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A HISTORIC JOURNEY
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house that stood next door to the Taconic Hotel . When Levi Orvis passed away , his son , Franklin , expanded his operation and opened the Equinox House in 1853 . This fortunately coincided with the construction of the rail line that led to Manchester , which paved the path for the tourism boom that was soon to come . During the Civil War , Abraham Lincoln ’ s wife , Mary Todd Lincoln , came to visit the Equinox House twice during her tenure as First Lady . She initially came to Manchester with her sons , Tad Lincoln and Robert Todd Lincoln , in 1863 , with General Abner Doubleday serving as her military escort . She then returned in 1864 to plan a vacation in Manchester with her husband , President Abraham Lincoln . Sadly , their plans to visit Manchester were never realized due to President Lincoln ’ s tragic assassination at Ford ’ s Theatre in 1865 .
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