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  • Bartlett History | United States | Bartlett Nh History

    MEMBERSHIP & INFO CONTACT & GUESTBOOK FIND TOPIC PEOPLE PLACES THINGS RAILROADS More Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Member , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bartlett 'most boring town'? Locals beg to differ Story Here Current Information & Events Click this box to go directly to credit card donor form If you want to donate without looking through all the details JUST CLICK HERE . March 2023 FOCUS Harry Rogers Fire - January 1980 - Many Pictures You Think You're Getting Older , Sitting in the Same Place too Long ? The Bartlett Bould er has been s itting in the same spot for at least 12,000 years! Here's what we know. The Peg Mill at Upper Bartlett Village Destroyed by Fire - Feb 2016 ( story on Page 2 of this newsletter) We are pleased to present our 2022 Annual Report of the Bartlett Historical Society. ​ We invite you to read it here Your website editor has been updating our extensive index. You might find your own name, someone or something you wanted to know about: Check it out here Your Winter 2023 Newsletter is now available on-line. It Includes a listing of our 2023 public presentations, Article about the Bartlett Land and Lumber Company and an update on your museum progress. To find older newsletters, click the letter image below. Winter 2023 Newsletter New Content: ​ Our Railroad Historian, Scotty Malle tt, was curious about stone arch bridges on the Mountain Division. He found some information and shared it HERE . It's Time To Join or Renew Your Membership for 2023 It takes only 5 minutes if you use your credit card Join Or Renew Membership Meetings The News of Days Gone By At Bartlett, N.H. No One Covers the Bartlett News Better Than The Bartlett Express: Click box>> Your Directors meet once a month and anyone with an interest is welcome to attend. Meetings are held at the Basement Meeting Room at the Village Congregational Church. ​ We normally post the date and time here, but if not, call Phil Franklin at 603 374 5023. Do you have any interesting stories or pictures to share ?? We would like to highlight them on this website. Send To Dave at his email address; Dave@bartletthistory.org ​ To Read the report, scroll inside the text box OR use the slider on the right hand side. ​ Notice other Options in the upper black border area. Here is a slide show of 15 images that show our recent work in progress on your museum. We thank ALL our donors for making this work possible. Advances in 5 seconds. Or click arrow to advance. Click image to view in new window. 1 Site work for ADA Ramp 1 Site work for the new ADA mobility ramp that is being installed plus a sidewalk to connect to the adjacent parking lot 2 Coleman Concrete 2 Coleman Concrete truck on site to pour the concrete. Coleman Concrete donated the concrete for the ramp slab 15 Manchester Union 01_20_1903 15 Closeup of one copy of the Manchester Union dated January 20, 1903 found under the clapboards; Here’s a mystery – How did a 1903 newspaper get under clapboards that were supposed to be installed in 1890? 1 Site work for ADA Ramp 1 Site work for the new ADA mobility ramp that is being installed plus a sidewalk to connect to the adjacent parking lot 1/15 The Bartlett History Museum . It's been a remarkable journey, the community support has been fabulous and we want to share our progress with everyone. To that end we have created an updated section of new information, pictures and a current budget showing how we have spent your donations thus far and how much more we need to get the doors open. For the Museum Project Information, Click Here WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP If you want to donate now without looking through all the details JUST CLICK HERE . We have made your gifting a little easier; We can now securely process your donation to your credit card directly from this website... ...easy... SCROLL HERE SCROLL HERE New Bartlett History Book In The Works YOU CAN HELP Toward the end of 2021, a representative from Arcadia Publishing contacted Phil Franklin about the possibility of writing a book on Bartlett’s history. Arcadia Publishing is known for their “Images of America” series of books containing numerous photographs each with a caption describing the scene. Phil is looking for your help with this project. Phil is in search of old original photographs that reflect the history of Bartlett, Hart’s Location and Livermore. The publisher has very specific rules about the type and quality of the photographs. For example, they cannot be copied off the Internet, or out of books and newspapers, or photographs of photographs. They need to depict scenes that are more than 30 years old. The publisher also limits the use of postcards, illustrations and maps. Phil can explain the rules in more detail if you contact him. Phil is looking for scenes of buildings, inns and hotels, or landmarks; he’s especially interested in scenes showing what people did in our past (e.g., working on the railroad or in one of the local mills, people recreating, people in family settings and children playing – people doing what they did in years past to work and play). Several people have already loaned Phil historic photographs but his search continues. If you have any old photographs depicting scenes of area history and would like to be a part of the creation of this book, please contact Phil at Phil@BartlettHistory.org. If you missed the Peter Limmer Presentation you can watch it here. "The History of Limmer & Sons, Custom Hiking Boot Makers" Peter Limmer Presentation 1-9-2022 (2) (1) Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Peter Crane, Author You can enjoy the best book ever written about Liver more: In 1993 Peter Crane wrote his Doctoral thesis titled "Glimpses of Livermore: Life and Lore of an Abandoned White Mountain Woods Community". It is probably the most extensive research project ever undertaken for the Town of Livermore. Peter has given us permission to share this link to a PDF version of his book. You can read it her e Share Bartlett History Are You Looking For The Quarterly Newsletters ? ​ Find Them Here (Opens in a new window) Remember The Mountain Ear Newspaper? There are more than 100 excellently researched articles of local interest at this link. We can thank Jane Golden and Steve Eastman and many others for this historically valuable collection. This link will open in a new window. Mt Ear Chronicles You might notice the website address ends in NET, whereas our primary site ends in ORG. It has a different website address but it is still your Bartlett History website. We are slowly migrating all the "Dot Org" information to the "Dot Net" platform. We doubt you'll notice jumping from one platform to the other. Bear with us as this transition continues. The hosting and domain fees for both sites have been donated by your web-site editor. Thank you for visiting. ​ We have the details of our public programs for 2023. CLICK HERE to see what we found for you. Several people have asked me where the 1952 aerial photos of Bartlett are located. Click the airplane: Pinkham Notch Rte 16 as it was in the very early 1900's nkham Dave Eliason is your website editor. He always welcomes new content, so send him something . Criticism, comment or factual corrections are also welcome. Dave donates the entire cost of supporting and maintaining this website so your dues can be used for other pressing needs. We also thank Scotty Mallett for his contributions to the railroad section. His knowledge of that history is invaluable.

  • Glen Area | bartletthistory

    Glen Area Upper Bartlett Glen Area Cooks Crossing Goodrich Falls Jericho Intervale Dundee West Side Road This picture was taken in the winter of 1952. If you live in Bartlett you probably drive through here everyday. Do you know where it is? Just to keep up the suspense, the answer is at the very bottom of this page. Everyone knows where The Red Parka Pub is located. Well, it wasn't always a pub. It started life as a General Store in the 1940's. Nancy Grant Bartlett shared this information: In 1952, the building that is now the Red Parka Pub was my parents' general store. In 1965, they built Grant's (on the hill), and Conway Supply (Bun Lucy) rented the "old store". A year later (I think - maybe it was two), my parents built the shopping center and Conway Supply moved there. At that time, my parents rented the building to Dottie and Rick Roderick, and they opened it as the Red Parka Pub. A couple of years later, the Rodericks moved back to Massachusetts. Dewey & Jean Mark and Al & Lois Nelson then leased it from my parents, and eventually Dewey and Jean purchased it. The rest, as they say, is history.... More trivia - the house where Jen Forman lived was the station agent's house, and my great-grandfather, Frank Burnell, (Frank's picture is below ) was the station agent. After Papa (my great-grandfather) died, the house was sold. I don't remember who bought it originally, but it was sold again in the 60's and became Vien na Lodge. The Vienna Lodge sign is also in the Pub at the Parka. My house (since 1968) is just before that. Click Picture for a large size. Redparka One more 60 year old memory has come in from Roger Marcoux of Bartlett: "Straight ahead through that left door on the back wall was where The Rifleman rifles were (toy gun) when it was Grant's Store, ( I know, because I got one) and just in front of that on the right was the cooler with 16 ounce Jic-Jac soda for a dime, which was a pretty crazy deal since Cokes were a nickel in Bartlett, plus a 2 cent deposit unless you drank it there, but you only got 6-1/4 ounces, and Pepsi was a dime for 12 ounces. It was also Carroll County Hardware at one point, before they moved that to main street in North Conway on the right side of the entrance to Reporter Court. I helped my dad paint that building." Red Parka Pub - 1970 burnell Glen Train Station and Post Office. Mr Burnell is standing next to the porch. dated 1909 Nancy Grant Bartlett sent this photo: "Here is my great-grandfather, Frank Burnell. He was the station agent in Glen and lived in the red house next door to my house." kensCoffee Top of Page Redparka burnell kensCoffee sanbornsstore storyland Cannellphotos Boulder coveredbridgeshop roadkill sanbornsstore storyland Roy Sanborn's Store in Glen, N.H. It closed in the mid 1960's and became Gabby's Pub. It later became The Ross Family's Margarita Grill. They called it MargaritaVille until the folks who already trademarked the name complained. As of this writing it is the Margarita Grill Restaurant, Across the Street from Patch's Marketplace. (2022) Thanks to Robert Gerouard for this picture. Storyland in Glen was founded in the early 1950's by Bob Morrell. That's a whole story in itself, that I will get around to one of these days. I would suppose this little map is from the very beginning days. I recall once when my family went there in the mid 1950's and my older brother "Hap", w ho was about ten years old, was studying the old fire truck they had there and wondered why the siren didn't work. Being a mechanical sort of kid he noticed that it was simply that the battery was disconnected and within five minutes he had it all connected and had the siren wailing. The Storyland management was not impressed. They didn't throw us out though. I have a dedicated page for Storyland at this LINK . Cannellphotos Cannell's in Glen about 1935. At this time the highway ran about 600 feet south of its current location in the Jericho Road area. The Cannell's that most 2000 era folks remember was at the Intervale Scenic Vista. They moved there from Glen in 1937. They closed the business in 2022. This post card was sent in by Diane Lambert and is labeled Cannell's, Glen, N.H. The cars in this picture suggest a time frame in the 1920's. The mountains in the background are suggestive of the area around the Intervale scenic vista...but the Cannell's did not move there until 1937. I think a closer investigation will reveal this is a southwesterly view from their Glen location. Small Running Title Boulder This 1900 era photo shows the Bartlett Boulder suspended by four smaller boulders. It was once a very visible attraction but in recent years trees grew up and houses were built. It is now in the backyard of a house opposite the Glen Warehouse. (Allen Road) I don't know how they feel about folks traipsing about to search it out. There is no sign, so that might be a hint they hope you don't find it.... (just my guess) The Bartlett Boulder is a large glacial erratic. The exact date when the Bartlett Boulder came to its final resting spot is unknown, but it is generally believed to have been deposited in its current location by a glacier during the last Ice Age, which ended about 11,700 years ago. The Bartlett Boulder is made of Conway granite, which is found about 30 miles to the north. This suggests that the boulder was transported by a glacier from its source to its current location. Glaciers can transport boulders of this size over long distances, and the Bartlett Boulder is a testament to the power of these massive ice sheets. The movement of the Bartlett Boulder is generally attributed to the Wisconsin glaciation, which occurred between 85,000 and 11,000 years ago. During this period, glaciers covered much of North America, including New England, and left behind many glacial features, such as moraines, drumlins, and erratics like the Bartlett Boulder. coveredbridgeshop The first covered bridge photo is sometime in the 1950's. ​ ​ ​ ​ Next one shows it as "The Shop In The Bridge". It was purchased from the Government for $1.00 by Jules Cassenelli who opened it as a shop in 1968-69. Mr Cassenelli was also the Bartlett Postmaster and lived on Company Hill (Albany Ave) in the Village. He also operated the movie theatre in North Conway. ​ As of 2022 this location is called "The Covered Bridge Shop" and is part of a Bed n Breakfast next door. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The lower photo is the backside of the postcard, dated Sep 24, 1969. The Road Kill Cafe - 1992 Was located just west of the West Side Road intersection. This area was known for many years as "Frog Rock". The frog was recently moved a hundred yards west to Norman Head's property. roadkill

  • Interesting Tales | bartletthistory

    Interesting Tales we assume to be true Share A Case of Inhospitable Hospitality? THE HEART of the WHITE MOUNTAINS Their Legend and Scenery By Samuel Adams Drake 1882 Pg 58-61 Three miles below the village of Bartlett we stopped before a farmhouse, with the gable-end toward the road, to inquire the distance to the next tavern, where we meant to pass the night. A gruff voice from the inside growled something by way of reply; but as its owner, whoever he might be, did not take the trouble to open his door, the answer was unintelligible. “The Churl!” muttered the colonel. “I have a great mind to teach him to open when a gentleman knocks.” “And I advise you not to try it,” said the man from the inside. The one thing a Kentuckian never shrinks from is a challenge. He only said, “Wait a minute,” while putting his broad shoulder against the door; but now George and I interfered. Neither of us had any desire to signalize our entry in the village by a brawl, and after some trouble we succeeded in pacifying our fire- eater with the promise to stop at this house on our way back. “I shall know it again,” said the colonel, looking back, and nibbling his long mustache with suppressed wrath; “something has been spilled on the threshold-- something like blood.” We laughed heartily. The blood, we concluded, was in the colonel’s eyes. Some time after nightfall we arrived in the village, having put thirteen miles of road behind us without fatigue. Our host received us with a blazing fire -- what fires they do have in the mountains, to be sure! -- a pitcher of cider, and the remark, “Don’t be afraid of it, gentlemen.” All three hastened to reassure him on this point. The colonel began with a loud smack, and George finished the jug with a deep sigh. “Don’t be afraid of it,” repeated the landlord, returning presently with a fresh pitcher. “There are five barrels more like it in the cellar.” “Landlord,” quoth George, “let one of your boys take a mattress, two blankets, and a pillow to the cellar. I intend to pass the night there.” “I only wish your well was full of it,” said the colonel, taking a second put at the jug, and making a second explosion with his lips. “Gentlemen,” said I, “we have surely entered a land of milk and honey. “You shall have as much of both as you desire,” said our host, very affably. “Supper is ready, gentlemen.” After supper a man came in for whom I felt, upon the instant, one of those secret antipathies which are natural to me. The man was an utter stranger. No matter: the repugnance seized me all the same. After a tour of the tap-room, and some words with our landlord in an undertone, the stranger went out with the look of a man who had asked for something and had been refused. “Where have I heard that man’s voice?” said the colonel, thoughtfully. Our landlord is one of the most genial to be found among the mountains. While sitting over the fire during the evening, the conversation turned upon the primitive simplicity of manners remarked among mountaineers in general; and our host illustrated it with this incident: “You noticed, perhaps, a man who left here a few moments ago?” he began. We replied affirmatively. It was my antipathy. “Well, that man killed a traveler a few years back.” We instinctively recoiled. The air seemed tainted with the murderer’s presence. “Yes; dead as a mutton, “continued the landlord, punching the logs reflectively, and filling the chimney with sparks. “The man came to his house one dark and stormy night, and asked to be admitted. The man of the house flatly refused. The stranger pleaded hard, but the fellow ordered him away with threats. Finding entreaties useless, the traveler began to grow angry, and attempted to push open the door, which was only fastened by a button, as the custom is. The man of the house said nothing, but took his gun from a corner, and when the intruder crossed the threshold he put three slugs through him. The wounded man expired on the threshold, covering it with his blood.” “Murdered him, and for that? Come, come, you are joking!” ejaculated George, with a half smile of incredulity. “Blowed him right through, just as I tell you,” reiterated the narrator, without heeding the doubt George’s question implied. “That sounds a little like Old Kentuck,” observed the colonel, coolly. “Yes; but listen to the sequel, gentlemen,” resumed the landlord. “The murderer took the dead body in his arms, finding, to his ‘horror, that it was an acquaintance with whom he had been drinking the day before; he took up the body, as I was saying, laid it out upon a table, and then went quietly to bed. In the morning he very honestly exhibited the corpse to all who passed his door, and told his story as I tell it to you. I had it from his own lips.” “That beats Kentucky,” asseverated the colonel. For my own part, I believed the landlord; “I was never there in my life; but I do know that, when the dead man was buried, the man who killed him went to the funeral like any curious or indifferent spectator. This was too much. George rose from his chair, and began to be interested in a placard on the wall. “And you say this happened near here?” he slowly inquired; “perhaps, now, you could show us the very house?” he finished, dryly. “Nothing easier. It’s only three miles back on the road you came. The blood-stain is plain, or was, on the threshold.” We exchanged glances. This was the house where we halted to inquire our way. The colonel’s eyes dilated, but he said nothing. “But was there no trial?” I asked. “Trial? Oh yes. After several days had run by, somebody thought of that; so one morning the slayer saddled his horse and rode over the county-seat to inquire about it. He was tried at the next session, and acquitted. The judge charged justifiable homicide; that a man’s house is his fort; the jury did not leave their benches. By-th-by, gentlemen, that is some of the man’s cider you are drinking.” I felt decided symptoms of revolt in my stomach; George made a grimace, and the colonel threw his unfinished glass in the fire. During the remainder of the evening he rallied us a good deal on the subject of New England hospitality, but said no more about going back to chastise the man of the red house. [The sequel to this strange but true story is in keeping with the rest of its horrible details. Perpetually haunted by the ghost of his victim, the murderer became a prey to remorse. Life became unsupportable. He felt that he was both shunned and abhorred. Gradually he fell into a decline, and within a few years from the time the deed was committed he died.] This particular item was posted on the wall of an early Lodging Establishment in Green River, a town in the Rocky Mountains. The reference material for this item is THROUGH AMERICA: OR NINE MONTHS IN THE UNITED STATES by Walter Gore Marshall Published in 1881. It is not technically related to the Town of Bartlett in any way, but anyone who has ever worked at a lodging establishment can appreciate the droll humor, which in fact, is not all that far from the truth even today. The station inn, the only hotel in the place, is called the Desert House. A more appropriate name could not have been chosen. The following notice I found framed and hung about the breakfast-room : THE DESERT HOUSE. NOTICE This hotel has been built and arranged for the special comfort and convenience of summer boarders. On arrival, each guest will be asked how he likes the situation; and if he says the , hotel ought to have been placed up upon the I knoll or further down towards the village, then the location of the house will be immediately changed. Corner front rooms, up only one flight, for every guest. , liaths, gas, water-closets, hot and cold water, laundry, telegraph, restaurant, fire alarm, barroom, billiard-table, daily papers, couptf, sewing machine, grand piano, a clergyman, and all other modern conveniences in every room. Meals every minute, if desired, and consequently no second table. English, French, and ticrman dictionaries furnished every guest, to make up such a bill-of-fare as he may desire, without regard to the bill-affair after- wards at the office. Waiters of any nationality and colour desired. Every waiter furnished with a libretto, button-hole bouquet, full-dress suits, ball-tablets, and his hair parted in the middle. Every guest will have the best seat in the dining-hall, and the best waiter in the house. Any guest not getting his breakfast red-hot, or experiencing a delay of sixteen seconds after giving his order for dinner, will please mention the fact at the office, and the cooks and waiters will be blown from the mouth of the cannon in front of the hotel at once. Children will be welcomed with delight, and are requested to bring hoop-sticks and hawkeys to bang the carved rosewood furniture especially provided for that purpose, and peg-tops to spin on the velvet carpets; they will be allowed to bang on the piano at all hours, yell in the halls, slide down the banisters, fall down stairs, carry away dessert enough for a small family in their pockets at dinner, and make themselves as disagreeable as the fondest mother can desire. Washing allowed in rooms, and ladies giving an order to " put me on a flat-iron " will be put on one at any hour of the day or night. A discreet waiter, who belongs to the Masons. Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and who was never known to even tell the lime of day. has been employed to carry milk punches and hot toddies to ladies' rooms in the evening. Every lady will be considered the belle of the house, and row-boys will answer the bell promptly. Should any row-boy fail to appear at a guest's door with a pitcher of ice-water, more towels, a gin-cocktail, and pen, ink, and paper, before the guest's hand has left the bell knob, he will be branded " Front" on his forehead, and be imprisoned for life. The office clerk has been carefully selected lo please everybody, and can lead in prayer, play draw-poker, match worsted at the village store, shake for the drinks at any hour, day or night, play billiards, is a good waltzer and can dance the German, can make a fourth at euchre, amuse children, repeat the Creche trial from memory, is a good judge of horses, as a railway and steamboat reference is far superior to Appleton's or anybody else's guide, will flirt with any young lady and not mind being cut dead when "pa comes down." Don't mind being damned any more than a Connecticut river. Can room forty people in the best room in the house when the hotel is full, attend to the annunciator, and answer questions in Hebrew, Greek, Choctaw, Irish, or any other polite language at the same moment, without turning a hair. Dogs allowed in any room in the house, including the wine room. Gentlemen can drink, smoke, swear, chew, gamble, tell shady stories, stare at the new arrivals, and indulge in any other innocent amusements common to watering-places, in any part of the hotel. The proprietor will always be happy to hear that some other hotel is the best house in the country. Special attention given to parties who can give information as to how these things are done in " Yewrup " The proprietor will take it as a personal affront if any guest on leaving should fail to dispute the bill, tell him he is a swindler, the house a barn, the table wretched, the wines vile, and that he, the guest, "was never so imposed upon in his life, will never stop there again, and means to warn his friends. G. W. KITCHEN, Proprietor You are at the wrong office: This is from about ten years ago at a local Bartlett motel: When I was on the front desk one night an elderly man came into the office at about eleven o clock at night in a total frenzy reporting that his toilet was overflowing and he could not make it stop. I asked him to remind me which unit he was staying at and he said "Unit 34". I replied, "We do not have a unit #34". Then he said that he was staying at The motel next door but he could find no one in their office. He asked if I could go over there to take care of the problem?" I could only politely reply that I had no knowledge of any of his plumbing nor the authority to go work on it and that I could be of no assistance. At this, the man grumbled off muttering what an inhospitable host I was. inhospitable desert wrong THIS PAGE C ONTENT A Case of Inhospitable Hospitality The Desert House-Customer is always right You're at the Wrong Office First snowm obile invented in Wisconsin Drunk Driver Fatal Accident Mt Washington 1880 1886 Economic Impact from Tourism 1908 The Great Fire on Mt Washington How to Get to Intervale in 1887 Brian Knight Remembers Relatives How did Cooks Crossing Get Named? Bartlett Town Gossip 1895 Ct Yankee Pulls a Fast One on Innkeeper Indian Chief Two Eagles and Gov't Man And You Think Your Life is Tough; Try a Richard Garland Day in 1783 1875 Bartlett Business Directory Bartlett, Most Boring Town? Bartlett's Merry Widows Put Yourself in Perspective - Carl Sagan Clayton Smith - Pert's Camp/Hermits Shelter Ellsworth Morton Recalls Life in Bartlet t Eliason To Top Menu To Top Menu To Top Menu The Photo above is dated 1940 ​ On November 22, 1927, Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin was issued the first patent for a snowmobile. Eliason built the prototype in a garage behind the general store he ran. Using bicycle parts, ¼ of a radiator from a Ford Model T, and skis that were rope controlled, the first snowmobile was born. Over the next 15 years, the snowmobiles went into production with continuous refinement and development. 40 were built and sold with no three exactly alike. http://www.eliason-snowmobile.com/phase/phase1.htm NOTE: Carl Eliason is not any relation to Dave Eliason who edits this website. To Top Menu Accident, Jul 1880 A DRUNKEN DRIVER AND A TERRIBLE WAGON ACCIDENT ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. Mountain Wagon Upset and Its Occupants Thrown on to the Rocks---One Lady Killed and Five Wounded. GLEN COVE, N. H., July 11 1880 The first accident by which any passengers were ever injured on the carriage road from Glen house to the summit of Mount Washington occurred this afternoon about a mile below the Half-way House. One of the six-horse mountain wagons, containing a party of nine persons, the last load of the excursionists from Michigan to make the descent of the mountain, was tipped over. One lady was killed and five others were injured.Soon after starting from the summit the passengers discovered that the driver had been drinking while waiting for the party to descend. They left this wagon a short distance from the summit, and walked to the Halfway House, four miles, below, where one of the employees of the carriage road company assured them that there was no bad place below, and that he thought it would be safe for them to resume their seats with the driver who was with them.Soon after passing the Halfway House, in driving around a curve too rapidly, the carriage was tipped over, throwing the occupants into the woods and on the rocks. Mrs. Ira Chichester, of Allegan, Michigan, was instantly killed, and her husband, who was sitting at her side, was slightly bruised. Of the other occupants, Mrs. M. L. Tomsley, of Kalamazoo, Mich., had her left arm broken and received a slight cut on the head; Miss Jessie Barnard, of Kalamazoo, was slightly injured on the head; Miss Ella E. Meller and Mrs. C. Ferguson, of Romeo, Mich., and Miss Emma Lamb, of Howell, Mich., were slightly injured. Miss Emma Blackman, of Kalamazoo, escaped without any injuries. The wounded were brought at once to the Glen House, and received every possible care and attention, there being three physicians in attendance. Lindsey, the driver, was probably fatally injured. He had been on the road for ten years, and was considered one of the safest and most reliable drivers on the mountain. Mrs. Vanderhoot, of Chicago, also received slight internal injuries. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 13 Jul 1880 ​ ​ Source, Sweetser's Guide 1886 It is impossible to estimate the number of summer-visitors who now enter the White-Mountain region. One railroad alone claims to have carried 160,000 in one season. It is said that over $3,000,000 are spent in the State every year by pleasure-travellers. Fogg's Stalutical Gazeteer says that the annual income from summer-tourists in 17 towns near the White Mountains is 636,000; in 16 towns near the Franconia Mountains it is $300,000; and in 14 towns in the lake-country it is $ 340,000, — making an aggregate of $ 1,276,000, exclusive of the receipts of several of the great mountain-hotels, the Maine and Vermont border-towns, and the railroads, which would probably swell the sum to above $ 2,500,000. SOURCE MATERIAL: Chronicles of the White Mountains Kilbourne - ​ THE GREAT FIRE ON MOUNT WASHINGTON — OTHER RECENT EVENTS OF INTEREST Aside from the establishment of the White Mountain National Forest, to be dealt with in the next chapter, the most notable event in recent White Mountain history is an occurrence which has already been several times mentioned incidentally, the great fire of the night of Thursday, June 18, 1908 , by which the active portion of the settlement on New England's highest point was in a few hours wiped out and the Summit thrown back to the primitive conditions of half a century before. This most disastrous conflagration not only was a serious setback to the business interests concerned, — a reparable injury, — but, by its removal of a number of ancient landmarks about which were clustered memories and associations of many sort, it occasioned a sentimental loss which cannot be recovered. For it was with genuine sorrow that the news of the fire came to thousands throughout this country and in distant lands, and particularly was the destruction of the hotel lamented by those who as permanent summer guests had enjoyed the hospitality and shelter of the Summit.House, and by those whose occupations were in connection with the enterprises conducted on the Summit. Read the Entire Article at Chronicles of the White Mountains By Frederick Wilkinson Kilbourne SOURCE MATERIAL The Intervale, New Hampshire By Winfield S. Nevins 1887 ​ There are various routes to Intervale. From Boston the most direct is over the Boston and Maine road to North Conway, thence over the Portland and Ogdensburg. The trains run through the Notch from Boston and no change of cars is required. The Maine offers two routes. By the Eastern division we g o through Lynn, Salem, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Great Falls, etc., passing also the noted summer resorts of Swampscott, Beverly and the Hamptons. Trains usually leave at 9.30 A. M. and 1.30 p. M., though this may be varied slightly from year to year. The former is known as the " Flying Mountaineer " and reaches Intervale about 2.10. p. M. By the Western division passengers go through Lawrence, Haverhill, Exeter, and Dover, and join the Eastern division trains at Great Falls. The trip may be made over the Boston and Maine to Portland and thence by the Ogdensburg. A somewhat longer but not less interesting route is that over the Boston and Lowell to Fabyan's, thence down through the Notch by the Ogdensburg. The Portland and Ogdensburg railroad is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth century engineering. From Portland to Glen Station it passes through a beautiful rural section. Beyond Glen Station it. lies along a mountainous region, cutting into the flinty spurs, spanning chasms, deep and wide, and frequently crossing rushing rivers. One of the most enjoyable routes to the mountains is by the boat from Boston to Portland, thence over the Ogdensburg. The steamers of the night line run every night, leaving India wharf, Boston, at seven o'clock in summer, and at five the rest of the year. Usually, the boats of this line run day trips for a month or two of summer leaving at 8 A. M. The boats of this line are finely appointed. The steamers of the International line leave Commercial wharf Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 8.30 A. M. for Portland and St. John, in summer. They reach Portland at 4 p. M., in time to take the evening train for Intervale. A day trip from Boston to Portland on the boat on a pleasant day is one of unsurpassed attractiveness among all our local ocean travel. The Ogdensburg road connects at Portland with the Maine Central to Mt. Desert and St. John, and people leaving Intervale in the forenoon can be at Bar Harbor for supper. At Bangor, the Bangor and Piscataquis road branches off for Moosehead Lake, the great New England fishing ground. drunk driver Economic impact great fire intervale To Top Menu To Top Menu Here are a couple short stories about Bartlett people sent in by Brian Knight: George Lincoln Knight (my great-grandfather) of Bartlett worked for the railroad for over fifty years. He never missed even one day of work. Paul Warren Knight (my uncle) of Bartlett was a member of the Bartlett Baseball Team prior to World War II. He could pitch, mostly played 1st base, and could catch a fly ball behind his back when he played in the outfield. Uncle Paul now rests in the peaceful ether of eternity at the Arlington National Cemetery. He was part of a torpedo bomber crew during World War II and is New Hampshire's most decorated World War II veteran. Submitted by Brian A. Knight, June 2009 knight Pictured here are... left to right...Edward Boynton Knight...George Lincoln Knight...Baby is Brian Aston Knight...and Charles Edward Knight. Charles worked as signal repairman in the Bartlett train yard. Charles also worked as watchman at the Peg Mill. I also heard from a close source..that good old Charles peddled booze during prohibition. Photo courtesy of Robert Girouard who received it from Brian Knight. We were recently asked how COOK'S CROSSING came to be named. Norm Head just happened to know the answer. I grew up and still live just up the road from your house (assuming it’s the first shingle style cottage going down the West Side) and am quite familiar with it. The Cook family once owned all of the land that now surrounds your cottage as well as the acreage where The Seasons Condominiums are now. The last Cook family member I knew was Roland Cook who lived in an old farmhouse in the middle of what is now The Seasons Property. I remember his house was reached by a long driveway and was surrounded by pine trees. Mr. Cook worked at Mt. Cranmore and was killed one day on his way to work. The accident happened near the present location of Milford Flooring in Intervale. As you know, there presently is an overpass over the railroad tracks, but the overpass was not always there. Before my time, the road used to just go over the tracks without the benefit of an overpass and vehicles proceeding W or E on Route 302 would have to stop for train traffic. The tracks would thus “cross” the road. Since the Cook family owned most of the land around there and Yankees like to give locations local names, it became known as Cook’s Crossing. The name still shows on many maps and locals still know the reference. It retains its name but I suppose as time goes by, the name may fade away. Another example of a named crossing is where the tracks cross the road just west of Attitash. That is known as Rogers’ Crossing after Harry Rogers and the Rogers family who used to have a farmhouse just over the tracks on the right. Sadly, that house burned flat (and quickly) on a cold and very windy morning. That land as well as the adjoining land where the former town dump was located is now owned by Joe Berry. Hope this helps, glad to try to answer any other questions you might have. Hard to believe that I may be becoming one of those “old timers” that we used to refer to. Indian Chief 'Two Eagles' was asked by a white government official, 'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.' The Chief nodded in agreement. The official continued, 'Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?' The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. 'When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.' Then the chief leaned back and smiled. 'Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that. From the town column in the April 4, 1895 issue of the North Conway Reporter: A little warmer at the present writing. E.A. and Daniel Dinsmore, who have been representing the Chicago Portait Co., returned home Saturday night. G.F. Garland and Frank Locke are working for Walter Pitman. Mr. and Mrs. Nute are staying with Mr. and Mrs. James Garland this spring. There was an unknown man slept in Charles Gray's barn, one night last week. Mrs. E.M. Dinsmore visited her sons at Thorn Hill, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Lower Bartlett, are stopping at F.E. Littlefield's. Mr. and Mrs. W.H.H. Pitman visited at Chatham, last week. Rumor says that I.W. Hodge of Bartlett, will soon move his family back to his old home. Mrs. Catherine Andrews Hodge, wife of James H. Hodge, was born in Chatham, and died at her home here, the 15th of February. Mrs. Hodge had a shock two weeks before her death from which she never rallied. She was a great suffer to the end. The funeral was held the 17th, Rev. Andrews of Intervale, officiating; also the Intervale Choir was in attendance. Several beautiful wreaths of flowers were furnished by relatives. Mrs. Hodge was a very quiet woman, never going around much. She will be much missed in the neighborhood. She leaves a husband and two children, Mrs. Fred E. Littlefield of this place, and John W. Hodge of Bartlett. We extend sympathy to the relatives Connecticut Yankee retold by S. E. Schlosser Now, here in the South, we all do not approve of your so-called Connecticut Yankee peddlers. So when one appeared in the yard of my tavern, I was not of a mind to give him room for the night. He was a scrawny fellow with a mop of white hair and a withered face. He did not seem like a crafty Yankee peddler. He looked more like a grandfather on his last legs. Surely this Connecticut Yankee had no harm in him! Curiosity being my downfall, as my wife would be the first to tell you, I was keen to see a real Yankee trick. So I told him that he might have lodgings for the night if he would play a Yankee trick before he left. Well, he promised me the trick, but said he was tired and went directly to bed. The next morning, everything went wrong. My yard boy never showed up. I was forced to care for the horses myself while my wife cooked breakfast. When I finally got inside, my wife was leaning over a table full of the peddler's wares. She was fingering a coverlet which matched the ones we had upstairs. The peddler named a ridiculously low price and my wife nodded eagerly. Just then one of our other customers called me to his table to pay his bill, so I did not see the peddler finalize the sale. It was only after the peddler had called for his buggy, paid for his room, and begun to drive away that I suddenly remembered his promise. "Peddler!" I called. "What about the Yankee trick your promised? I did not see any trick!" "You will," he said, whipping up his horse. Just then, my wife stuck her head out from one of the rooms upstairs. "Harry!" she cried. "That sneaky Yankee just sold me the coverlet from off his bed!" "Used with permission of S.E. Schlosser and AmericanFolklore.net. Copyright 200__. All rights reserved." More Tall Tales from this Source ​ ​ AND YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS TOUGH ? From the book, "Lucy Crawford's History of the White Mountains": In December of 1783 Richard Garland was one of only five inhabitants of this location and there were but few inhabitants within 36 miles. Dover was the closest town for purchasing provisions. At one point Mr Garland had a small farm cultivated and one of his neighbors offered him a team of horses if he could find a plow. Mr Garland then went 7 miles and borrowed the nearest one. He carried it home on his back, plowed all day and into the night, then carried the plow back. During this same day he went 2 miles to buy a 50 pound bale of hay, which he also carried home on his back. When Bartlett was incorporated in 1790 Mr Garland was the town's first constable and collector of taxes. Mr Garland also helped Captain Rosebrook in his endeavors to found a highway through the notch by bringing the first load of supplies (rum) through the notch to prove it could be done. Business Directory 1875 cooks crossing gossip CT Yankee two eagle garland directory To Top Menu To Top Menu To Top Menu To Top Menu merry THRIVING CLUB OF "MERRY WIDOWS" Un-dated. The town of Bartlett, N.H. has the distinction of having more widows in proportion to its size than any town in America yet heard from.The population of the town is less than 1000, about one-third of which are women. At least one-quarter of this number of women are widows, and the most interesting thing about the Bartlett widows is that they are all self-supporting. Widows do every conceivable kind of work in Bartlett. They manage farms, milk cows, team, raise strawberries, and in the berry season pick blueberries and blackberries on the mountains for sale in the large cities. They crate their own berries, do their own gardening, and work side by side with men in the sawmill of the town bunching shingles. They form the majority of the workers in the woodworkers mill, the largest of its kind in New England. They also do woman's own work, such as dressmaking, millinery, nursing and school teaching, while the Bartlett cooks are noted.The summer boarding houses there, which during the vacation are filled with city visitors, are run by widows, and the boarding houses for the sawmill men and the railroad men are managed by widows.It is interesting to observe that few of the Bartlett widows were widowed there, and it is rare indeed that a widow marries in Bartlett.A widow plays the church organ in the leading church of the village. A widow is the town school principal. All the choir singers are widows. There are widows on every street in Bartlett. Every other house on every street contains a widow.In age these theoretically lone women vary from the sunny side of 30 to the shady side of 60.Widows are leaders of society in Bartlett, and the majority of them can handle a six-footer like a man. Indeed, some compete with the men in shooting matches. Numerically so strong are the widows in Bartlett that they have recently formed a novel society, "The Merry Widows' Club." This boasts nearly 100 members. The president, Mrs. John Mersereau, is called "the Queen of the Bartlett Widows," perhaps 50, as spry and jolly as a girl, and famed through the country as its best cook. The secretary, Mrs. Lulu Wilson, is the youngest widow of the society, and a school teacher; the treasurer, Mrs. Susan Foster, is a nurse. At one time she managed a millinery store. She is a mother of a fine family of children, and has a cozy home.Mrs. Jane Stewart, chairman of the executive committee and vice president of the Widow's society, works in the woodworking mill, and owns a pretty little cottage in the center of Bartlett. She has an adopted child, a waif she took from an orphan asylum. Mrs. Isabel Muir, another member of the executive committee, boards railroad men, and Mrs. Jane Wasson, another member, is a successful nurse and housekeeper."Why shouldn't we be merry widow?" said Mrs. Mersereau, the society president. "We can take care of ourselves; we are healthy, and have all the work we need; we are a community where we have plenty of honest admirers. We have no reason to be sorrowful, and every reason to be merry." To Top Menu A few thoughts inspired by Carl Sagan: We present day humans tend to vastly over emphasize our importance both in terms of this planet and the universe as a whole. Man-kinds entire existence of about 2 million years is little more than a quick flash of light when put in a timeline of the first life form 10 billion years ago and the universe, which is estimated to be 13.8 billion years. The span of recorded history is a mere 5000 years. For many of us the events that happened in the past 500 years are relevant yet the stories from one generation to the next seem to be forgotten unless someone wrote them down. There have been, perhaps, 30,000 generations that came before us. If one can trace his own lineage back 5 or 6 generations he is doing well. Our time stamp in the big picture of things is truly trivial and history demonstrates that the earth will be fine for at least another billion years, with or without mankind playing a role. xxx Contributed by Clayton Smith, April 2011: There are places in the Bartlett area that without being shared will be forgotten and disappear. I have heard of two places in the experimental forest that my uncles, cousins, and other local old timers went to for hunting. Hearing stories of hikes to these places, and good times spent with fathers teaching their sons the honored traditions of self sufficiency, hunting, fishing, survival, and becoming a man. One was the Hermit's Shelter. The details of the story of the hermit are fuzzy. I've heard slightly different accounts. But, here's what I've heard: "There was a hermit who lived in the upper Bear Notch area sometime in the early nineteen hundreds up to possibly the World War Two era who lived off of the land. He was self sufficient, and by definition, lived like a hermit. He poached game as he needed food and perhaps hides to use and sell. The game wardens of the day (or whatever tile they had, maybe a special task of the CCCs?) searched for his cabin/home/camp, found it and burned it to get rid of him. He then being a stubborn man with Yankee ingenuity relocated his base to a shelter which could not be burned; a massive boulder with the potential of hospitality for one. This boulder had a crack which ran vertical through the ceiling, enough to put a chimney for a wood stove. The ending of what I know of the history of the hermit" Sounding somewhat as a treasure story one would tell their children before bedtime, mention of a buried keg of silver dollars has rung in my ears for many years. Who knows? Maybe you? The other place is Pert's camp: "Pert's camp was a hunting camp with a more solid history. Not there anymore due to being burned, some say that they could recognize the remains if they could get in the area again." Yes, there is more to these stories. I forget my bank account number, phone numbers, and even names of people I met days before, but I remember every detail of these stories as they were told. If you have any stories about these type of places, or perhaps info missing to my stories, for the heritage of Bartlett please share. sagan smith Here is an interesting story we received by e-mail. It sounded like Mr. Morton would like us to share it with you: Hi to all in Bartlett , From Sanbornton I attended the Bartlett village school from 1947 to 1952. Lucille Garland, rest her soul, would let me sleep everyday after lunch. This went on until the Christmas Vacation of first grade when my mother managed to adjust my sleeping habits. I imagine there was more than a little embarrassment on the part of my father Raymond who was the high school principal. Bert, my father would give me 5cents each day at noon so I could go to your fathers store to buy The Boston Post. The paper cost 3 cents and each day I was allowed to keep the change. In later years my father called the two cents change transportation charges. But it didn't end there. After I had saved enough to do serious damage to the candy supply at the store it all came back to Franklin George. Oh what memories I have of Bartlett . I remember getting in trouble at Newton Howards store when I picked up an orange and put it in my pocket. No one saw it happen, but my mother found it in my coat and I was back to the store in a hurry with that orange. That was about the time of the big Brinks robbery in Boston and I was somehow headed for a big time career in crime in my mothers mind. A .few years later Newton died in the house that was behind the Bartlett Hotel. A Mr. Lane lived in the house and ran the hotel. His grandson is John Chandler, a cousin of Gene and nephew of Alice Davis. I was invited to spend the night there with John as he was up from Massachusetts to visit for a few days. When bedtime came I was shown to a room upstairs and was in bed when I made a remark about the huge four poster bed. It was then that I was told that I was in the bed used by Newton Howard. I only vaguely remember going down the stairs, but I was headed home in my night clothes.I could tell my memories for several pages, but I thought you might get a laugh about some contemporary Bartlett history. My main purpose in this Email is to correct some mis-information written by a Jeremy Saxe with regard to Livermore and the Sawyer River Railroad.According to the account in your website which is the same as the account on abandoned railroads.com, the village of Livermore was wiped off the face of the earth starting in 1935 and completed two years later. Now we know that is not true, because I remember going there as a kid with my Dad to fish in the river and looking into the house owned by the Saunders family. We went to an auction there I believe in 1952. Jimmie Clemons bought a lot of stuff including the interior of the Post Office .Maybe he bought the whole building. At the time of the auction there were two men who lived in Livermore . They did not speak to each other so the story went. The NH Legislature voted to allow the town to revert to a status whereby it no longer existed as a legal entity in 1952. I dont write to be a nit picker rather to set the record straight. Soon the people who remember Livermore will be gone and misinformation will become reality and history. Do you remember Fred Washburn? He lived up the road about halfway between Franklins store and the crossing. He worked for the railroad and was also a plumber around the village. I remember Wayland Cook, who was my neighbor, telling me when I was an adult that Fred brought the last locomotive out of Livermore . The year was about 1936 which fits the timeline of the Federal takeover Thanks for taking the time to hear me out. Time to get ready for that storm coming tonight. Ellsworth Morton PS: I inadvertently used the name of Newton Howard when I should have used G.K Howard as the man who owned the store and the Bartlett Hotel. It did not seem right to me at the time but overnight I figured out my mistake. I believe Newton was a son or nephew of G.K. Thank you Ellsworth Morton morton To Top Menu Feb 2019: BARTLETT — Local residents are disputing a story posted as a piece of internet click bait that dubbed Bartlett as “the most boring” town in New Hampshire. ​ People counter that Bartlett offers a lot of fun stuff to do from Story Land to Attitash. The story, by Alex Daniel, was posted on bestlifeonline.com and was later picked up by MSN on Feb. 20. BestLife describes itself as “a site for men who want to live to the fullest. It’s the definitive resource for health tips, advice on accumulating wealth, food tips and tricks, notes on sex and style — everything you need to get you the body and the life you want.” ​ The story was illustrated with a photo of Bartlett showing pumpkin people posed by some old farm equipment and hay bales. The Bartlett Covered Bridge Gift Shoppe is in the background. Daniels wrote: “Drawing on data from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey, we examined which places in each state have the highest median ages, fewest number of things to do, and lowest population density – making it a decent chance you’ll have trouble finding tons and tons of fun.” ​ He found that Bartlett, with a population of 2,788, has a density of 37.03 people per square mile, a median age of 50.1, a percentage of population over 65 of 22.7 percent, a percent of family house holds of 58.3, six entertainment spots and 31 hotels and restaurants. Maine’s most boring town was reported as Dover-Foxcroft. It has a population of 4,077, a density of about 57 people per square mile and a median age of 49.5. Dover-Foxcroft has three entertainment spots and eight restaurants. ​ Bartlett police blew the whistle on the offending story on Tuesday. Cpl. Ian MacMillan on Facebook tried to tag every “business and attraction” in Bartlett, but Facebook limited him to 50. “I don’t care if you are Left, Right or somewhere in between, but this lovely bit from MSN is just plain, Fake News,” said MacMillan. “Boring? Not. One. Bit. I’ll gladly offer up Hart’s Location in exchange. There is just so much to do here, even if you aren’t a flatlander.” The Sun took comments from the business community and others. Perhaps no one hit back harder than Janice Crawford, executive director of the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce. She said MSN is wrong and the story tarnishes its credibility. “Obviously, their criteria did not take into consideration Bartlett’s low property tax rate, stellar school, delicious restaurants, ski area and Nordic centers, access to the white mountain national forest, scenic rides, swimming holes, lodging choices and the people,” said Crawford. “Where else can you find a restaurant with a caboose, a model train running around the top tier of the wall, a historical society refurbishing an old church, forward-thinking citizens developing a community gathering place for the future, Story Land and an aquarium, a florist who survived a lightning hit, entrepreneurs who survived bankruptcy and fires, and keep on growing? The best red berry-picking for winter bouquets, sap houses and turns into the north pole when necessary. “Not to mention the rich and famous who shall remain nameless because we respect our people unlike MSN.” ​ Story Land’s Lauren Hawkins said not only is Story Land is geared to children 2-12 and their families, there’s plenty of other activities to do in town like hiking, skiing and kayaking. MSN doesn’t realize how much there is to do in this area,” she said. Rep. Anita Burroughs (D-Bartlett) also pushed back in an email to the Sun. “Bartlett boring?? Never,” said Burroughs. The reasons she listed: Some of the best cross-country skiing in the state, downhill skiing at Attitash, kayaking and tubing. The White Mountain National Forest, Story Land, Diana’s Baths, hiking and snowshoeing. And home to some of the most interesting people in the state. “It’s perplexing how anyone who has spent time here would consider Bartlett to be boring. There’s actually too much great activity to choose from!” she said. However, Bartlett Selectman and former Speaker of the House Gene Chandler was fine with keeping the town’s interesting status a secret. “That’s fine, life is kind of laid back here,” he said. boring CONTENT THIS PAGE A Case of Inhospitable Hospitality The Desert House-Customer is always right You're at the Wrong Office First snowmobile invented in Wisconsin Drunk Driver Fatal Accident Mt Washington 1880 1886 Economic Impact from Tourism 1908 The Great Fire on Mt Washington How to Get to Intervale in 1887 Bartlett, Most Boring Town? Brian Knight Remembers Relatives How did Cooks Crossing Get Named? Bartlett Town Gossip 1895 Ct Yankee Pulls a Fast One on Innkeeper Indian Chief Two Eagles and Gov't Man And You Think Your Life is Tough; Try a Richard Garland Day in 1783 1875 Bartlett Business Directory Bartlett's Merry Widows Put Yourself in Perspective - Carl Sagan Clayton Smith - Pert's Camp/Hermits Shelter Ellsworth Morton Recalls Life in Bartlet t

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    INDEX Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ 10th Mountain Division GO 10th NH Turnpike through Crawford Notch, a history GO 1000 Years Ago, What life was like GO 1785 Inn at Intervale, formerly the Idlewild GO 1938 Hurricane - blowdowns on the Haystack Mountains Photos GO A Abbott, Henry, Edward and Lillian - 1949 Photo GO Abenaki Culture GO Abenaki Life GO Abenaki, Population and Epidemics GO Abenaki - Where are they now? GO Abenaki and the Theft of America GO Accident on Mt Washington Road kills 1 - July 1880 GO ​ Ainsworth, Tinker - deer hunting photo GO Aerial Photos, 1952 - Bartlett Village to Intervale GO Albany Avenue - Commerce 1890-1950 GO Allen, Abram Willey Slide Rescue) GO Amadon, Herb - Train Fireman - 1939 photo with Mountaineer GO Ambitious Guest - Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 GO Anderson Brothers - railroad builders GO Anderson, Mountain - naming of GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2020 GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2021 GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2022 GO Annual Reports, Town of Bartlett, off site link GO Anthony, Kathleen C "Kay" - obit GO ​ Arendt, Anna and Andrew GO Arethusa Falls, origination of name GO Attitash nears completion - Press release and helicopter photo-Jan 65 GO Attitash nears completion - Signal newspaper article 1964 GO Attitash Expansion - Signal newspaper article GO Attitash Monorail - 1967 - picture and link to Newspaper article GO Attitash Opens for first time - Signal newspaper article GO Attitash, origination of name GO Avalon, Mountain - naming of GO ​ B B adger, Dick - Realtor - Photo at New England Inn -GO Baker, EE grocery store, Bartlett Village 1949 GO Bannon, Michael - Pic GO Barbershop, upper village - photo of building GO Barnes, Belvin - Obit GO Barnes, J.A. Bellevue Prop. GO Barnes, Pearl A - obit GO Bartlett Boulder - picture GO Bartlett Elementary School Class Photo from 1958 GO Bartlett Experimental Forest GO Bartlett Experimental Forest CCC crew and cordwood chute Photos GO Bartlett Experimental Forest 1938 Hurricane damage Photos GO ​ Bartlett Express - News of days gone by GO ​ Bartlett High School 1890 - picture GO Bartlett High School 1925 - picture GO Bartlett High School ReUnion - 2008 GO Bartlett High School ReUnion class of 1940 GO Bartlett History Museum - Apr2022 Donor Info and Donor Form(s) GO Bartlett History Museum - April 2022 Progress Rept GO Bartlett Historical Society - 2020 Annual Report GO Bartlett Historical Society - 2021 Annual Report GO Bartlett Historical Society - 2022 Annual Report GO Bartlett Hotel - Howard Hotel - Cave Mountain House - complete story GO Bartlett Hotel, early photo showing livery stable GO Bartlett House, the (Franklin George) GO Bartlett, John - Gov in 1920 at National Convention, picture GO Bartlett, Joseph - The history of his gun, from 1707 GO Bartlett, Josiah - Bio GO ​ B artlett Land and Lumber Company GO Bartlett, Main Street upper village 1900-1920 pictures GO Bartlett, Mary - Bio GO ​ Bartlett, Most Boring Town - Article GO Bartlett Public Library - A History - Newsletter Article Page 7- GO ​ Bartlett Saw Mill - picture GO Bartlett School Group Photo 1909, courtesy Rick Garon GO Bartlett School Group Photo - 8th grade - mid 1950's GO Bartlett Station - railroad - all we know GO ​ Bartlett, Town of - Annual Reports from 1890's (off site link) GO BARTLETT TRUST AND BANKING COMPANY GO Bartlett Villages - unincorporated areas of town GO Bartlett Village Grammar School (Special School #5) 1897GO Bartlett Village Main Street 1940's GO Bartlett Village Overhead Photo Showing School and Hotel - 1983 GO Bartlett Village Overhead Photo - 1952 Eliason Photographs GO Bartlett Village Saw Mill - Picture GO Barton, Nancy - origination of place names - Nancy Brook GO Batley, Allen - conductor - 1939 photoGO Beal, Mack - President Gen Thermostat CorpGO Bean, Alberta - 1940 class reunionGO ​ Bear Mountain Ski Development 1962-Seth Hannah & Verland Ohlson GO Bear Notch Deli - fire destroys historic store - 2009GO Bear: Robert Huckins killed by black bear in 1952GO Bellevue Hotel - The entire story GO Bellevue Hotel, Intervale - picture 1 GO Bellevue Hotel, Intervale - picture 2 & 3 and story GO Bellevue fire - January 1938 GO Bell Hurst - pictures GO Bell Hurst, 1952 aerial photo by Al Eliason GO Bemis Mansion - picture GO Bemis, Mountain: naming GO Bemis, Samuel, Doctor - Biography (off site link) GO Bemis Station GO Bennett, Arnold - picture 1980 GO Bennett, George and Hazel - Dunrovin Inn GO Bergeron, A.F - The Woodbine Inn GO Berkeley Shop 1925 _ Miss W.F.Allen GO Bernardin, John - Notchland Inn Proprietor, March 1984 - photo GO Bernerhoff Inn, aerial photo, 1952 - courtesy of Al EliasonGO Bernerhoff Inn, formerly the Pleasant Valley Farm - story/pic GO Bessom, Daisy - killed by train 1880GO Bianchino, Daniel - Choo Choo Inn (Fosscroft)GO Bianchino, Daniel - ObituaryGO Bibliography - Books to read more of....... sometimeGO Bibliography - New Hampshire History - A Select Bibliography of Publications - R. 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  • Livermore Timeline | bartletthistory

    A Timeline of Livermore 1864 to 1965 1864: An In-Law of the Saunders', Nicholas G. Norcross , who was known as The New England Timber King, had been very active in deepening and widening the Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers to make them suitable for floating timber to his mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. He purchased 80,000 acres of land then known as Elkins Grant, which would later become Livermore. Upon the death of Mr Norcross, the Saunders brothers, (Daniel, Charles and Caleb) successfully obtained the rights to Elkins grant and created the Sawyer River Enterprise. 80,000 acres of land is an area about 10 miles long and 12 miles wide. I have found little documentation about exactly who Mr Norcross bought this acreage from, although Jasper Elkins acquired the land through an act of the N.H. Legislature in 1830, so presumably it would have been from Mr. Elkins or his estate. JULY 7,1874: Daniel Saunders at age 52, and his brother Charles, age 50 in 1874, Nathan Weeks, William Russell and Caleb Saunders Incorporated the Grafton County Lumber Company and work began on access roads along the Sawyer River. 1875: The Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad completed its route through Crawford Notch, thereby opening up the Sawyer River area for egress in and out. Entrepenorial minds immediately went to work and the Saunders Family saw an opportunity. JULY 2, 1875 the State Legislature approved an act to Incorporate the Sawyer River Railroad, 1876: The first mill was completed...and burned in the same year. Another mill was immediately constructed and it's cost was listed at $150,000. JULY 11, 1876: The Town of Livermore is Incorporated by the State of New Hampshire. The Town holds its first meeting with Benjamin Akers, John Tewksbury and Charles Saunders officiating. 1877: The Saunders' begin laying the rails for the Sawyer River Railroad. The CW Saunders Locomotive had been purchased new the previous year from the Portland Company, Eastern Railroad. Originally about one and a half miles of track was installed, up to the mill site, but as time went on the Rail Line had about 9 miles of track laid into its vast holdings. (Off Site Link to Photos of Sawyer River Railroad. Opens in new window) SEPTEMBER 1878: The first marriage was recorded in the Town of Livermore between Elden Boynton and Julia Lucy. 1878: Rapid Growth ; The N.H. Business Registry claims 48 residents in 1878 and 200 residents in the following year. An increase of 200% ! Four children were born in Livermore during this time period. 1880: The census for that year shows 103 people living in 18 separate buildings, consisting of men, women and children. The town was very family oriented with one third of the population being children. Occupations included millworkers, watchman, laborers, teamsters, blacksmiths, two coal dealers and three engineers. In this year the Livermore Mill operation reported a net income of $12,400 or 28% of gross receipts. 1880: This year also marked a smallpox epidemic that swept through the area resulting in the death of 6 townspeople. These 6 people were buried in the nearby woods and a stone monument records the spot. Another story tells of as many as 40 people being buried in this spot. Some were buried while still alive, although in a comatose state. 1881: The Village was granted a Post Office with William G. Hull appointed Postmaster. APRIL 1881: The land dispute between Saunders and Bartlett Land and Lumber Company is argued in the United States Supreme Court. Saunders and Abbott argue the case. Read the case. 1885: The town lists one school with 28 students attending. The school is valued at $151.00. The annual school budget was about $145.00. The school later (1924) went on to be "the best school in the State", thanks to Mr Saunders efforts. it had not only electricity and heat, but typewriters, movie projectors and the education many received there was the equivalent of college level courses. 1886: Saunders sells a portion of their holdings to The New Hampshire Land Company with George P. James as its President. This tract was located "on the other side of Mt. Carrigain" on the Pemigewassett River. 1890: The Saunders name disappears from the Town records that indicate ownership of the various enterprises and is replaced with George P. James, who had been previously listed along with the Saunders names. At this time the name Livermore Mills begins usage and we are to assume that ownership of the mill had changed to Mr James. MAY 22 1891: Charles Saunders dies in Lowell at the age of 67. Daniel and Daniel's son, Charles G. Saunders continue overseeing the Livermore operations. 1895: The Postmaster William Hull relocates to his home town of Plymouth and is replaced by G.S. Payne. Mr Payne was also a Selectman, Tax Collector and Town Clerk at various times. He was to die in 1911. 1895: George P. James sells his Livermore interests back to C.G. Saunders. 1898: Telephone service comes to livermore. George Staples is the Telephone agent in Livermore. 1900: The census for this year shows a population of 191, however the proportion of children was substantially reduced from the previous census. 1901: Through out the 1880's and 1890's there was constant legal action between the abutting property owners and in 1901 these disputes finally ended with more than half of Livermore being annexed to Lincoln by an act of the State Legislature. 1906: Ownership in Livermore was distributed among six primary owners, Publishers Paper Co, International Paper Co, The estate of George H. Morey and one Estella L. Lancaster. However, Livermore Mills remained the largest single owner. The Saunders heirs also owned property. 1910: Census showed 64 individuals in 11 separate households. The proportion of children had greatly increased since the 1900 census and it appeared there were fewer single individuals present. 1910: The fire tower atop Mt. Carrigain was constructed, although little more than an open platform. It had a cabin for the watchman and a telephone line down to Livermore. It was amongst the first fire towers in the State. It was listed as inactive in 1948. (Off-site link to Fire Tower Photos) 1911: The Weeks Act authorized the Federal Government to purchase private lands for the purpose of preservation. 1912: C.G. Saunders, Daniels Son, mortgages Livermore Mills to Gideon M. Sutherland. The three Saunders sisters re-purchased the mortgage and mill in 1919, the same year it was destroyed by fire. 1912: Daniel Saunders is 91 years old and still a presence at Livermore, 1914: The valuation of Livermore acreage and buildings is 470,000. ($1.00 in 1914 is the equivalent of $10.50 in 2009 dollars, so to put that number in perspective the 2009 equivalent would be nearly five million dollars.) APRIL 19, 1917: Daniel Saunders dies in Lowell at the age of 95 FEB 19, 1918: Daniels Son, C.G. Saunders dies at age 70 in Boston of a heart attack. Charles willed nearly his entire estate to his three sisters, Annie, Mary and Edith Saunders. The responsibility of running the mill and acreage passed to one Clinton I. Nash. Nash was an officer for the Saunders interests from 1902 to 1936. His name however does not appear on any town census until 1920, nor did he have any previous experience running a lumber mill. 1919: Livermore Mills is completely destroyed by fire. 1920: Census counted 98 people . 65 of these lived in 12 households in the Village and the rest lived out in the logging camps. Of the population of 98 only 8 of them had been at Livermore ten years prior. 1920: The C.W. Saunders Locomotive left the tracks and fell into the Sawyer River, thus ending it's usefullness. It was replaced with "Peggy", a Baldwin built Locomotive, and was purchased from the Henry Lumber Company which operated in the Zealand area. 1920-26: Management of the mills slowly deteriorates without the Saunders influence and economic hardships and unexpected disasters contribute to its six year decline. In addition to the costly replacement of the mill, the Locomotive also had to be replaced. It has been said that Clinton Nash was not a "Lumber kind of guy"; Some folks wondered why he had even been put in charge of an operation he seemed to know so little about. In some readings Nash is referred to as an "agent of the Saunders Sisters" who also knew very little of the lumber business. Nash however had been employed by Saunders since 1902 and was also a personal friend of the Saunders. Perhaps the Sisters chose him to represent their interests only because he was a trusted friend. 1922: The mill rebuilding which started in 1920 was completed. 1924: A new school was completed and furnished at a cost of $3323, which would be $350,000 in 2009 dollars. There were two teachers for the 20 or so students in attendance. This tends to support the claim that Livermore had one of the best schools in the State. NOVEMBER 1927: A massive flood causes serious damage to both the mill and a good portion of the railroad bed is completely destroyed. The mill is never reopened after the flood. The railway closes completely in 1928. JUNE 22, 1928: Big Jim Donahue dies in North Conway at age 60. He had been at Livermore since 1888 and served at one time or another Mill Manager, Postmaster, General Manager of the Town, Railroad Agent, Selectman and Town Clerk. MAY 1929: Clinton Nash, acting on behalf of the Saunders sisters, approached the Forest Service about the possibility of selling their holdings at Livermore. Low pulp prices and high operating costs made the mill operation impossible. The Town taxes were also becoming an onerous burden to the sisters. FEBRUARY 1930: Pauline Gardner was the last birth registered in the Town of Livermore. Although they were residents of Harts Location and the birth occured at Memorial Hospital in North Conway it is not clear why the birth was recorded in Livermore. 1930: Census counted 23 people living at Livermore. The mill is closed and deserted but the Town Store is still open. AUGUST 15, 1931: Livermore Post Office is closed. Clinton Nash was the Postmaster at this time. FEBRUARY 1934: John Monahan died at Livermore. He had been a resident of Livermore for 45 years. 1936: The last families remaining at Livermore were the Monohans, Codys, Donahues, and Platts. A few individuals also remained, Murray, MacDonald, Clinton Nash and Sidney White. According to a letter from Ellsworth Morton (right column, this page) Wayland Cook brought the last locomotive out of Livermore. Another source says the last locomotive was sold by the U.S. Forest Service and removed in 1947. APRIL 1936; A CCC camp was established near the Sawyer River Station. The camp ceased operation in October of 1937. OCTOBER 7, 1936: After a lengthy transaction with the US Forest Service, The Saunders sisters sold their 29,900 acres of land for $10 per acre. The sisters retained about 12 acres and the right to utilize their mansion until their deaths. JANUARY 31, 1937: The Town Report for that year contained no operating budget for the next year. The Selectmans Report (Platt, Donahue, MacDonald) simply stated that the majority of the town had been taken by the Federal Government and very little taxable property remained. The Town would be officially unorganized. 1940: The census this year shows 4 inhabitants, Clinton Nash, Joseph Platt, William MacDonald and a fouth unidentified person. 1941: The school house building is used as a storage shed for the Mt. Carrigain Fire look out tower. AUGUST 1942: Annie Saunders dies at age 84 of kidney dysfunction. SUMMER 1944; The Government auctions off the boarding house, equipment at the sawmill, and a two story dwelling. 1946: Joe Platt and Bill MacDonald are the final inhabitants of Livermore, acting as caretakers. Stories say they did not speak to one another. While one had a car, he would not take the other into town with him for groceries, made him walk. In this year Joe Platt burns down the old Blacksmith shop as it had become a public nuisance. 1947: The Forest Service sells the old Baldwin Locomotive. Some folks contend there are still remnants of an old locomotive "half-buried" way up in the woods. AUGUST 1949: Edith Saunders dies at age 84 of cancer. Bill MacDonald and Joe Platt leave Livermore. Bill MacDonald buys the house that is now "the main house" at the Villager Motel. (There was no motel there at that time). He lived there until his death in the mid 1950's. Platt may have returned to his home town at Twin Mountain. Another account says that Bill MacDonald had moved to Bartlett in 1943 and became a road worker for the Forest Service. AUGUST 31, 1951: The Town of Livermore was officially disenfranchised and ceased to exist as an incorporated town. 1951: The 12 acres of land that had been retained by the Saunders sisters was conveyed to Clinton Nash. 1952: According to Ellsworth Morton (letter right column, this page --->) he attended an auction at Livermore. At that time Jim Clemons of Bartlett Village purchased the contents of the post office, and perhaps the entire building. 1953: Clinton Nash returned to Livermore in the spring to find that the Forest Service had auctioned off all the furnishings in the mansion, despite the fact that they didn't own it yet. Another story says that Nash held the auction himself. 1953: The mill and equipment is dismantled and moved to Bartlett Village, up on the left side of Bear Notch Road, by another lumbering outfit that went bankrupt before they could operate it as a mill. I am told it is still there, although I don't recall ever seeing it. 1955: Homer Emery of Jericho purchases the School House for $79. Much of the School house is now part of his home in Jericho. Homer also purchased a large quantity of bricks, also used to build his home, from Clinton Nash for 3 cents each. Mr. Nash and Homer became friends since Homer had been one of the few people to ASK to take things from the property...most people just drove in and took what they wanted. There is some question as to whether Homer also bought the lot that the school house occupied. The matter has never been pursued. OCTOBER 1963: Clinton Nash sold his Livermore holdings to Robert and Bessie Shackford of Conway for $2800, which was substantially less than other offers he had received, but Nash wanted a "local" person to own it...not "someone from the outside". At that time the mansion was still standing along with a two car garage and a stable building. Mr Shackford built the little cabin that is there today from salvaging the other buildings. APRIL 1964: Clinton Nash dies of heart failure. 1965: The Shackfords experience continuing and horrific vandalism at the Saunders Mansion and most of what folks didn't steal were senselessly destroyed by "the hippies", After auctioning off what folks would buy he burned the building. AUGUST 1992: Robert Shackford died. Here is an interesting story we received sometime around 2014 by e-mail. It sounded like Mr. Morton would like us to share it with you: Hi to all in Bartlett, From Sanbornton. I attended the Bartlett village school from 1947 to 1952. Lucille Garland, rest her soul, would let me sleep everyday after lunch. This went on until the Christmas Vacation of first grade when my mother managed to adjust my sleeping habits. I imagine there was more than a little embarrassment on the part of my father Raymond who was the high school principal. A memory for Bert George: My father would give me 5cents each day at noon so I could go to your fathers store to buy The Boston Post. The paper cost 3 cents and each day I was allowed to keep the change. In later years my father called the two cents change transportation charges. But it didn't end there. After I had saved enough to do serious damage to the candy supply at the store it all came back to Franklin George. Oh what memories I have of Bartlett . I remember getting in trouble at Newton Howards store when I picked up an orange and put it in my pocket. No one saw it happen, but my mother found it in my coat and I was back to the store in a hurry with that orange. That was about the time of the big Brinks robbery in Boston and I was somehow headed for a big time career in crime in my mothers mind. A .few years later Newton died in the house that was behind the Bartlett Hotel. A Mr. Lane lived in the house and ran the hotel. His grandson is John Chandler, a cousin of Gene and nephew of Alice Davis. I was invited to spend the night there with John as he was up from Massachusetts to visit for a few days. When bedtime came I was shown to a room upstairs and was in bed when I made a remark about the huge four poster bed. It was then that I was told that I was in the bed used by Newton Howard. I only vaguely remember going down the stairs, but I was headed home in my night clothes.I could tell my memories for several pages, but I thought you might get a laugh about some contemporary Bartlett history. My main purpose in this Email is to correct some mis-information written by a Jeremy Saxe with regard to Livermore and the Sawyer River Railroad. According to the account in your website which is the same as the account on abandoned railroads.com, the village of Livermore was wiped off the face of the earth starting in 1935 and completed two years later. Now we know that is not true, because I remember going there as a kid with my Dad to fish in the river and looking into the house owned by the Saunders family. We went to an auction there I believe in 1952. Jimmie Clemons bought a lot of stuff including the interior of the Po st Office .Maybe he bought the whole building. At the time of the auction there were two men who lived in Livermore . They did not speak to each other so the story went. The NH Legislature voted to allow the town to revert to a status whereby it no longer existed as a legal entity in 1952. I dont write to be a nit picker rather to set the record straight. Soon the people who remember Livermore will be gone and misinformation will become reality and history. Do you remember Fred Washburn? He lived up the road about halfway between Franklins store and the crossing. He worked for the railroad and was also a plumber around the village. I remember Wayland Cook , who was my neighbor, telling me when I was an adult that Fred brought the last locomotive out of Livermore . The year was about 1936 which fits the timeline of the Federal takeover Thanks for taking the time to hear me out. Time to get ready for that storm coming tonight. Ellsworth Morton PS: I inadvertently used the name of Newton Howard when I should have used G.K Howard as the man who owned the store and the Bartlett Hotel. It did not seem right to me at the time but overnight I figured out my mistake. I believe Newton was a son or nephew of G.K. Thank you, Ellsworth Morton ​ MortonTimeline Some of these pages are under construction Rebuilding RR tracks after flood - undated The Company Store The Millview Cottage - 1909 Carragain Landing - 1910 Remains of the Engine House - undated 1909 - Floods and fires were a constant threat "Waterworks Bridge" The School House - 1910 - One of the best equipped schools in the State at the time The Company Store and The Saunders mansion - undated "Carrigain Camp - 1907" “Photo courtesy Ron Walters” "Sept 1910: Greens Cliff Camp" Long Johns drying in the tree branches. Undated: Fire damage to the mansion upper floor Street scenes compared. 1910 with activity and the mansion. The 1969 inset shows only the stone wall remaining. Livermore Menu Introduction Timeline 1865-1965 Forever Livermore Article Sawyer River Railroad Saunders Family Nicholas Norcross Shackfords Owners Howarth Card Collection Lumbering Practices Legal Problems Peter Crane Thesis Bits and Pieces Residence of "Big Jim" Donahue. He was the overall Manager of Livermore and during his tenor from 1890 tp 1924 he held nearly all job descriptions at Livermore at one time or another. He served as Town Selectman and other offices as well. In the early 1920's he and his wife acquired "The Pines" Inn as well as a grocery store in Bartlett Village area. 1968 - Unidentified building being razed. (Perhaps the barn) Photo courtesy of Ben and Judy English. A Note About Photo Credits: This editor has been collecting photos from various sources for the past 20 years. Many have come from EBay auction sites, magazine and newspaper articles or directly from the original owner. If the source is known, appropriate credit is given. If you find any images on this web-site that you feel "belong" to you, I will gladly provide proper credit, although I may have acquired it long before you obtained it. No disrespect or infringement is intended and please accept my apologies if appropriate. Livermore Menu Introduction Timeline 1865-1965 Forever Livermore Article Sawyer River Railroad Saunders Family Nicholas Norcross Shackfords Owners Howarth Card Collection Lumbering Practices Legal Problems Peter Crane Thesis Bits and Pieces photo credits

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    R Railroad Accident Reports, P&O RR Commissioners 1880 GO Railroad, bridges and trestles in Bartlett - Scotty Mallett GO Railroad m ovie - you tube CSRRGO Railroad Office - Bartlett Village - 1960 photo GO Railroad Section Houses in Crawford Notch GO Railroad Snowplow pictures, (even a wooden plow) GO Railroad Square Bartlett Village 1907 - pictures GO Railroad Station in Bartlett Village 1908 - Pic GO Railroad Station in Bartlett Village 1908 = Pic Variation GO Railroad Station Fire, Bartlett Village, 1927 pics GO Railroad Wreck at Dismal Pool-Gateway, Crawfords GO Railroad Wreck of the 380, 1922 pics GO Railroad Wreck of the 505, by Scotty Mallett GO Railroad Wreck of the 505, alternate story page GO Railroad wrecks and fires GO Railroads, Logging GO Ramsey, Howard - Death of GO Red Parka Pub - Glen GO Red Rooster, the - restaurantGO Region House, the - Newspaper article mentionsGO Rememberances of growing up in Bartlett - Ray Hebb - 1922 to 1940GO Resolution, Mountain - origination of nameGO Reunion, Bartlett High School, 2008 RecapGO Reunion, School 1960 - pictureGO Reunion, School, Class of 1940 (20th Anniv)GO Riverside InnGO River Street and Bridge 1909 - pictureGO River Street Bridge - several picturesGO Road Kill Cafe - Glen - 1992 GO Roads and Routes through Bartlett GO Roberts, Lynn Roger - Obituary GO Robertson, Phil - Attitash, picture and articleGO Robertson, Phil - Attitash monorailGO Rogers Crossing - high res pic 1940'sGO Rogers, Harry - Farmstead burns to ground in 1980GO Rogers, Faylene Joyce - ObitGO Rogers fields near Garland Ridge Cem. Photo 1928GO Rogers, Jonathan (Willey Slide Rescue)GO Rogerson, Blaine (Bucky) obitGO Rogerson, Bucky 1951 Photo (about half way down page) GO Roosevelt Trail - Bartlett and Crawford Notch GO Route 18 in Bartlett (later Rte 302) GO Rowe, John A (Jr) obit and picture GO Roy, Susan M. - obit GO Royse, Vere - Map & Background - first grantee Village Area GO Russell, Tuck - obitGO Ruth, Babe - at Mt Washington Hotel Golf course GO Ryan, Katherine E - obit GO ​ S Saco River - origination of name GO ​ Saco River Cabins GO Saco River foot bridge, Intervale to West Side Rd 1909 - pic GO Samuelson, "Topsy" - obituary GO Sanborn, Lillian Abbott - 1995 obit GO Sanborn, Lillian Abbott - 1949 photo GO Sanborn, Lillian, Henry, Evelyn, Ellen GO Sanborn's Store, Glen - photo with Texaco Gas GO Sauna Spa in Bartlett - Newspaper article GO Saunders Brothers - Livermore GO Saunders, Daniel - Biographical sketch GO Saunders Mansion at Livermore - photos and story GO Saunders Sisters at Livermore - photos GO Savard, Francis - ribbon breaking for Poma at Intervale Ski Area GO Sawyer, Benjamin GO Sawyer River - A post card dated July 1912 - at Livermore GO Sawyer River Railroad - Livermore - story and pics go Sawyer River, Rock, - origination of name GO Scarecrow Restaurant - near Attitash GO Schneider, Herbert - 10th Mountain Division GO Schoen Family - Silver Springs GO School Building, Grammar School about 1930 - photo GO School class photo,1909 Bartlett Special School GO School class photo, Bartlett Elementary 1958GO School Districting mandate under Governor Bartlett GO School Funding, mid 1850's GO Schools, Historic - Locations and pictures GO School ReUnion 2008 GO School Reunion Class of 1940 (20th anniv) GO Seavey, Alton W - Kearsage fire tower lookout 1945GO Seavey, Jonathan S - ObitGO Seavey, PollyGO Seavey, Samuel and son, John 1820 - Upper Bartlett VillageGO Seavey, Sylvia M - obitGO Seavey Ward House - Oldest in Bartlett GO Section Houses on railroad in Crawford Notch GO Seibert, Pete - at Stanton Slopes and VailGO Shackford, Bob - Dec 1977 newspaper article - Livermore GO Shackford, Robert & Bessie - Livermore purchase GO Shaw, John - Obit GO Shaws Neighborhood Rewards Program GO Shedd, ancestry GO Shedd, David - Newsletter Interview GO Shedd George Harold, Dr GO Shedd, George, Dr - article in Eastern Slope Signal GO Shedd George Horsley, Dr GO Shedd Woods GO Sheehan, Jim - Linderhoff Motor INN GO Sherlock, Steve and Ann - Attitash - newspaper article GO Shield, the Volume 10 1958 Senior Class GO Silver Springs CottageGO Silver Springs Tavern - aerial photo 1952GO Silver Springs Tavern - PictureGO Silver Springs Lodge Placemat - PictureGO Silver Springs Tavern - PostcardsGO Signal, Eastern Slope - newsp aper of the 60's GO Ski Clubs, A history of (Conway Sun Article pdf)GO Ski Tows Inc - Fred Pabst Jr - Intervale Ski AreaGO Skiing History of Bartlett-(New England Ski Museum Article) GO (2023 Link is good) Skiing, a history of Bartlett Ski Slopes (newsletter article)GO Skirolean Lodge - formerly Region House formerly Pendexter MansionGO Sky Valley Motel History GO Sled Dog racing, 1963 (Signal Newspaper)GO Small, CC 1927 Pequawket HouseGO Smallpox, in Livermore 1880GO Smearer, Stan - group photoGO Smearer, Stan - photoGO Smith, Dwight - Newsletter Interview Page 6 - (Scenic Railroad) GO Smith-Hurst - picturesGO Smith Tavern, early 1930's - pictureGO Snowmobile, attachment for Ford, 1913, West OssipeeGO Snowmobile, the first oneGO Snowroller in Bartlett Park - the whole storyGO ​ Sports in Bartlett and the school sports GO ​ Stage Coach and Tavern Days - book inclusionGO Stairs, Mountain - naming ofGO Stanton Farm - early picture GO Stanton, Mountain -- origination of name GO Stanton Slope - Picture, brief story, link GO Stanton Slope - Tom Eastman Story GO St. Aspinquid - final years and funeral - Aspinquid & Passaconaway one in the same.GO St.Joseph Catholic Church HistoryGO St.Joseph Church to Museum Renovation ProjectGO Stevens, Edgar - Cave Mountain HouseGO Stewart, Dot - restaurantGO Stillings, family story and relativesGO Stillings, Nicholas and Upper Bartlett HouseGO Stillings, N.T. Tavern fire - 1879 GO Stillings, Samuel (Willey Slide Rescue Party)GO Stillings Tavern fire - storyGO Stilphen's Farm (the glen inn - later storybook) GO Stimpson, Priscilla - obituary - photoGO Stimpson, Richard & PriscillaGO Stimpson, Richard, 17 years at Intervale Ski AreaGO Stimpson, Richard, newspaper article 1962GO Stimpson, Richard, obituary and photoGO Storybook Motor Inn - Jan Filip update 2020 GO Storyland GO Storyland - a Bartlett success story GO Storyland Book Signing Event with Jim Miller, Sep 2010GO Sullivan, Alice - group photo 1933GO Summit House on Mt Washington - photos of 1854 and 1904GO Sweets FarmGO Sweets Farm - pictureGO Sweet, Mary (Lovey)GO Sweetser, Moses "The White Mountains,A Handbook for Travellers, A Guide to the Peaks" 1918GO ​ ​ T Tasker, Ebene zer (Willey Slide RescueGO Tasker fire curseGO Tasker, Genealogy workGO Tasker, Jonathan - 1780 Rogers Farm connectionGO Tasker, WilliamGO Tavern Keeping Experiences in the 1700'sGO Teele, Charlotte Holmes (newsletter interview 2017)GO Thanksgiving, a short history you may not have heardGO Theft of America - European Invaders GO ​ Thermostat Factory - Bartlett Village - PhotoGO Thompson, GertrudeGO Thompson House, the GO Thompson House, the - early photo (at bottom of page) GO Thorne, Harry Wo oster Jr.GO Thorne, Oakleigh - NYC lumber baronGO Thorne, Thad - 10th Mountain DivisionGO Thorne, Thad - obit - (several pictures)GO Thorne, Thad - PicGO Thorne, Thad - Article by Tom Eastman - 2011GO Thurston, Harrison F - Evaporator Pan Patent 1892GO Tibbetts, Rita A.: obituary GO Titus Browns Tavern - Who was Titus Brown?GO Towle, Seth - PicGO Train and Carriage Rates in 1887GO Train Station in Bartlett Village 1908 - PicGO Trlain Station in Bartlett Village 1908 = Pic VariationGO Train Station Fire, Bartlett Village, 1927 picsGO Transportation available in 1887GO Trecarten, DaleGO Trecarten, Peggy & Neal 1951 - (about half way down page)GO Trecarten, Peg - Interview - Life in BartlettGO Trickey, W.H.H., pioneer innkeeperGO Trinity Height, early name given summit Mt WashingtonGO Tuckerman Ravine - first skiing - Signal newspaperGO Tuttle, Samuel (Willey Slide Rescue)GO ​ U Upper Bartlett House - Nicholas Stillings & picGO U.S.S. Kearsarge, naming ofGO ​ V V arney, Marion L; author "Harts Location in Crawford Notch"GO Vickery, HattieGO Village Aerial Photo 1952 - high resolutionGO W W ard, Children of Fred, - Alice,Marion,Irving,Everett,MertonGO Ward, DonnaGO Ward, Everett - Pic & BackgroundGO Ward, Fred - 1907 inherits houseGO Ward, Merton L - ObitGO Ward, Ronald M - ObitGO Ward, Ruth - Daughter of EverettGO Ward Seavey House - Oldest in BartlettGO Ware, Helen Tasi - ObitGO Washburn, Frank - 1922 Train wreck at BemisGO Washburn, FredGO Washburn, Fred - RR publication article-deathGO Warner, Jeff - singerGO Warren, Marion Lucy - obitGO Way Back Machine - See what websites looked like back wheneverGO Webster, Mountain - origination of nameGO Weeks Act 1911GO Weeks, Charles - accidentGO Weeks, Mountain - origination of nameGO West Wing TV and BartlettGO What Not Shop, theGO Wheelwright Deed, theGO Whitcher, EarlGO Whitcher, Madeline (Poppy) - 1940 High School ReunionGO Whiteface Road, Livermore NH, 1908, postcard and descrip.GO White Mountains, A Handbook for Travellers: SweetserGO White, William - Obed Hall's TavernGO Who was Who in Bartlett?GO Wildlife SpeciesGO Wild River and Hastings Railroad - Picture Engine 4GO Willard House - Evans homestead magazine article - picsGO Willard, Mountain - naming ofGO Willey Brook Trestle - Evans House - PictureGO Willey House Camps soveneir bell - PictureGO Willey House historic site, 2 pictures 1920 and 1935GO Willey House Station - pictureGO Willey, Mountain - origination of nameGO Willey, Samuel - 1825GO Willey, Samuel - early settler-bottom of pageGO Willey Slide Recollections by Ebenezer Tasker in 1894GO Willey Slide in Crawford Notch - the whole story and picsGO William Whites TavernGO Willow Cottage Inn - pictureGO Wizard Tree - in Intervale - picGO Wonnalancet, ChiefGO Woodbine Cottage GO Woodshed, aerial photo - 1952GO Woodshed, the (Pop Fosey-Gimber-Head) GO Wreck at Dismal Pool - Crawfords GatewayGO Wreck of the 505 - railroad storiesGO Wreck of the 380 - Frank Washburn 1922GO Wyman, Will and Elizabeth - Elmwood Inn = picGO ​ X ​ Y ​ Z INDEX Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​

  • Index I to P | bartletthistory

    INDEX I Ice cutting on Saco Lake, photoGO Idlewild at Intervale - story and pictureGO Idlewild - Crawford Notch-GO Income from Tourists in 1886GO Indian Chief T wo Eagles - Government InterviewGO Indian Life, Culture, Wars, Theft of their land GO INN-KEEPERS TALES-this section needs input from YOUGO Intervale Farm 1906 Frank CarltonGO Intervale House - undated newspaper clip - guest name dropping. - ​ road repa irs updateGO Intervale House, TheGO Intervale House, The - 2 great picturesGO Intervale Inn - John CannellGO Intervale Lodging Map 1887GO Intervale School Rte 16A - picture and storyGO Intervale Ski Area - Dick Stimpson- newspaper article 1962GO Intervale Ski Area - kitchen photo Priscilla and Dave EliasonGO Intervale ski jump - 1960'sGO Intervale SlopesGO Intervale Ski Area - Link to Lost Ski AreasGO Intervale Station - the whole storyGO I ntervale Railroad Station - Memories of Ted Houghton GO Intervale train depot - pictureGO J Jackson, Betty - at Sky ValleyGO Jackson, Betty - Lived at Rogers Farm/CrossingGO Jacobson , Harold, Edith, (and don't forget Arthur)GO Jilly, Paul - bottom of pageGO Johnson, Albert - Class of 1940 Reunion & ObitGO Johnson, Carroll (CJ) - obitGO JOIN YOUR HISTORICAL SOCIETYDO IT NOW Jones, Richard AGO Jones, Robert - fireman - picture 1980GO Jones, Robert - obitGO Jones, Bob Sr. Trainman - photo 1961GO Jones, Richard A - obitGO Jose Brothers - Bartlett Land & Lumber CoGO July 4th PicturesGO Junion Ski Program - 1948 group photo at SkimobileGO Junior Ski Program - 1958 group photoGO Junior Ski Program - unidentified group at CranmoreGO Kaharl, Alonzo - Bartlett teacher 1900GO K Kancamagus, Indian Chief GO Kearsarge Mountain, Hotel on GO Kearsarge Mountain, origination of name GO ​ Kearsarge School D istrict #4 - 1897 GO Kearsarge School History (newsletter article - page 6) GO ​ Kearsarge, U.S.S. battleship, naming of GO Kelley, Carroll W - obit GO Kelley, Jean - pic GO Kennison family GO Ken's Coffee Shop - Glen - picture GO ​ King, Bill - Newsletter Interview Page 6 GO ​ King Philip's War (king Philip was an Indian ) GO Knight, Brian - family storiesGO Knight, Charles Edward - Railroad Signal reports GO Knight, Charles Edward - family photoGO Knight, George - Railroad Investigation 1906GO Knight, Paul - 1940 High School ReunionGO ​ L Labbe, Edie Rose - obitGO Lady Blanche Murphy HouseGO Lady Blanche Murphy 1883 Newspaper ArticleGO Lady Blanche House Story by Dick GoffGO Langdon House, IntervaleGO Laughlin, killed in fall from Mt. StantonGO LeBar, Carrie - Lone MapleGO Leich, Jef frey - HistorianGO Letter-MCRR to Formen, dangerous crossings 1909GO Levi "Pork Barrell" DumasGO Library, History of Bartlett LibraryGO Library of Congress - resources (off site link)GO Limmer Boot Company GO Limmer, Peter, Jr - obitGO Linderhoff Inn - (on Charlie's Cabins Site) GO Lindsey, 1880 DWI accident Mt Washington Auto Road kills 2, injures 5 LINKS TO other interesting local sites and referenceGO ​ LIVERMORE, AN INTRODUCTION GO Livermore, Camp #2, Group Phot o GO Livermore, Glimpses of - a Thesis (Book) by Peter Crane GO Livermore, Howarth Post Card Collection, 1919GO Livermore, Lumbering practices and Lumber Barons GO Livermore, Mary JaneGO Livermore, Mill - PhotoGO Livermore, Odds n Ends we received GO Livermore Postcard, 1907 with postmarkGO Livermore - Saunders Br others Bio GO Livermore School House 1928 - pictureGO Livermore, Shackford era & Janet Hounsel Article GO Livermore, snowrolling, 1921 - PhotoGO Livermore, Supreme Court Case GO Livermore - Time-Line Summary GO Livermore, Tom Monahan Video GO Livermore YANKEE MAGAZINE article - 1969 GO Lobdell, Frank & CharlotteGO Lock Shop, theGO Locomotive 505 explodes in Crawford Notch 1927GO ​ Lodging Establishments Long Gone, A List GO Lodging Establishments Long Gone, A Map GO ​ Lombardi, Dr. Sled Dog Race Winner in 1963GO Lowd, Howard & SadieGO Lower Bartlett School District #1 - 1897GO Lynn, Robert Michael - obitGO Lyons, Jack O. - obitGO ​ M MacDonald, Bill, last occupant at LivermoreGO Mail Cars, RailroadGO Main Street Bartlett Village 1890's - photographGO Main Street Upper Village 1900-1920 picturesGO Malaria, NH and Bartlett, 1882GO Mallett, Alfred - early photoGO Mallett, Dale and Store- Newsletter Interview)GO Mallett, Harry - High School Class Reunion, 1940GO Mallett, Ralph - photo May 1942GO Mallett, Ralph - Newsletter Interview Page 7 - GO Mallett, Leslie - picture, storyGO Mallett LocomotivesGO Mallett, Scotty - Railroad Historian - Announcement in NewsletterGO Map, Bartlett 1892, high resolution, Rumsey MapGO opens new window Map, Bartlett, upper village area 1890GO Map, Collection of 25 early maps at WM History.orgGO Map, Cooks Crossing - 1945 small mapGO Map, Historic Lodging Establishments, some from 200 years agoGO Maps of Bartlett with property owners namesGO Map, historic lodging establishmentsGO Map, historic lodging establishments, IntervaleGO Map, Portland & Ogdensburg RailGO Map, Sawyer River RailroadGO Map, State, 1796 high resolution - Rumsey Map CollectionGO opens new window Maple Cottage, the GO Maple Dale Farm Lodging GO Maple Mountain Logging 1914 - picGO Maplewood Inn = Bartlett Village, pictureGO Marcoux, George (Red), Fire Chief - pic and storyGO Marcoux, Johnny and wife, in front of the old jail (1950)GO Marcoux, RogerGO Mark, Dewey - ProfileGO Marvel, William - Civil War Historian, U.S.S. Kearsarge itemGO Matthews Inn - formerly Pitman Annex and Walter Pitman's residence (half way down this page)GO McManus, Gerald (obit)GO Mead, HenryGO Mead Lewis, Sandra - Cabins - picsGO Mead, Lewis - PicGO Mead, Ralph & Elizabeth - Willow Cottage InnGO Mead, Ralph L. - ObitGO Medeiros, John R. - obitGO Meadowbrook Motel - Glen - picture GO Melcher, Edward (Willey Slide Rescue Party)GO Mersereau, Jimmy - obitGO Military CommitteeGO Military Veterans Information FormGO Miller, Cecile (Formerly Dudley) - obitGO Miller, Jim and Book signing event for his Storyland HistoryGO Minnie Cannell Tea Room - photo GO Monahan, John - dies at Livermore 1934GO Monahan, Phyllis Foley - obit and pictureGO Monahan, Tom - video of his memories of Livermore GO Mono-rail train at Attitash - article in ES Signal newspaperGO Mono-rail train at Attitash - picGO Montalban Ridge - origination of nameGO Moody, Bill - group photo 1933GO Morey, Florence - Photograph GO Morrell, Robert - 10th Mountain DivisionGO Morrell, Robert and Ruth - Storyland foundersGO Morrell, Robert = obitGO Morrell, Stoney = obitGO Morrow,Jim and Olive,1922 photo,Livermore-Yankee MagazineGO Morse, Robert - killed in train explosionGO Morton, Ellsworth - His Recollections: 1947 - 1952GO Morton, Marion - obitGO Morton, Peter - obitGO Moulton, John E - obitGO Moulton, Levi - brief bio sent in by Sandra StrawGO Moulton, Samuel & John - Headstone pic and what we know of them (Bottom of Page)GO Mount Kearsarge - name origination GO ​ Mount Mitten - origination of name GO Mount Surprise Cottage was in Kearsarge (still is)GO Mount Willard House - burned by railroadGO Mountain Ear Chronicles - Stories Local InterestGO Mountain Home Cabins - pic/storyGO Mountain Home Cabins - moreGO Mountain Home Cabins, 1952 aerial photo courtesy Al EliasonGO Mountains, Name origination, Sweetser Guide Book, 1918 GO Munn, Fred - engineer - 1939 photoGO Murder at a Country Inn-In-hospitable HospitalityGO Mudgett, Frank,Stephen,Herbert- Intervale House, StoryGO Murphy, Laurence A - 1940 High School ReunionGO Mystery Question??? Hannah Hall HeadstoneGO ​ ​ N Nancy Brook, Mountain - origination of nameGO Nash, Clinton - Livermore, agent representing Saunders SistersGO Nash, Tim othyGO ​ Native American Place Names and meaning GO ​ Nealley, Olive (Sterling) - 1940 Class ReunionGO Nelson, Alvar Otto: obituaryGO New England Inn (Bloodgood Farm)GO New England Ski Museum - Skiing in BartlettGO ​ Newsletters Archives, Bartlett Historical Society GO Norcross, Nicholas - ref: Livermore - Elkins Grant GO Notchland Inn - Mt Ear Chronicles - The Bernardin Era - 1984GO Nute, James and EmmalineGO Nute, James and Emmaline - pic in front of Mountain HomeGO ​ O Obed Hall's Tavern 1793 in upper villageGO Obituaries GO OConnell, Elizabeth and John - Dunrovin InnGO OConnell, Maureen L. - ObitGO Odd Fellows H all and movie theatreGO Ohlson, Verland Swede - obituary GO ONell, Daniel - obitGO Outhouse at Intervale Ski Area - newspaper articleGO Owen, Miriam (Bob Morrell's Sister) (2010 picture)GO P Pabst, Fred Jr. Intervale Ski AresGO Paine, Gail - Newsletter Interview Page 6 G O Paine, Joseph - Railroad forman - deathGO PaleoIndians GO Pariseau, Ronald - 1940 school class reunionGO Parker, Buster - fireman - pictureGO Passaconaway Chief - pictureGO Passaconaway, farewell address and last wishGO PASSACONAWAY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS Charles E Beals Jr Published in 1916 off site linkGO Patch, Anita H - obitGO Patch, Maxine Grace Anderson (obit)GO Peg Mill - A tribute to - NewsletterGO Peg Mill - Upper Village - pictureGO Peg Mill - aerial photo, 1952 - courtesy of Al EliasonGO Pendexter Mansion and Cottage - interesting post card.GO Pendexter, family story and relativesGO Pendexter Mansion - picGO Pendexter Mansion - pic and story 1886GO Pennett, Wanda - Bartlett High School and obitGO Pequawket House, the - pictureGO Perkins, Michael J. Medal of Honor, WW 1GO Pert's Camp: Clayton Smith recollectionsGO Pettengill, Edmund (Sonny)- Graduation pictureGO ​ Photo credits as applicable to this website GO PHOTOS rare views Livermore and many othersGO Pickering, Mountain - origination of nameGO Pictures only - for those who only like picturesGO Pierce Arrow Touring Sedan, 1931 - PhotoGO Pigs - Mallett LocomotivesGO Pine Cottage, the (Glen) GO Pines, The - Inn and motel in upper villageGO Pitman, Benjamin - Cedarcroft(bottom of page)GO Pitman, Family StoryGO Pitman Hall Intervale - picGO Pitman, WilliamGO Pitman, Winthrop MGO Pitmans Arch - West Side Rd - 1885 DiscoveryGO ​ Place Names, AMC Outdoors Nov 2011 - Article, Mark Bushnell GO Place Names, Mountains Names Origin (Sweetser Guide Book) GO ​ Platt, Joe - caretaker at LivermoreGO Pleasant Valley Farm - pic and story GO Pollard, Michael - obitGO Pop FoseyGO Portland & Ogdensburg Rail MapGO Portland & Ogdensburg - everything we knowGO Post Office - upper village - 1940's - photoGO Pratt Truss Bridge - Railroad - GlenGO Presidential Range - origination of mountain namesGO Proof, Barbara and Howard, Upper Bartlett VillageGO ​ Pumpkin Hollow - 1909 Rte 16A Intervale GO ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​

  • Eastern Slope Signal

    Eastern Slope Signal Newspaper Circa 1960's 90 Various News Articles From 1962 - 1967 The Eastern Slope Signal was published weekly December to March from 1962 to 1967. It was usually 8 pages per issue. It was published by the local radio station, WBNC, in Conway. Skip Sherman was the editor and it was printed at the Reporter Press Newspaper building in North Conway. Your website editor, Dave Eliason, in High School at the time, delivered the paper every Friday afternoon/evening to all the significant businesses on the northern route from North Conway to Wildcat and Bartlett Village. Skip did the Southern route as far as Osippee. It was a very popular publication at the time.to 1967. TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT PAGE LOOK FOR THE ARROWS ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE 1962 dickstimpsonExpandsRacing 1963_CranmoreChristinsChairlift Describe your image 1967_JAN_StanJudgeOfWildcat 1962 dickstimpsonExpandsRacing 1/84 logo

  • Index E to H | bartletthistory

    E Earle, Alice Morse - (16th & 17th century innkeeping in New England)GO Early Education in Bartlett GO East Branch House and picture (Intervale 1880's) GO Eastern Slope Signal Newspapers from the 1960's GO Edaville - reference to on 1957 postcard GO Eisner, Judi - 1965 drawing-(At the Bottom of page) GO Eliason, Alan 1945 GO Eliason, Alan - 1921-2013 - obit GO Eliason, Dave - Interview - Life in Bartlett GO Elkins Grant - To Become Livermore GO Elliot, MattGO Ellis River Cabins, Goodrich Falls Area - photos GO Elmcrest Inn, theGO Elmcrest Inn - picture 1940 and perhaps 1960 GO Elms Inn - Bartlett Village GO Elmwood Inn, the GO Emerson Inn - picGO Emerson, Robert - Obit GO Emery,Enoch & Humphry - family story GO Emery, Homer - purchases Livermore School house GO English Jack Off-Site-LinkGO English Jack - Picture and brief caption GO English, Jerry & DoraGO Eudy, Ephraim - Leonards brotherGO Eudy, Leonard M - Doctors Cemetery LocationGO Eudy, Leonard M - His Life and Times and his picture...GO Evans Family Reunion at Notchland - Mar 1984 - Mt Ear NewspaperGO Evans, Hattie - Family HistoryGO Evans Homestead - burned by railroad, newspaper articleGO Evans Homestead - Mt Willard House - magazine articleGO Evans Homestead with steam train, photo taken by Ray EvansGO Evans, Loring and Hattie- Life at the Willey Brook BridgeGO Evans, Loring and Hattie burial siteGO Evans, Loring - RR memoGO Evans, The Raymond Evans Photo CollectionGO F Fahey, Annie, Livermore school teacher, 1922-24 - photo/storyGO Fairview Farm - pic GO Fairview Hotel - pictures and story GO Fall, Isaac (Willey Slide Rescuer)GO Feinsdorf, Lee Hessay - at republican national convention 1920 picGO Fernald, Earle - ObitGO Fernald, Luther - at Sweet's FarmGO Field, Mountain - naming ofGO Fire destroys Business District 1893 GO Fire destroys Rogers farm buildings - 1980 pics & newspaperGO Fire destroys Stillings Tavern 18 79 GO First settlers of Bartlett - 1770's to 1790'sGO Fish, Margaret (Peg) Interview-Newsletter Page 7GO Flooding, 1936, pictures from newspapers GO Flooding, River Street, 1967 and 2011 (pictures) GO Flying Yankee Train StoryGO Foisey, PopGO Forbes, Clara and A l GO Forest, The - an Inn at upper Bartlett - picGO Forman, Barbara- obitGO Fox, Daniel - early setteler - bottom of pageGO Fosscroft Inn, Intervale - pictureGO Foss, ErnestGO Foster Farm - previously Howard FarmGO Fourth Grade Social Studies - Barbara Lucy 1963 off site resourcego Frankenstein Cliff - origination of nameGO Frankenstein, Godfrey Nicholas - Short BioGO Freddy the Firetruck (picture) (first ride at Storyland)GO French, Nathan Howe marries Mary Seavey, 1850GO ​ G Gardner, Pauline - last birth recorded at Livermore 1930GO Garland, Alice Sullivan - obitGO Garland, Clifton & Lucille - Mountain Home Cabins GO Garland, Eben - of Intervale & info from Daughter GO Garland, Eunice - obitGO Garland Inn - Upper Village GO Garland, Jean (Ludgate)GO Garland Lucille - School teacher, - a student's storyGO Garland, Richard A. 1940 High School Reunion & ObitGO Garland, Richard 1756GO Garland, Richard, one of the first five in BartlettGO Garland Ridge Cemetery before it was a cemetery 1928 PhotoGO Garland Ridge School District #3 - 1897GO Garland Ridge School early 1900's - pictureGO Garlands Store - Albany Ave - photoGO Garland's Tea Room - 1940'sGO Garlands Tea Room - picture-brief descriptionGO Garland, The - an Inn - picture (top of page)GO Gateway Cottages, the - picGO Gaudette, Linda - obitGO GenealogyGO Genealogy - Who was Who in BartlettGO General Thermostat Corp - pictureGO George, AustinGO George, Bert (Newsletter Interview Part 1)GO George, Bert (Newsletter Interview Part 2)GO George, Bert (Clarence Herbert) ObitGO George, family history and origins in BartlettGO George family at the Albany Intervale 1790'sGO George, Franklin & AlmeidaGO George, Franklin 1856GO George House, Historic, PassaconawayGO George, Timothy - FarmGO Gerling, Laura Dorothy "Dot" - ObituaryGO Gimber, WilliamGO Gimber, William & Evelyn - WoodshedGO Girouard, Robert (Donated Evans Collection Photo Scans)GO Glendennings Cabins - pictureGO Glen & Jackson Station, railroad - the whole storyGO Glen Depot - Unidentified People at Railroad StationGO Glen Depot - 1940 - pictureGO Glen Junction and Downtown Glen - Eliason Photos 1952 GO Glen Junction 1952 - high res picture GO Glen School District #2 - 1897 GO Glenwood by the Saco - Glen Lodging - pic and story GO Goff, Dick - Lady Blanche House StoryGO Gonya, Richard E - obitGO Goodrich Falls - PicGO Goodrich Falls Cabins = 1940's postcard GO Goodrich Falls School District #6 - 1897GO Gothreau, Charles Christopher - obitGO Gould, Benjamin - Obed Hall's TavernGO ​ Grant, Margaret - obit GO Grant's Store (Now Red Parka Pub 2023) GO ​ Graves, Jerry and Carolyn - Pequawket House GO Great Fire on Mt Washington, June 1908 GO Greene, Hamlin - obit GO Greenwood, Homer - Railroad Flagman - 1939 photo GO H H all, AncestryGO Hall, EbenezerGO Hall, family story and relativesGO Hall, Hannah Seavey 1790-1839 mystery headstoneGO Hall, Joseph Seavy (builder of first Summit House on Mt Washington)GO Hall, Obed 1828 GO Hall, Obed 1873GO Hall, Warren, Raymond, Roland - where do they fit in?GO Hall's Tavern (Judge Hall's Tavern) reference to GO Halls Tavern - upper village - 1790 GO Hampshire House, the Intervale = pictureGO Hannah, Sel - Bear Mountain ski study - 1962GO Hanscom, Fred E, General Store in GlenGO Hart Ledge, Location - origination of nameGO Hart, RealandGO Harts Location - High Res AxisGis MAP: Properties and ResourcesGO Harts Location - History ofGO Harts Location Town Report - 1937GO Harts Locaton - Town WebsiteGO Hatch, Ernest&Jessie House - Thorn Hill Rd 1840GO Hatch, Lucille - Obit and pictureGO Hawthorne, Nathaniel - The Ambitious Guest - 1835GO Hayes, CarrollGO Hayes, David - pictureGO Hayes, Ellen - Interview - Life in BartlettGO Hayes, HellenGO Hayes, RoseMarie (Tootsie) obitGO Headlands Inn = Intervale - photosGO Head, Jonathan - obitGO Head, Norman & Kathleen - WoodshedGO Hebb, Raymond - Class of 1940 Reunion (historian) GO Hebb Raymond - Bartlett Train Agent 1918 - 1939GO Henn, Albert - 1961 photoGO Henn, Janet - obitGO Henry Ford Museum and Concord Coach from East Branch HouseGO Henry, J.E. - Lumber BaronGO Hermit's Shelter: Recollections of Clayton SmithGO Hill cemetery, Location directionsGO Hill cemetery, pictures, September 2011 GO Hill, Earl F (Gib), obituaryGO Hill, Eugene - watchmaker, killed in landslide, 1936GO Hill, Rita - obitGO Hill, Sanford - Chippanock GO Hilltown School District #5 - 1897 GO Hilltown School District GO Hilltown Slide 1936 - pictures and story GO Hodge, Catherine AndrewsGO Hodgkins house, formerly the Garland Inn, GO Hodgkins, Fred - High School basketball photo Holiday Inn, the , Intervale picture GO Holiday Inn, the. A history with pics by Ted Houghton GO Holiday Inn Trademark Infringement Battle GO ​ Holland, Deb and Dan- Stanton Slopes lift shack renovation GO Hope, Mountain: naming of GO Hotel and Lodging Rates in 1887 GO Houle, Ray - The Yankee Peddler, Intervale GO Hounsel , Janet - Reporter & Author - obit GO Hounsell, William Bartlett High School Princ. 1922 GO House of Color - Intervale GO Howard, Ben (Newsletter Interview Page 6 ) GO Howard Farm - later Foster Farm) GO Howard, George - Newsletter Interview Page 8) GO Howard, GK - Silver Springs GO ​ Howard, GK - store invoices - bottom of page GO Howard, Granville K = Obituary 1949 GO Howard Hardware Store - picture GO ​ Howard Hotel - Bartlett Hotel - Cave Mountain House the whole story GO ​ Howard Hotel, The - Auto Blue Book Ad 1917 GO Howard Hotel, The = Original 1912 sales brochure GO Howard Hotel, The - 1910 Color Photo GO Howard, Jame s Jr, fireman - picture GO Howard, James, M. - obit GO Howard's Camp, Photos, 1930 GO Howard, Ruth Marie - obit GO Howarth, James Frederick, Livermore Post Card Collection GO Huckins, Robert - killed by bear at Crawford Notch GO Hulsman, Lorne B - Bartlett High School Principal - photo GO Hurricane 1938 - Photos or blowdowns on the Haystacks GO Hurricane Mountain Road School - Palmer House GO ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web- Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-S ite Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P ​ Web-Site Index Q to Z ​ Navigate our subject material easier: Web-Site Ind ex A to D Web-Site Index E to H Web -Sit e Index I to P We b-Site Index Q to Z ​

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    BARTLETT HISTORIC LODGING PLACES The Intervale Area Hotels & Lodging Intervale is an un-incorporated area of the Town of Bartlett View More Intervale Hotels , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , This 1952 photograph shows the northern end of what is now Rte 16A. Todays Rte 16 continues to the left, about where the little brook can be seen. The large house in the center was the Crystal Hills Lodge and Ski Dorm and later The House of Color operated by Les and Meg Brown. The little cottage complex (upper right) was known as Castner's Camps. ​ Todays Dunkin Donuts is located approximately in the upper center area. Photo credits: Alan Eliason, Top and Steve Morrill below. Our earliest knowledge of the smaller farm house near the upper center is that it was part of the Charles Farm. "The Chinese Shop" is picture at right. It is located in the vicinity of the Dundee Road on Rte 16A, know today as the 1755 House. Steve Morrill of Madison tells me that this was his Grandparents shop in 1924. His Grandmother, Gertrude, lived in China from 1913 to 1918 and his Uncle Stephen was born there. Stephen was a Captain in the OSS working alone behind enemy lines in Northern Italy during WW2. His mission was to blow up Brenner Pass to stop Nazi supply lines. Executed in 1945 The Chinese Shop in Intervale MORE INTERVALE AREA SCENES chinese BOOK REFERENCE: The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II Kindle Edition Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local partisans and sabotage the well-guarded Brenner Pass—the Nazis' crucial supply route through the Alps—thereby bringing the German war effort in Italy to a grinding halt. Wendy Brown Bridgewater, (Les Brown's daughter) who lived at the House of Color in the 1950-1960 era told me the house across the street from Crystal Hills Lodge (shown on aerial photo above) was occupied by May Young who had some affiliation with the Glen Baptist Church Choir. She was later affectionately known as "the cat lady" when she moved up the road a bit to a trailer with about 40 cats. When the Rte 16 by-pass was built I'm supposing the house was in the way and was eliminated. ​ ​ Below is Carl, Les, Meg and Wendy Brown perhaps 1956 or there-a-bouts'. They operated both the Lodge/Ski Dorm and later transitioned to The House of Color, a massive gift shop with thousands of items. They also featured a large display of native minerals and was a popular advice center for visiting "rock hounds" which was a popular past-time at the time. MORE INTERVALE AREA SCENES Upper Bartlett Glen Area Cooks Crossing Goodrich Falls Jericho Intervale Dundee West Side Road Brown View More Intervale Hotels , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Crystal Hills Lodge and ski dorm; later the house of color house of color MORE INTERVALE AREA SCENES Estimated date 1900: This Photo is near the Intervale Scenic Vista. White Horse and Cathedral Ledges. The large white building in the center was the Intervale House. The little white house towards the right side is Today's 1785 Inn - back when this photo was taken it was the Idlewild Inn. The building at the upper far left was the Clarendon Inn, which was destroyed by fire. The barns all belonged to the Cannell Family, both then and now although one was demolished to make way for the Vista Auto Shop which is there today (2020). The long barn at left was a bowling alley. The white building on the right was the Intervale Inn. The zoomed image below is part of the above picture to show the detail of the Clarendon Inn, The Intervale House and the Idlewild Inn. View More Intervale Hotels , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The picture below is the same area, but dated 1925. The Ernest and Jessie Hatch House - Thorn Hill Road Circa 1900 Photo and Story Courtesy of William Marvel and the Conway Daily Sun. In the late 1840s, John Hatch decided to give up his farm in Chocorua and move to a new one in Bartlett. He bought a homestead just below Benjamin Pitman’s place on the eastern slope of what was then known as Thorn Mountain, moving with his wife and two sons into a house that may have been built by the previous owner, Noah Sinclair. It would remain in the Hatch family for more than a century. Thorn Mountain Road was little more than a trail, which may have made the farm a bargain. Hatch and his sons, Ivory and Lorenzo, found Ben Pitman an accommodating neighbor, as neighbors often are in isolated communities, and he let them use part of his pasture until they cleared their own. Read the rest of this story at the original source. Conway Daily Sun MORE INTERVALE AREA SCENES Pumpkin Hollow - 1909: This is on today's Rte 16A and the house is still there. PumpkinHollow View More Intervale Hotels , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The Fairview Farm and Inn Fairview The Fairview Hotel was built in 1854 by Cyrus Tasker who both managed and owned the property which he purchased from John Pendexter, Jr. Cy rus expanded the property when he bought the adjoining lot and homestead from the Reverand James McMillan. Cyrus died in 1888 and left the Hotel and 1800 acres to his son William. Prior to Cyrus's death William had focused his attention on the farm but as Cyrus aged William also managed the Hotel. Mary Todd Lincoln was an overnight guest here when she came to ascend Mt. Washington and President Franklin Pierce spent two weeks one year, . In 1896 the original Fairview was destroyed by fire, was rebuilt but only survived until 1919 when it was again the victim of fire. In 1920 the farmhouse on the property was enlarged and became the Tasker family house until 1933. In 1945 Peg and Ted Weeden purchased the property and 60 acres along with the house next to the barn (now Limmers). The Weeden's used that second house as a country store, gift shop and gas station. The barn became a dance hall, Harmony Acres (Intervale Playground). The main house and seven cabins behind it were opened to tourists and Mrs Weeden provided breakfast and dinner. A later owner was Dallas Verry who sold it to Joe and Evelyn Rivers in 1979. During the late 1980's the cabins were demolished and replaced with a number of Townhouse type dwellings that occupy the property to this day (2020). View More Intervale Hotels , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , All About LIMMER BOOT COMPANY at Intervale, NH

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    , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Roads and routes MtWashAccident The 10th NH Turnpike through Crawford Notch in the White Mountains, incorporated by the NH Legislature in December 1803, ran westward from the Bartlett / Hart’s Location town line for a distance of 20 miles. In today’s terminology, that would be from about Sawyer’s Rock to the intersection of the Cog Railway Base Statio n Road with Route 302. It cost a little over $35,000 to build and it was functioning by late 1806. The intent of the investors was to build a road ......snip....... The remainder of this excellent article can be found at the website of White Mountain History. This is the LINK. WHEN WAS RTE 302 DESIGNATED ROUTE 18? From 1922 until 1935, much of what is now US 302 was a part of the New England road marking system. Route 18, from Portland, Maine, northwest to Littleton, New Hampshire , roughly 112 miles. From Littleton west to Montpelier in Vermont, US 302 and Route 18 took different paths. NE-18 took a more northerly route, along present-day New Hampshire Route 18 and Vermont Route 18 to St._Johnsbury,_Vermont likely paralleling Interstate_93 then along present-day U.S. Route 2 up to Montpelier. Current US 302 runs along a more southerly route using other former sections of New England Interstate Routes. From Littleton, it went along former Route 10 to Woodsville,_New_Hampshire then along former Route 25 to Montpelier. The entire Maine segment of US 302 was formerly designated State Route 18, a route that was established in 1926 until being deleted in 1935 by US 302. ROOSEVELT TRAIL: The Theodore Roosevelt International Highway was a transcontinental North American highway, from the era of the auto trails, through the United States and Canada that ran from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. Its length was about 4,060 miles. The eastern end of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway and the part through Bartlett and Crawford Notch was designated US 302 in 1935, and is still known in Maine as the Roosevelt Trail.[3] The highway was designated as a memorial following Theodore Roosevelt's death on January 6, 1919.[1] Michigan completed its section of the highway in the middle of 1926.[2] A 56-mile (90 km) portion of the highway over the Continental Divide through Marias Pass in northwestern Montana was not completed until 1930. Automobiles were carried over the pass in Great Northern Railway cars until the highway was finished.[4] Dedication ceremonies for the full route were held in Montana four months after the completion of the highway. The name fell into disuse after the 1930s with the 1926 designation of the United States Numbered Highway System that replaced much of its routing with numbered highway designations.[2] Road Accident, Jul 1880 A DRUNKEN DRIVER AND A TERRIBLE WAGON ACCIDENT ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. Mountain Wagon Upset and Its Occupants Thrown on to the Rocks---One Lady Killed and Five Wounded. GLEN COVE, N. H., July 11 1880 The first accident by which any passengers were ever injured on the carriage road from Glen house to the summit of Mount Washington occurred this afternoon about a mile below the Half-way House. One of the six-horse mountain wagons, containing a party of nine persons, the last load of the excursionists from Michigan to make the descent of the mountain, was tipped over. One lady was killed and five others were injured.Soon after starting from the summit the passengers discovered that the driver had been drinking while waiting for the party to descend. They left this wagon a short distance from the summit, and walked to the Halfway House, four miles, below, where one of the employees of the carriage road company assured them that there was no bad place below, and that he thought it would be safe for them to resume their seats with the driver who was with them.Soon after passing the Halfway House, in driving around a curve too rapidly, the carriage was tipped over, throwing the occupants into the woods and on the rocks. Mrs. Ira Chichester, of Allegan, Michigan, was instantly killed, and her husband, who was sitting at her side, was slightly bruised. Of the other occupants, Mrs. M. L. Tomsley, of Kalamazoo, Mich., had her left arm broken and received a slight cut on the head; Miss Jessie Barnard, of Kalamazoo, was slightly injured on the head; Miss Ella E. Meller and Mrs. C. Ferguson, of Romeo, Mich., and Miss Emma Lamb, of Howell, Mich., were slightly injured. Miss Emma Blackman, of Kalamazoo, escaped without any injuries. The wounded were brought at once to the Glen House, and received every possible care and attention, there being three physicians in attendance. Lindsey, the driver, was probably fatally injured. He had been on the road for ten years, and was considered one of the safest and most reliable drivers on the mountain. Mrs. Vanderhoot, of Chicago, also received slight internal injuries. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 13 Jul 1880

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    , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , NEW HOTEL TO OPEN IN BARTLETT VILLAGE G.K. Howard announces new Hotel will Open on July 1st of this year. Completely modern with all the convieniences todays traveller expects. Continue Here ​ REGION HOUSE SOLD Intervale Establishment Name is changed to "The Skirolean" Pinkham Associates Realtors Negotiates the sale to Tony Abry Read the details This item from Robert Girouard: The Evans Family Reunion at the Notchland Inn, Mt Ear Newspaper Article - March 1984. Also a photo of the then proprietor John Bernardin. It's Here Junior Ski Program Gets Underway Nearly 50 Bartlett Students Participate in the 1958 Program Read the details ​ Bartlett Bank & Trust Company to Open in April 1891 Clarence George, Arthur Meserve and others announce details to serve all banking needs in the Upper Village Continue on page 16 Bartlett InnKeeper Mistakes Friend for Foe and Shoots Him Dead Read the details Please Support Our Advertisers See this historic map that shows most of the old-time Lodging Establishments. If you never heard of "Obed Hall's Tavern" or "Titus Brown's Inn" it's not surprising, since they operated more than 200 years ago in Bartlett. Have a look and discover where they were. --_______ Who was Titus Brown?_________________________ I found out and here is the info. November 1949 G.K. Howard, Prominent Citizen of Upper Bartlett, has Died. Details__________ Drunken Wagon Driver Crashes on Mt Washington. 1 KILLED; 5 WOUNDED First injuries ever on famed road Read the details ​ ​ Concord Evening Monitor 1893 DISASTER STRIKES: Fire Sunday Destroys Entire Business District in Bartlett Get The Whole Story Here The Bartlett Express Remembers Elwood Dinsmore. 50 years of Railroading and 50 years in the garage/wrecker business. See his picture and read about him here. Were you in the 8th grade at the Bartlett School in the mid 1950's ? We found this picture of all you folks Perkins, Relative of Local Man, Receives Congressional Medal of Honor Read the details________ NEW CONTRIBUTION FROM RAYMOND HEBB: IMAGINE, IT IS JUNE 17, 1960 and The Bartlett High School Class of 1940 is having their 20th Reunion. Thanks to Mr. Hebb who saved all the details. There are names here you might remember. _____Take a look here.. .......... How Did Frankenstein Cliff Get Its Name? Who is Carroll County named for? Answers to these and many more at Origination of Place Names; HERE I acquired an 1883 Newspaper Article by A.A. Smith in the Kennebec Reporter in Gardiner Maine. It describes the life of LADY BLANCHE MURPHY in delightful detail and how she went from Aristocrat to Pauper in pursuit of her ideals. It's at this page hebb

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    , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10th Mountain Division 'Tales of the 10th' Features Familiar Faces MARTY BASCH, NH.com September 1, 2006 Young eyes peer from faces in the black and white photographs. Wavy hair or piercing looks, they are faces of men in their youth during a time of war. From training on the slopes of Colorado to the battle with the Germans on Italy’s Riva Ridge, the photos are of the men of the 10th Mountain Division and the names are linked to skiing in the valley and beyond. Name s like Herbert Schneider, Thad Thorne, Nathan Morrell, Robert Morrell and Brad Boynton are among those that fill the pages of “Tales of the 10th: The Mountain Troops and American Skiing” ($20, New England Ski Museum) It is written by North Conway’s Jeffrey Leich, executive director of the New England Ski Museum. “Hundreds of 10th veterans are influential in the ski business,” said Leich. “These guys were influential as well as hundreds of others.” The book is a glimpse into World War II and the evolution of the 10th, how it attracted some of the best skiers of the time, how they trained in Camp Hale, how they fought and the impact these men had on postwar skiing and mountaineering. Packed with photos and a bundle of stories, the book also provides a look into the history of war and skiing, from the a pair of Birkenbeiners skiing a two-year old Norwegian king Hakon Hakonsson to safety in 1205 to the ingenious Finns who battled the Russians in the Russian-Finnish War. The Schneider name is synonymous with Mount Washington Valley skiing. Hannes Schneider, who’s likeness is captured in a Cranmore statue, was a World War I mountain trooper. Son, Herbert, who sports a mustache, crossed arms and a huge smile in one photo, was given a Bronze star for his participation in combat during World War II. After the war, he returned to North Conway, eventually running Cranmore’s Hannes Schneider Ski School and becoming part owner. Thad Thorne was a platoon sergeant and spent much of the war in Luzon and then Japan. He spent more time in the Army, including a stint in the Korean War. In time, he served seven years as Wildcat’s first ski patrol director and then moved on to the development of Attitash, working his way along the ladder as operations manager, general manager and president. As a ski consultant, he aided in the plans for Loon and Wilderness in Dixville Notch. A shot of Brad Boynton in Tuckerman Ravine graces the book’s pages. Before the war, Boynton was a ski instructor in Jackson, along with future 10th Division members like Bob Morrell and Arthur Ducette. Boynton was one of the founding members of the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation. Bob Morrell started up Storyland in the late 1950’s while Nate Morrell continued to be active with the 10th after the war, serving for many years as chairman of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division. In one photo, the photographer is photographed. A lone skier schusses down the south slope of Homestake Peak in Colorado. The skier is Winston Pote, a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer. He went on capture much of the New England skiing landscape, Tuckerman Ravine in particular, in his pictures. Bob Monahan, who chose the training site at Camp Hale in Colorado, later went on to found the Mount Washington Observatory. “One of the things that changed American skiing about the 10th was they took all these eastern skiers and put them in the Colorado Rockies in Camp Hale,” Leich said. “After the war, one could make a case, that without that the development of skiing in Colorado could have been slower.” Looking ahead, a number of 10th veterans are expected for the Schneider Cup at Cranmore March 12 and 13. Leich is planning to orchestrate a book signing with them. Also, research is underway for a spring exhibit at the New England Ski Museum focusing on the Civilian Conservation Corps and its trails. Seventy-five years ago the CCC began cutting trails and ski areas sprung up around many like Cannon and the Taft Trail, the Tecumseh Trail at Waterville Valley and Wildcat’s Wildcat. Bits and Pieces ​ Bartlett, NH Tavern Fire, Apr 1879 THE BARTLETT FIRE.----Our Conway correspondent writes that the loss to Mr. N. T. Stillings of Bartlett, whose tavern stand and out-buildings were destroyed by fire on the 3d, is $5000, with no insurance. The loss will be a heavy one to Mr. S., whose popular tavern and stage lines were so well known among the pilgrims to "the Switzerland of America." The fire is thought to have originated from a defective chimney. The family of Mr. S, was away at the time of the fire. The New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, NH 13 Apr 1879 stillings fire

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    Intervale Area Hotels & Inns Crystal Hills Lodge and ski dorm; later the house of color Upper Village Area Intervale Area Glen Area Historic Lodging Map Historic Lodging Map Below are Carl, Les, Meg and Wendy Brown perhaps 1956 or there-a-bouts'. They operated both the Lodge/Ski Dorm and later transitioned to The House of Color, a massive gift shop with thousands of items. They also featured a large display of native minerals and was a popular advice center for visiting "rock hounds" which was a popular past-time at the time. brown

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