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West Side Road
Recalling the great killer slide of March 1936 in Hilltown on the West Side Road.
Slide killed watchmaker Eugene Hill 73 years ago. Tom Eastman BARTLETT — Spring floods are nothing new, but the one that hit the North Country in March 1936 wreaked more havoc than usual — and ended up killing West Side Road resident Eugene Hill in the area of Bartlett known as Hilltown. .......... continued with more photos and story..... Read Tom Eastman's entire story. Click Here. Photo below: Hilltown Slide 1936, Courtesy of Marcia Dolley's father. 
The West Side Road begins in Glen, passes through what is known
as Cooks Crossing, past Dick Plusch's "Goat Farm". Then
down the hill and around the bend to what was once known as
Hilltown. It follows the bank of the Saco River, then past the
historic Lady Blanche House and continuing along past the Lucy
Farm and on into North Conway.
What is the history behind Dick Plusch's "Goat Farm"?
Send Me What You Know.  read the story of the Lady Blance Murphy House at this link: 
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