About 160 years ago in an old loghouse near what is now called George bill ocupied by a family by the name of Haines was held the first town meeting in Lisbon it was a great event with them without doubt.  Those early settlers if they could see the town hall as it now is built at the cost of about $30,000 would think it an event worth speaking about.

A man on Sugar Hill when about to die said to his friends 60 years ago I should not mind dieing now if I could come back again in 100 years and see how things look then acording to his wish he has 40 more years to wait.  But at that time he had not seen the great chang that has been made in the place since then.  Then there was no summer boarding house if He should be permited now to see then Sunset Hill house Look off Pecketts Brothers Phillips and other houses and sse the telegraph and telephone lines would he know where he was if he could see the place now?  What it will be in 100 years when he wanted to come back no one can tell.

About 100 years ago the Baptis church was built on Sugar Hill.  It was a large building with galery , was the only church in that part of the town.  In 1843 one falf or more of its members left the church and held meetings in another building and called the Society Second Advent Church.  They bleived the end of the world would come that fall and set the day after finnising their haying left the other crops in the feild and held meetings every day until after the time set for the Second coming of Christ.

They had some very able preachers that exsplained the prophesies in regard to that Subject and were honest in regard to it after the time went by commenced to Secure their crops grain corn & potatoes apples etc two neighbors one a Baptis the other an Adventis after the time past, one said to the other did you know that your pigs are getting fat on my corn replied why have you got back I suposed that you had gone, many such senes passed between them they could not worship together finally the Adventis bought the Baptis share in the house and they built another church   Both societies are now prospering.

12 years ago there was an extensive fire on Sugar Hill loss in buildings and personal property over $15,000 has since been rebuilt.

160 year ago a man might have been seen 1 1/2 miles east from Sugar Hill, pryaing that he might be prospered in his work then arose from his knees and commenced to fall the first tree on 300 acres of wild land the result was that in about 30 years he had cleared nearly 300 acres of land and built 3 sets of buildings his 2nd son when he was 21 years old was presented a farm with a nice brick hous on it and the other buildings and 21 head of cattle.  The first setlers had a hard time at first had to carry their grain to mill to Haverhill on horseback by spotted trees this mans name was Timmothy Noyes.  The following names families that did their part to make Lisbon on one of the most enterprising towns

In northern NH The Hildreth family, Jesseman Northey, Whitcomb, Youngs, Wells, Aldrich, Page, Eastman, Oakes and Bowles families.

Lisbon farms had her full quota of men to put down the rebellion it took about all of her men that were able to go if not sent an substitute this occured in 1860-64 the rebellion was finaly put down that made this government one of the most powerful on the face of the earth