Chartered in 1765 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, the town is named
for Henry Seymour Conway, ambitious son of a prominent English family, who was
elected to the House of Commons at age twenty, fought at Culloden, and became
Secretary of State. Early settlers called the area Pequawket (known
colloquially as Pigwacket), adopting the name of the Abenaki Indian village
which stretched down the Saco River to its stockaded center at Fryeburg, Maine.
North Conway is located in the White Mountains, with Mount Washington
located to the northwest. The rugged terrain became popular in the 19th century
with
