
White Mountain Central Railroad
tourist railroad
standard-gauge
Howe truss
covered bridge
East Montpelier, Vermont
Winooski River
Montpelier and Barre Railroad
Pemigewasset River
Climax
steam locomotive
fall foliage
GE 65-ton switcher

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