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Old 05-03-2014, 07:36 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by GodSmile View Post

Recently finished reading two books on the history of Lake Winnipesaukee and according in the book Lake Winnipesaukee (from the Making of America Series by Bruce Heald, it states that Rattlesnakes did inhabit the island until about 1940, accounting for the name. It also says that one of the last ones found there can be found preserved in a local museum of natural history.
Which I still believe it wrong. The rattlesnake at the Libby Museum was brought there by my uncle. He found it up on 171 while he and his state crew were cutting beside the road. That just shows how history isn't always right.
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