About Us:
What is WhiteMountainHistory.org all about? And who are we?
Contact Us:
We welcome your questions, corrections, and information
Donate:
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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. Several are now functional.
Resources and Links:
Additional places for more information
Using this site:
Navigation and Photo-Albums
Carrigain: With a photo album
Hastings, Maine: With photo album
Johnson and Little Canada: With a photo album
photo album
Album of Watercolors, c.1862
Courtesy Dartmouth College Library
Art of Homesteading:
The exhibit at the Remick Museum
Bits and Pieces
Interesting, little known bits of White Mountain History
Bretton Woods, 1884
Describes and pictures the buildings that existed late in the 19th century
Cog Railway
Crawford Notch:
With a photo album and Suggested Reading List
Dartmouth College
Might Have Been in Landaff
Christian Science Church at Fabyans
Early Movies on Mt. Washington
Including 1904 Auto Race up the Mountain and 1905 First Glidden Tour
Early Homes, Barns and Mills
Volume I Lisbon, Lyman, Landaff and Sugar Hill.
Volume II 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 on the Summit of Mt. Washington, 1908
With photos
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.
There are over 40 State of New Hampshire Historical Markers within the White Mountains. With Map
This peg mill, in
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?
Beebe River RR
East Branch and
and a photo album of Lincoln
Gale River Logging Railroad
Gordon Pond RR
Rocky Branch RR
Woodstock Lumber Co and photo album of
Woodstock
Maps of the
Cartography in the
by Adam Jared Apt
Twenty-Five Early Maps with Descriptions
1805 Town Survey Maps created for the Carrigian Map
Three Manuscript maps by Franklin Leavitt
White Mountain National Forest Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Paleoindians in the White Mountains
Introduction by Peter Crane and articles by Dick Boisvert and others
Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad
Summit Hotels and Other Structures
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
Metallak Hotel A Grand Hotel to be but it blew down before it was completed.
information about this hotel)
at the Mt. Washington Hotel. It's unique.
History, Bibliography and several contemporary source documents
White Mountain Music
Listen to music written over 100 years specifically for White
Mountain visitors