People Stories

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St.

Bartlett, NH 03812

Bartlett has been home to many interesting people. Read about some of them here.

Josiah Bartlett

Mary Bartlett

John Chandler Describes Bartlett High School in the 1920's

Michael Chandler - Peg mill recollections Page 7

Ethan Allen Crawford

Hattie & Loring Evans - (page 6)

Dr Leonard Eudy Smallpox Doctor

Godfrey Frankenstein Artist

Phil Franklin - BHS President

George Family

Ellwood Dinsmore

Hall Family

Hebb Remembers 1930's Village

Robert Morrill

Monahan Family - Crawford Notch

Lady Blanche Murphy

Saunders of Livermore

Dr. Harold Shedd

Thad Thorne - Attitash

Titus Brown Inn

Tasker Family

How Places got Their Names

Sweetser's White Mountain Guide Book and Place Names

NEWSLETTER INTERVIEWS:

These Stories Usually Begin on Page 7 or so of the Newsletter.

George Howard Interview

Ben Howard Interview

Gail Paine Interview

Dwight Smith Interview

Dale Mallett Interview

John Cannell Interview

Charlotte Teele Interview

Bert George Interview Pt 1

Bert George Interview Pt 2

David Shedd Interview

Dave Eliason Interview

Peg Trecarten Fish Interview

Harts Location

Verland Swede Ohlson, died in 2003 at age 86. He was of Center Conway, died at home on Dec. 7. He was born in 1917 in Duhring, Pa., the fifth of six children of Fred Ohlson, a Swedish immigrant, and Anna Beckwith Ohlson. He grew up in logging camps and farms in western New York state. He was a WWII veteran serving in the elite First Special Service Forces. They were trained in snow warfare, mountaineering, amphibious assault and parachuting. He had a long and distinguished career with the U.S. Forest Service, working in Montana, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maine and New Hampshire. He was Saco District Ranger for 23 years, starting in 1957, when the Kancamagus Highway was an incomplete dirt road. His love of forest and trees was evident in the thousands of trees he planted over his lifetime, in his yard, his childrens yards and just about any place he could put one.

Bits & Pieces

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The Glen Road, also known as the Pinkham Road, was built by Daniel Pinkham (born 1779) who was granted all the land from Jackson to Gorham in 1824. He did so at great expense to himself but greatly improved travel for the general public. Mr Pinkham was also a lay preacher with much ability.

Glen Rd

1956 Bartlett High School Prom Queens at an Event Hosted at Sky Valley.

Here are historical details regarding the individuals in this photo, verified through local records from the Bartlett Historical Society and census data:

Individual Backgrounds

Ellen & Evelyn Sanborn: Twin sisters raised in Bartlett, NH. Evelyn (Sanborn) Bailey later served as a rural route letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in the local valley and was active with the Bartlett-Jackson Ambulance Service and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Audrey Ludgate (1940–2005): Daughter of Henry and Hulda Ludgate of Bartlett. She grew up locally and was later known as Audrey Helland.
Donna Chappee: A long-time Bartlett resident who grew up in the village and participated in several local high school athletic programs.
Sue Cook: A fellow classmate active in Bartlett local high school events during the mid-to-late 1950s.

Context & Connections

Bartlett High School: During the mid-1950s, students in the area attended the local school system, where many of these individuals—including Evelyn Sanborn, Audrey Ludgate, and Donna Chappee—also played on the Bartlett High School girls' basketball team around 1956–1957.
Setting: The wooden platform and background wooden fencing suggest an outdoor summer festival, homecoming, or field day gathering held on town grounds or local athletic fields in Bartlett.