Winslow State Park gets its name from a now-gone hotel that once stood in this picturesque corner of New Hampshire. The hotel was originally built in the mid-1880s in an attempt to create a tourism industry in the area. The Winslow Hotel burned down twice in the subsequent decades, and eventually, the owners gave up on creating a tourism industry in a remote part of the state (recall that, in those days, the primary transport was by carriage or train). After the second time it burned down, the owner balked at rebuilding and gave the property to the state in 1933. In 1935, it officially became a state park.