WhiteMountainHistory.org                
Telling the story of 200 years  of White Mountain History

                              Table of Contents

About Us:  What is WhiteMountainHistory.org all 
                   about?  And who are we?

 

Contact Us:  We welcome your questions, 
                    corrections, and information

 

Donate:  A simple and secure way to support our
                 organization


Historical Societies:  A work in progress that will 
                 identify major collections held by
                 Historical Societies in the 
                 White Mountains, along with dozens of 
                 photos selected by each. Lisbon   
                 and Lincoln and Woodstock are functional.

Resources and Links:  Additional places for more
                  information

 

Using this site: Navigation and Photo-Albums

 

 

Abandoned Towns:

          Carrigain:  With a photo album

          Johnson and Little Canada: With a photo album

          Livermore: With an Audio Slide Show and
                            photo album

          Zealand: With a photo album


Album of Watercolors, c.1862 
            Courtesy Dartmouth College Library  

 Art of Homesteading:  The new exhibit at the Remick
                                    Museum

Bretton Woods, 1884   Describes and pictures the 
                                    buildings that existed late in  
                                    the 19th century

Crawford Notch:
With a photo album and Suggested
                           Reading List

Early Homes, Barns and Mills in Lisbon, Lyman , 
                    Landaff and Sugar Hill.  Volume I
              Volume II includes Bath, West Bath, and 
                      more of Lyman 
               (These are remarkable albums.)
      

Early Turnpikes:

          Tenth New Hampshire Turnpike (with much
                         new information)

          Jefferson Turnpike-It still exists and you can
                        drive on it

          Winnipissiogee Turnpike (but it was never built)

Fire Lookout Towers with over 40 photos

Fire on the Summit of Mt. Washington, 1908
                         with photos
  

Franconia Iron Works:  One of most informative  
             pages with a 15-minute video discussing 
             the iron furnace and production and a 22-
             minute video about the iron mines.  Also a
             photo album including products of the 
             Franconia Iron Works.


Historical MarkersThere are over 40  Historical Markers 
                    within the White Mountains
.

 
Kearsarge Peg Mill:  This peg mill, in Bartlett, is the
               last operating peg mill  in North America. 
               We have a 20-minute video of the mill in   
               operation, narrated by its present owner,
               and a photo album

 

Logging Railroads:  One of the most popular sections
              of this website and all  with photo albums

          Composite Map Showing all the Logging
                                             Railroads

          What Did It Cost to Build a Logging railroad?

          Bartlett and Albany RR

          Beebe River RR

          Conway Lumber Co

          East Branch RR

          East Branch and Lincoln RR and a photo
                           album of Lincoln

          Gale River Logging Railroad
          Gordon Pond RR
          Rocky Branch RR

          Saco Valley RR

          Sawyer River RR         

          Woodstock and Thornton Gore RR and
                  Woodstock Lumber Co and photo  
                   album of Woodstock
  

 

 Maps of the White Mountains:

          Article on Cartography in the White Mountains 
                         by Adam Jared Apt

          Twenty-Five Early Maps with Descriptions

 

People and Personalities:

          Samuel Bemis and Notchland

          The Crawford Family

          English Jack

          Joseph Seavey Hall

          James E. Henry

          Evan Kelly

          Eleazar Rosebrook

Photographs by J.W. Black  1854
 

Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad:

          History and photo album of construction of the
                         railroad

Redstone Granite Quarries:
           Includes two photo albums; one with vintage
           photos and the other showing the site as it is
           today.
 

Tourism and Hotels:

          Crawford House With 3 photo albums. One
           album illustrates the hotel and surroundings,
           one includes photos taken at the scene of the
           fire  and another with photos taken at the
                     auction of the contents.

           Early  Cabins and Tourist Camps
                  An entertaining slide show
          Fabyan House
With photo album

          Glen House  With photo album

          Mt. Pleasant Hotel  With photo album (Much
                   new information about this hotel)

          Mt. Washington Hotel  With photo album

 

Transportation:

          Stage Coach Travel

 

Weeks Act:

          History, Bibliography and several 
          contemporary source documents

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