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'''Corbin Park''' (also known as the '''Blue Mountain Forest and Game Preserve''') is a private game preserve in [[New Hampshire]]. It contains land in [[Croydon, New Hampshire|Croydon]], [[Cornish, New Hampshire|Cornish]], [[Plainfield, New Hampshire|Plainfield]], and [[Grantham, New Hampshire|Grantham]].<ref name=billin2004></ref><ref name=valleynews></ref> It occupies somewhere between 24,000 and 26,000 acres of land<ref name=outsidein></ref> and was started in 1889 by businessman [[Austin Corbin]].<ref name=billin2004/> The park is known today for its secrecy.<ref name=outsidein/>
==History==
Austin Corbin founded the park in 1889 by buying up a large number of parcels of land in western New Hampshire.<ref name=billin2004/> The nonprofit Blue Mountain Association was created in 1891 to manage the park.<ref name=billin2004/> After Corbin died in 1896, his son, Austin Jr. took over management of the Association and the park.<ref name=outsidein/> Corbin Jr. held this role until his own death in 1938.<ref name=outsidein/> In the 1940s (1944 to be specific<ref name=outsidein/>), ownership of the park was transferred to a group of wealthy hunters.<ref name=billin2004/> In 1949, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law holding the park responsible for escaped pigs.<ref name=billin2004/> The park has been subject to multiple lawsuits from the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref name=billin2004/>
In 2020, NH state representative [[Renny Cushing]] filed legislation to require a special safari hunting license to take exotic game from the park.<ref name=granitegeek></ref>
==Flora and Fauna==
Corbin Park is known to be home to bison, deer, elk, pheasants, and wild hogs.<ref name=billin2004/><ref name=granitegeek/> Some of these animals have been known to escape on several occasions, such as when the [[1938 New England hurricane]] knocked down much of the park fence, or when the gates were left open in 1953 for firefighting purposes.<ref name=billin2004/>
==Notable Hunters==
Many famous people have been known to hunt at or otherwise visit the park, including [[Theodore Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt]],<ref name=outsidein/> [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], [[William B. Ruger|William Ruger, Sr.]], and his son, William Junior.<ref name=billin2004/>
==References==
==External Links==
*[https://ift.tt/2Dzc8VD Brian Meyette's Corbin Park page]
*[https://ift.tt/3bgs9yx Austin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire] from the New England Historical Society
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[[Category:Plainfield, New Hampshire]]
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==History==
Austin Corbin founded the park in 1889 by buying up a large number of parcels of land in western New Hampshire.<ref name=billin2004/> The nonprofit Blue Mountain Association was created in 1891 to manage the park.<ref name=billin2004/> After Corbin died in 1896, his son, Austin Jr. took over management of the Association and the park.<ref name=outsidein/> Corbin Jr. held this role until his own death in 1938.<ref name=outsidein/> In the 1940s (1944 to be specific<ref name=outsidein/>), ownership of the park was transferred to a group of wealthy hunters.<ref name=billin2004/> In 1949, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law holding the park responsible for escaped pigs.<ref name=billin2004/> The park has been subject to multiple lawsuits from the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref name=billin2004/>
In 2020, NH state representative [[Renny Cushing]] filed legislation to require a special safari hunting license to take exotic game from the park.<ref name=granitegeek></ref>
==Flora and Fauna==
Corbin Park is known to be home to bison, deer, elk, pheasants, and wild hogs.<ref name=billin2004/><ref name=granitegeek/> Some of these animals have been known to escape on several occasions, such as when the [[1938 New England hurricane]] knocked down much of the park fence, or when the gates were left open in 1953 for firefighting purposes.<ref name=billin2004/>
==Notable Hunters==
Many famous people have been known to hunt at or otherwise visit the park, including [[Theodore Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt]],<ref name=outsidein/> [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], [[William B. Ruger|William Ruger, Sr.]], and his son, William Junior.<ref name=billin2004/>
==References==
==External Links==
*[https://ift.tt/2Dzc8VD Brian Meyette's Corbin Park page]
*[https://ift.tt/3bgs9yx Austin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire] from the New England Historical Society
<!-- [[Category:Croydon, New Hampshire]] does not exist yet -->
[[Category:1880s establishments in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Cornish, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Hunting in the United States]]
[[Category:Hunting lodges in the United States]]
[[Category:Plainfield, New Hampshire]]
<!-- [[Category:Grantham, New Hampshire]] does not exist yet -->
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