several years of prosperity followed the arrival of the little book cliff railway at the townsite in 1892. carpenter began to formulate big plans for his village. he envisioned it as a tourist resort complete with hotel, dance pavilion, picnic areas, and even a lake that was to be fed by a spring located near his book cliff mines. carpenter renamed the camp "poland spring" after a noted resort of that name in maine. it was variously referred to as polen, pollen, and polan springs, despite the fact that carpenter’s intended name was evidenced by his having it emblazoned on the side of one of his railroad excursion cars. the resort plans were never completed because carpenter went broke shortly after the panic of 1893.