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SECTION T - U - V , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Rita A. Tibbetts, 74, passed away at the Charleston Nursing Home in Danville, Ky. on March 15, 2011 after a long illness. Rita was born in Bartlett and spent her childhood years there. She attended the Bartlett School system and graduated in 1955 as the valedictorian of her class. After high school she remained in Bartlett for the next 20 years where she was employed by the Kearsage Peg Mill. After her marriage to Robert she left Bartlett and moved to Lexington, Ky. and with a few moves in the interim finally settled in Danville, Kentucky where she lived out the remainder of her life. Rita was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. Her family meant the world to her and she would display that at all times by making sure they felt loved and were happy. She was beloved by all that knew her and will sorely be missed by all. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Robert S. Tibbetts; a son, Jonathan A. Mulkern and his wife, Rochelle, of Bartlett; a daughter, Tricia J. Beckham and her husband, William, of Lexington, Ky.; four grandsons, Jackson and Grant Beckham and Shea and Finnian Mulkern; two sisters, Gloria C. Grant, of Houston, Texas, and Brenda J. Stoner, of Gilford; two brothers, Richard E. Clemons, of Capon Bridge, W. Va., and Ralph C. Clemons Jr., of Raleigh, N.C., along with several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Ralph C. Clemons Sr., mother, Floris M. Clemons, and brother, John G. Clemons. The funeral and committal services will be on Saturday, March 26, at 11 a.m. in the Bartlett Union Congregational Church in Bartlett with refreshments after in the church basement. The family requests that in lieu of flowers that donations are made to the Bartlett Union Congregational Church P.O. Box 132 Bartlett, NH, 03812. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements. -------------------------------------------- Robert (Bob) Simon Tibbetts Jr., 77, of Danville, Ky., took his final ride on his beloved Harley Davidson on June 25, 2025. Born on April 14, 1948, in North Conway, N.H., Bob was the son of the late Robert and Althea Tibbetts . He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1967-70, an experience that shaped his deep respect for service and camaraderie. After returning home, Bob began his career as a lineman with Bell Telephone in Conway, N.H. When layoffs hit, Bob showed his trademark resilience, working for a time at Clinton Guptill ’s Shell station in Glen, N.H. He then found his calling in law enforcement, serving with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department. After graduating from the New Hampshire Police Academy, he began his career as a deputy sheriff, a role he took great pride in. In the mid-1970s, Bob and his family made a new home in Lexington, Ky ., where he embarked on a long and fulfilling career in telecommunications with Bell South (now AT& T) as a Staff Manager Engineer. He remained there until his retirement in 2008, grateful for the professional challenges and friendships he found along the way. Bob was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Rita Tibbetts . He leaves behind his daughter, Tricia (William) Beckham of Nicholasville, Ky., and his son, Jonathan (Rochelle) Mulkern of Bartlett, N.H. He was a proud and loving grandfather to Jackson and Grant Beckham of Lexington, Ky., and Shea and Finnian Mulkern of Bartlett, N.H. Bob is also survived by his brother, Scott Tibbetts (Lori) of Denmark, Maine . An outdoorsman at heart, Bob loved hiking, skiing, fishing, hunting and especially riding his motorcycle. He was a dedicated member of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA) , where he earned the road name “Crash.” Through countless rides and events, Bob found purpose supporting fellow veterans and giving back to the community he cherished. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all his brothers and sisters in arms. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Bob “Crash” Tibbetts’ name to the CVMA scholarship fund at tinyurl.com/vvwc6a6y or by cash/ check to: CVMA KY 1-1 102 Browning Dr., Georgetown, KY 40324 (please note donation is in his name). Memorial Visitation: Kerr Brothers, 3421 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, Ky., July 9, 2025, 5-8 p.m. Memorial Visitation: Furber Funeral Home, 2925 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, N.H., July 16, 2025, 10 a.m.-noon. Family graveside burial to follow at 1 p.m. Final resting place: Garland Ridge Cemetery, Route 302, Bartlett, N.H. ======================================== Thaddeus Thorne, surveyor, businessman, forester, fisherman, community leader, ski industry pioneer, entrepreneur, and beloved patriarch, died on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at his home in South Conway, with many of his large family at his bedside. ( Photo below, 1983 at Attitash) Born May 25, 1924, in Pasadena, Calif., Thad was the eldest child of Harold W. and Margaret Comstock Thorne. He grew up in New Canaan, Conn., and spent his summers on Conway Lake in New Hampshire. When the U.S. entered World War II, Thad enlisted in the newly activated 10th Mountain Division, training on skis at Camp Hale in Colorado. As an army lieutenant, Thad saw action in the Pacific and was involved in the occupation of Japan. In 1951, he was recalled to duty and stationed in Germany. After World War II, Thad graduated from the forestry program at the University of New Hampshire, where he met his future wife, Virginia Chandler. They were married in 1949. He went on to earn a master's degree in forestry from the University of Michigan and then moved back to South Conway, where he and Virginia bought an old farmhouse and raised seven children. Thad enjoyed physical labor, clearing fields around his house, often pulling out the logs with his team of oxen. When Thad first moved to South Conway in the early 1950s, he opened his own survey business, Thaddeus Thorne Surveys. One of his earliest projects took him to Panama, where he explored and surveyed an extensive tract of land. Throughout his life Thad was involved in many aspects of the ski business. He ran the ski patrol at Wildcat, took part in the original planning of Attitash Mountain, served as president and general manager of the Attitash Ski Area for over 20 years, and designed ski trails for many resorts throughout New England. When Thad retired from the ski business he began a lumber milling business, which he enjoyed running for the next fifteen years. In addition, he spent many summers working as a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska. (Photo at Camp Hale Dormitories) For numerous years he also served the Conway community as both a selectman and member of the Planning Board. More recently, he took pride in his role as chair of the fundraising campaign to build the Ham Ice Arena in the Mount Washington Valley. Thad loved his large family. He cherished time spent with his many grandchildren. He traveled to places like Fiji, China, and Costa Rica with his adventurous relatives. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, skied the Haute Route across the Alps from France to Italy, and explored the jungles of Samoa. He especially loved fly-fishing in the New Hampshire lakes and rivers. As an outdoorsman and nature lover, Thad believed strongly in permanently protecting the lands and waters that enriched his life. Before he died, he placed most of his land in conservation easement. (Photo above, selling tickets at Attitash 1973) Thad Thorne will be remembered for his accomplishments, about which he was most humble, but also for his strong, persuasive and engaging personality. His was always a hearty greeting and firm handshake. He told a great story. He had an iron sense of ethics, unswayed by money or position. He was accepting of everyone, and formed strong bonds with the people he met through his many pursuits. All who knew him will miss his extraordinary presence. (photo above, training exercise at Camp Hale) He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Virginia Chandler Thorne; his two sisters, Mary Thorne Gould and Lydia Thorne Lucy and their husbands, Kingdon Gould, Jr. and Chester Lucy; his brother, Harold Thorne and wife, Evelyn McKinstry; his seven children, September Thorne Neville and husband, Richard, Halorie Thorne Rintel and husband, Theodor, Harvest Thorne Doucette and husband, James, Debony Thorne, Trillium Thorne Evans and husband, Mark, Thaddeus C. Thorne and wife, Elizabeth, and Jason Thorne; 22 grandchildren; and one great grandson. A celebration of Thad Thorne’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, , at the Thorne Residence at 312 Gulf Road in South Conway. (Photo at South Conway 2011) In lieu of flowers, donations in Thad’s memory may be made to: The Upper Saco Valley Land Trust, PO Box 424, North Conway, NH, 03860 or The Ham Ice Arena, 87 West Main Street, Conway, NH, 03818. Related Tom Eastman Article ... UNH Magazine Winter 2011 "Mountain Men" ---------------------------------------------------------- (Thad's Brother) Harold "Harry" Wooster Thorne Jr. (1927- 2016) of Oakland, Calif., and South Conway died at home on Nov. 25, 2016, a few hours after Thanksgiving Day. Born in Pasadena, Calif., Harry was the son of Harold Wooster Thorne and Margaret Comstock Thorne. His family moved to New Canaan, Conn., where Harry grew up. He graduated from Middlesex School in Concord, Mass., served in the Army until the end of World War II, and graduated from Yale in 1949. Harry drove from New Hampshire to San Francisco in 1950 and began working for the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., leaving three years later to begin his career as an insurance broker with Johnson and Higgins. He was head of their international department when he retired in 1988. Harry and Evelyn (Muffy) McKinstry were married in 1952 and lived in Oakland, where their three children were born and raised. Their house of 40 years was destroyed in the 1991 Oakland fire. They rebuilt on the same property and lived there until 2014 when they moved to an apartment on Lake Merritt. Harry enjoyed all aspects of the great outdoors, especially fishing, backpacking, and whitewater canoeing. He and a great friend went steelhead fishing on the Klamath River every fall for three decades. Harry loved playing all sports and was able to play tennis until he was 88. While he relished competition, sportsmanship and giving his opponent a good experience were always his top priorities. Harry and Muffy spent parts of 18 summer vacations bicycling in Europe and the last 30 summers in South Conway, where Harry visited as a young boy and where his parents retired. Harry looked forward to spending holidays and the summer in South Conway with his immediate and extended family. Conway Lake and its preservation were particularly close to his heart. He loved fishing in a canoe alone or with a family member and came to know every rock, and perhaps every fish, along the shoreline near his house. Harry will be remembered for his huge, genuine smile, his respect for all people and his planet, and his absolute devotion to his family, his friends and the loons on Conway Lake. He set an extraordinary example of humility, generosity and civility. Harry is survived by his wife, Muffy; sons, Charles and his wife, Alisa, and Nathan and his wife, Margaret; daughter, Ann Whalen and her husband, Timothy; six grandchildren, Wells, Nathan and his wife, Natalie, Nicholas and his wife, Alexandra, Andrew, Harry, and Ellen Whalen; sisters, Mary Gould and her husband, Kingdon, Lydia Lucy and her husband, Chester; and sister-in-law, Virginia. Harry was predeceased by his brother, Thaddeus Thorne. Harry was devoted to environmental causes, particularly those dedicated to rivers and freshwater. Gifts in his memory may be made to Friends of the Earth, 1101-15th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, Friends of the River,1418 20th Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95811 or The Conway Lake Association, P.O. Box 803, Center Conway, NH 03813. At Harry's request, there will be no service. Dale W. Trecarten, 75, of Bartlett, N.H., died Aug. 24, 2019, at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway. Born in Lewiston, Maine, the son of Sanford and Gertrude (Stanton) Trecarten, he was a lifelong resident of Bartlett, N.H. He was a graduate of Kennett High School, Class of 1963 in Conway. Dale had worked on the family farm for many years and had been employed at the former Peg Mill in Bartlett and he also worked at Attitash and Cranmore ski areas and at Story Land in Glen, N.H. He had been a member of the Grange and a former Boy Scout leader. The family includes his wife, Catherine (Johnson) Trecarten of Bartlett; three stepchildren, Jennie, Heidi and Lori and their families and many cousins. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Aug. 29, at 11 a.m. in the Bartlett Village Cemetery in Bartlett. Visiting hours will be Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway. Donations may be sent to the Bartlett Jackson Ambulance Service in Glen. To send a message of condolence or for more information, go to furberandwhite.com . __________________________________ Geraldine Disbrow Tilton, affectionately known as “Gerry” or “Gram” passed away on July 10, 2024, in North Conway, N.H., surrounded by her family. Gerry was born in Binghamton, N.Y., on Dec. 14, 1937, to Clarence and Viola Disbrow. She moved to the Mount Washington Valley in the 1960s, quickly fitting right into the area. She lived a life marked by kindness, devotion and service to the community. Gerry dedicated 25 years as a secretary to the Josiah Bartlett Elementary School. Many have spoken of how she was such an important part of their childhoods and have fond memories of her during their formative school years. She also served as a minister in many different roles for over 20 years. You could say she wore many hats. She spent countless hours every year laboring to make the best blueberry crisp which could be found at the church booth at the Fryeburg Fair. She was also a Justice of the Peace, Notary and had her own daycare while her children were young. She was a fierce advocate for victims of domestic and sexual violence and was an integral part of the creation of the Conway division of the organization Starting Point. Known for her caring nature and ever present willingness to lend a listening ear, she was often called an earth angel by those who knew her. Her love for the Lord was profound and she set an example of it every day. She found pleasure in the little things in life such as crossword puzzles and bird watching; both reflecting her peaceful and thoughtful nature. She leaves behind her legacy of kindness and service and will be cherished and remembered by all that knew her. Her family will especially miss her unique home made coleslaw as it was always a crowd favorite and requested at all family gatherings. Preceded in death by her husband of 22 years Richard Tilton ; daughter Colleen Allen ; grandson Ethan Allen; and stepson David Tilton. She is survived by her son Craig France and his wife, Nancy; son Charles Thompson and his wife, Kimberlee; stepson Dickie Tilton and wife, Linda; stepdaughter Kathleen Turner and her husband, Kenneth; stepdaughter Mary; stepson Jeffery Tilton and wife, Tracy; granddaughters, Melissa Rendleman and Jenny France; step-granddaughters, Alleson Huckaby and Sarah Talbot; grandsons, Dustin Allen, Seth Allen and Liam Thompson; great-grandsons, Jordan Devon Jackson, Ryan Rendleman, Ryon Pandora-Allen and Rhett Walker; great-granddaughters, Marilyn Allen, Beatrice Allen and Colleen Allen; and many more nieces and nephews. Every winter Gram would do a “snow dance” to hurry along winter as it was her favorite season. This winter when the first snowflakes falls, we are sure it will be her dancing up in Heaven. She will be missed by many, but she will live on in the hearts of all those whose lives have been touched by her. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 10 at the First Church of Christ UCC at 2521 White Mountain Highway in North Conway. Following the funeral, the family would like to invite you to her celebration of life at the Red Parka Pub in Glen, N.H., from noon to 2 p.m. Both the funeral and celebration of life will be open to the public. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Gerry’s name to Jen’s Friends. === =================================================== Richard D. Tilton, 79, of Bartlett died on Jan. 25, 2005 at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway from complications of emphysema. Born in Haverhill, Mass., the son of Sewall and Elizabeth (McGall) Tilton, he moved to Jackson in 1965 and later to Bartlett. He was a corpsman in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked for Thomas & Betts, an electrical equipment company, for many years as a salesman. Later he owned and operated a doughnut shop in Laconia and then moved back to the Bartlett-Jackson area and did maintenance at the former Barnabys Restaurant in North Conway. He also operated Grandpas Toy Shop and sold his toys at area craft fairs.Dick was a member of the Bartlett and Jackson yoked churches and served as Moderator and Deacon in the Jackson Community Church. He was an avid fisherman and loved to sing. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Gerry (Disbrow) Tilton of Bartlett; three sons, Dick Tilton of Maui, Jeff Tilton of Intervale, and David Tilton and his wife Nancy of North Conway; two daughters, Kathleen Turner and her husband Kenneth of Concord and Mary Tilton of Madison; three step-children, Colleen Allen of Bartlett, Craig France and his wife Nancy of North Conway, and Charles Thompson of Glen; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several cousins, nieces, and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Kenneth Tilton of Dunnellon, FL. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. in the First Church of Christ Congregational in North Conway with the Rev. Dr. Donald F. Derse, pastor, officiating. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to the First Church of Christ Congregational, P.O. Box 401, North Conway, NH 03860 or to the Bartlett-Jackson Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 422, Glen, NH 03838-0422.The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.==== HarryThorne RitaTibbetts ThadThorne DaleTrecarten GerryTilton DickTilton BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE Tilton Richard BobTibbetts Anchor 2

Bemis NH at Crawford Notch , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , BEMIS at Crawford Notch Idyllic scene on the Roosevelt Highway at Bemis, perhaps 1920's. Dr Bemis's stone house is seen at left. Notchland and Samuel Bemis By Rick Russack From the website "White Mountain History.org" . You can read this article there if you can find it. Since many "off-site links" go bad over time this editor has taken the liberty of copying parts of the story below. By the time Samuel Bemis died in May of 1881, he owned nearly 6,000 acres in Hart's Location. His most visible, and lasting legacy, is Notchland, the granite mansion he designed and built, using granite quarried on his own land along the Sawyer River. He would eventually own Abel Crawford's Mount Crawford Tavern , he allowed the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad to build their railroad through Crawford Notch on his land for one dollar, he was a progressive farmer who won awards for his apples and produce, he owned a sawmill, he gave his name to Mt. Bemis, he named other landmarks for friends, most notably Frankenstein Cliffs for the artist Godfrey Frankenstein, and he will always be remembered as perhaps the first landscape photographer in this country. Samuel Bemis was born in Putney, Vermont in June, 1793. Young Samuel learned clock and watch making from his father. Samuel moved to Boston, in 1812, and found work as a clockmaker. Bemis was of a mechanical and inventive mind. He made a surveying instrument, designed a "painless" tooth extraction tool for a dentist friend, and substantially improved upon the false teeth of the day. He became a dentist in early 1822. He made his first trip to the White Mountain in 1833, staying at Ethan Allen Crawford's Old Moosehead Tavern. Bemis visited the White Mountains every year thereafter, with Abel Crawford's Mt. Crawford Tavern becoming his destination after 1836. As time went on, Bemis frequently loaned money to Crawford, and Crawford's son-in-law, Nathaniel Davis, taking a mortgage on their Mt. Crawford Tavern in return. Abel Crawford died in 1851 and Davis took over running the tavern. By 1855, Davis's health and financial condition had deteriorated to the point where he could not continue running the tavern and he asked Bemis to foreclose on the mortgages, which he did. It was a friendly transaction; Bemis and the Crawford and Davis families remained friends. Bemis was one of the first, if not THE first, American landscape photographer. On April 15, 1840 he purchased one of the first daguerreotype cameras sold in this country and immediately began to experiment with the new process, taking his first image just four days later. He took his first photograph in the White Mountains in June of that year and continued creating photographs in the area until 1843. Roughly half of his surviving daguerreotypes are in the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY with the others are in public and private collections. In addition to being remembered for his photography, he will long be remembered as the builder of the amazing granite mansion, Notchland, in Hart's Location. He designed the building and supervised its construction in the 1860s. It took about a decade to build and he was finally able to move in on Christmas Eve, 1870. The mansion, as Dr. Bemis called it, is entirely of stone. Even the posts in the basement are cut granite and the fireplace is supported on granite lintels supported by granite posts. The sills are granite. Bemis quarried the granite on his own land, from a quarry along the Sawyer River. It's in the woods today, but the evidence of the work done there is clear. A full telling of the Samuel Bemis story could fill a book. In addition to watchmaker, dentist, and daguerreotypist, his list of accomplishments is long. Dr, Bemis was a friend of Godfrey Frankenstein, prominent painter of the White Mountain School of Art. Bemis named the Frankenstein Cliff after his friend. A Frankenstein portrait of Bemis hangs in Notchland today. Bemis was an investor in several railroads and cooperated with the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad when they were building their railroad through Crawford Notch. He gave them a right-of-way over his land and allowing the construction crews to live in the old Mt. Crawford Tavern. Samuel Bemis died a wealthy man in 1881. He owned his mansion and several thousand acres in Crawford Notch. He never married and left all his property to George Morey, his long-time friend, caretaker, and manager of his farm. Dr. Bemis is buried in a small cemetery behind his home. Morey's daughter-in-law, Florence, eventually become the owner of the property. She operated the house as The Inn Unique, a small hotel. After her death, it was vacant for several years, and is now, once again known as Notchland, and open to the public as a Bed and Breakfast Inn and restaurant. The Bemis House in Crawford Notch, Later Madam Morey's Inn Unique, and Now The Notchland Inn. It was constructed from granite quarried on the site over a ten year period beginning in 1860. Read the entire Dr. Bemis story at White Mountain History,Org. HERE (it will open in a new window) (Link OK, Dec 2024) As a side note to the reference "Madam Morey", Merle Burke of Bartlett worked for Florence Morey and said, "When he was twelve, I called Mrs Morey 'Madam' -- not knowing any better. Luckily she didn't hear me. But, after I said it, I thought my two Uncles, Pep and Jake and my grandfather Joe were going to snatch me bald-headed and pull my ears out. I learned a lesson that day! I read one time in the Conway Daily Sun, where someone said that she liked to be called 'Madam.' Well, I knew her for a long time and, I never knew of anyone ever calling her Madam to her face!!" REF: In Marion Varney's "Harts Location in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire's Smallest Town", published 1997, there is reference to the title, "Madam" on page 136: "She commenced her long reign as the Madam of Harts Location, as she preferred to be known, in 1928 when she was elected Town Clerk and Selectman." Since the author, Marion Varney, was a neighbor of Florence Morey there must be some truth to this statement. Two Paintings by Godfrey Frankenstein. The details of this artist could make a whole side story. He was enamored with Niagara Falls. READ WHAT I FOUND ABOUT HIM HERE A view looking west. The Dr. Bemis house at left. Crawford's Tavern is at the right. The cleared area has since grown into a forest. Rare 1870's photo of Crawford's Tavern at Bemis (left) and the Bemis Mansion on the right. Appears to be recently after a flood. The donor believes the picture was taken in the late 1870's. Photo Credit: Judith V. Hoell. Madam Morey's Inn Unique. She named and operated the Inn after it was bequeathed to her and George Morey, who had been Dr. Bemis' caretaker. She was also a N.H. State Representative. After Madam Morey's death the Inn was unused for a time. I n the 1980's it was purchased by John and Pat Bernardin who re-modeled eleven of the guest rooms and opened for business. They subsequently sold the business to it's current owners after their son's suicide. In the mid 1990's the Inn was purchased by Ed Butler and Les Schoof, along with their Berners, Crawford and Abby. As of this writing (2015) They still operate it as The Notchland Inn. You can see their current endeavors at website, where they have included a short history of the Inn. Unique Butler Schoof Bernardin Moosehead BemisHousePic RosseveltHiwyPic BemisPaintings Frankenstein BemisBio Morey CrawTavern1860

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 Logging Railroads in bartlett More Railroad Pages - Menu Top Right... There were three logging railroads in Bartlett: Bartlett and Albany Railroad East Branch Railroad Rocky Branch Railroad Sawyer River Railroad at Livermore Scotty is working on this page

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 Commerce in Bartlett 1890 to 1960 Upper Village Area Albany Avenue From 1900 to the early 1980's every day in Bartlett Village began with the 7 a.m. steam whistle at the Peg Mill which could be easily heard for several miles around. The noon break was similarly begun, and the day ended, at 5 p.m. when the final whistle of the day was sounded. For many, life revolved around the plaintive signal from the Mill. When the first settlers arrived in Bartlett in the 1790's today's Upper Village was the "end of the line" as far as passable roads were concerned. It was not until 1807 when the Tenth Mountain Turnpike was completed through Crawford Notch that the Village became an important mid-way point along the way from Lancaster to Portland. It opened the way for artists and writers to more easily visit the area and through their written accounts and paintings the tourist industry was born. Teamsters in great caravans a quarter mile long, sometimes stopped in the Village and several stage lines also brought travelers who would stay the night before continuing through the Notch. It would be another seventy years until the boom generated by the railroad passing through town gave the Village a memorable boost. Before the railroad came to Bartlett most activity revolved around self sufficient farming and small lodging houses. The population was about 670 in all of Bartlett. With the coming of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad in 1873, The Village of Bartlett realized a dramatic increase in population and commerce. The demand increased more when the railroad was completed through Crawford Notch in 1875. Unlike today, 100 years ago Bartlett Village was a bustling place. By 1890 the population was about 1200 but that number was about triple that during the summer months. The precise history of exactly where many of the business were located is sketchy however; In 1893 (or 1896 depending which story you believe) the entire Village business district was destroyed by a fire that spread with lightening like rapidity. Within 2-½ hours but one store was left in the place. Fourteen families had been burned out and the Maine Central Railway Station, restaurant, and freight depot, together with the post office were destroyed. The other principal losses included: Mr. & Mrs. Foster, general store, -P.J. Martin, general store, - F. Garland, drugs and jewelry, -E.O. Garland building -J. Emery house, - J. Head house -H.E. Brooks grocery store, -H.L. Towle’s building, - A.L. Meserve building, -Miss Emily A. Merserve's tenement block, - Miss Bates, millinery. The primary point being that most of the buildings in the Village Business area must be newer than the 1893 fire. Considering the great numbers of businesses that thrived here it is a little surprising that so few of them are remembered in any great detail or even where they were located. Below is Albany Ave, 1915, looking North. Church steps on left, Post Office on the right and Howard Hotel. Various sources identify these businesses as existing in the Village area about 1890: (We might assume that many of these were destroyed in the 1893 fire) George Brothers Drygoods, Gents Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; P.J. Martin, Clothing, Gents Furnishings and Undertaking; W.S.Foster - Livery & Boarding Stable; Frank Simono, Barber & Shoemaker; P. Fortier, Barber; H.L. Brooks & Co. Groceries-Meats-Provisions; E. Sarson, General Store E.O. Garland General Mdse; Garland, Howard & Co, General Merchandise; Ed Butler, Groceries, Confectionery & Cigars; F.E. Garland, Drugs & Jewelry; Geo. M. Knowles, Newsroom & Barber By the 1920's the following business names were added to the list: The Howard Garage, repairs and gasoline, air and storage; Garland's Ice Cream Parlor and Tea Room; James Donahue's General Store; Garland Bros. Drug Store; In addition to these endeavors the Village also had a movie theater showing first "the silents" followed years later by "the talkies" , a pool room, a Village Band, two Doctors, two Churches and there was a bowling alley on River Street. The Bartlett Free Public Library (established in 1896) was housed on the lower level of the Congregational Church. The Village also had its own jail located just off Albany Avenue on the south side of the railroad tracks. One must remember that during these days there were no paved roads between Bartlett and Portland and most traffic came and went by train. Additionally there were at least a dozen Inns and lodging places in the Village that served the travelling public. For a time, Upper Bartlett Village was "the place to be", out-ranking nearby North Conway, which holds that distinction today. Garland's Store, Barbershop and Post Office on Albany Ave. No Date was provided but probably in the 1940-1950 range. Garlands was a drug store, but also sold clothing, footwear and hardware. This building is on Albany Avenue, just across the tracks on the right...Most recently it has been transformed to apartments. The brown building at the center of the lower picture was most recently Jacobson's Grocery Store. Now (2019) the building is gone and now a vacant lot. Sidebar Pictured above is the G.K. Howard Store, also on Albany Avenue. Later it was The General Thermostat Factory. Driving south on Albany Ave towards Bear Notch Road it was just across the tracks on the left. Today there are some condo type units in the same spot. There was a building just before the tracks on the right that housed Wimpy Thurston's Grocery Store, later operated by the Jacobson's. The building looked similar to the GK Howard Store but without the dormers. Today that site is an empty lot. Mr. Howard at his office, below. The line down the right side of the picture is not a wrinkle...it's an electric wire. Granville K Howard Mr. Howard was born in Hartford, Vt., in 1864, he was graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1886 and always kept up his interests in the activities of the college. In 1887 he married Nellie Bailey of Landgrove, Vt., and two years later he moved to Bartlett. From that time until his retirement in 1946 he was active in business, conducting a general store. In 1912 he built the Howard Hotel, which would later be known as the Bartlett Hotel. He owned "Howard's Camps" , which later became Silver Springs Campground. The Dunrovin Inn was originally the private Residence of GK Howard and before he opened the Howard Hotel he had taken in travelers at this location. Mr. Howard held many town offices, having served as selectman and as a member of the school board. He was instrumental in forming the Bartlett Water Precinct of which he was treasurer for 51 years. Always interested in the welfare of the town, one of his last acts was to give a plot of land opposite the hotel for a public park . For many years he was active in Osceola Lodge, I. O. O. F., He died in November of 1949. The Dunrovin Inn: G.K. Howard's Inn and Residence. Photo about 1940. --------------------------------- Howard's Camp , later Silver Springs Campground. 1920's: Albany Avenue looking north towards today's Route 302. The storefront was later to be Wimpy Thurston's grocery store, followed by Jacobson's grocery store and thereafter it was briefly used as living space for Peter Marcoux with a youth center downstairs. It was later demolished and is an empty lot today (2019). I don't know what store it may have been at the time of this photo, the identifying signs are not readable, even when enlarged. The building next door is the Garland Hotel and next to that is the Union Congregational Church . Across from the Church was the former James Donahue General Store , which later became Mallett's Grocery Store. 1920's: Railroad Square. The railroad tracks are just off to the right of this picture. The first house on left was where Helen Hayes lived and took in boarders. The house burned in the 1980's and was replaced with the building that is there today (2019). Next to that, with the flat roof, is the I.O.O.F (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Hall. It was also used by the Knights of Pythias. It also had a movie theater and stage for live performances. The Lloyd Chandlers live in the next house today. The steeple (if that's what it's called) of the School is visible at right top. During the 1950's and 60's the foreground area was a popular spot for impromptu baseball games on weekends or after school. With the lack of an umpire some games became very contentious often ending with the owner of the balls and bats taking his equipment and going home. Some residents of that time period might remember playing "cowboys and Indians " in the woods, a popular game, however, in Bartlett, it was played with real guns...(although probably not loaded). Meanwhile, out on main street..... In the 1930's The Main Street through Bartlett was dominated by elm trees, residences, Inns, a few restaurants and bars and automobile service stations. In 1854, Bartlett's first church, The Chapel of the Hills , occupied a spot in front of today's school. An establishment on Main Street known as the Red Rooster had a reputation as a popular "drinking" spot. A bit later, a similar establishment known as The Main Street Restaurant was operated by Eleanor Macumber across the street from Howard's Texaco . Farther west on Main Street, Bob Davis operated a home heating oil business. Bartlett Village streets were lined with mature elm trees up until the mid 1940's when the Dutch Elm disease decimated them and none remain today. Fred and Grace Garland operated Garland's Tea Room, and later it was a restaurant and ice cream parlor know simply as "Garlands". It also had a few cabins, some of which are still there today. This restaurant operated until the early 1970's and was destroyed by fire. It was located just west of today's Post Office. The What Not Shop was operated by Franklin and Almeda George from the mid 1940's. True to it's name, the store carried practically everything one could want in those days and even had an ice cream soda parlor. For quite a time they sold gasoline out front. Franklin was the Town tax collector in those days and he operated that activity from the store as well. Franklin and his wife lived right across the street in the same house that his ancestors operated as an Inn in the mid 1800's. After Franklin's death the store was operated by Dottie Howard for a few years and then by David & Debby Phanauef , who renamed it to the Bear Notch Deli. David later sold the store to The Ryans . In January of 2009 the store was completely destroyed by fire caused by an electrical problem. The top photo of the What Not Shop is from the mid 1950's The Beginning of changing times. As quickly as prosperity arrived, it departed almost as quickly, when rail passenger service on the Maine Central was discontinued in 1958. By 1983 freight service also ended and the Village fell silent, although most of the residents remained. It is interesting to note the overall decline in merchandise and service businesses from 1960 through 2020; even though the overall Town population has nearly tripled over that time span the population of the Upper Village area has remained about the same, at least as near as can be told by outward appearances. It is estimated that fewer than 500 people reside in the immediate Village area. This has been a result of changing modes of transportation and the centralization of businesses closer to the major population centers..(i.e. the Conway area) . The economic realities of operating a business in smaller local's took its toll on the Upper Village area. When zoning was implemented in the 1980's all of Albany Avenue was zoned residential, thus excluding any business activities. Despite the changes over the years it seems today's residents of the Village area are quite content with everything just as it is. The tourist industry has seen a significant change as travelers tastes and demands changed the smaller Inns and lodgings decreased correspondingly. Bartlett as a whole has prospered as Attitash and Storyland became the focus of attention supporting both the tourist business and a boom in condominium and second home construction and ownership in the town.

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 Lumbering Practices; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. BY NICK HOWE AND TAKEN FROM AN ARTICLE IN YANKEE MAGAZINE JULY 2009; SORRY THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. By Nick Howe: In 1882 most of the White Mountains land was state-owned until the middle of the 19th century; then it was more or less given away to private owners. Timber barons headed the list of recipients: Three operators divided up the Pemigewasset Wilderness, and the Kancamagus Highway runs for its entire length on the skid ways and railroad beds they built. This was the heroic age of American history and the approach of these three men defined the choices of American enterprise then and even to this day. One tract of 75,000 acres went to Daniel Saunders, an unlikely woodsman who had a law degree from Harvard and the look of a rector in an English cathedral town. Indeed, he was a highly placed authority on legal matters in the Episcopal church, and in 1876 he started a mill town at the northern edge of the wilderness that would eventually include 150 residents and up to 200 choppers in the woods. Selective cutting is the practice of taking only mature trees and leaving the rest to grow while the choppers move on to the next mature stand. This term was not in the timber baron's vocabulary or even widely understood when Mr. Saunders went to work. He was the only operator who used this method. The Saunders family was so careful that they cut over most of their land three times and still had virgin trees standing after 41 years of work. Fire was the great enemy. The timber barons were interested in only the long trunks of the trees and thus often left behind immense piles of limbs and the slender upper sections of the trees -- what the British call "lops and tops." These vast tinder boxes could be ignited by lightning, by a careless match, or even more easily, by sparks from the wood-burning locomotives of the timber railways. It's a measure of the Saunders family's devoted stewardship that no fire ever burned in their domain. The largest of the operators was J. E. Henry, who advanced into the wilderness from the Zealand Valley in the north and then from Lincoln in the west, a company town built and personally owned by Mr. Henry. He was in business from 1881 to his death in 1912, and he was relentless. His men worked 11-hour days, which were regulated by 47 posted rules, 28 of which concerned the proper care of horses. Mr. Henry paid each of his men in person while carrying a gun on his hip, and he brooked no arguments. When one of his choppers settled up his account at the end of the winter, he saw a substantial deduction for tobacco at Mr. Henry's store. "I don't use tobacco," said the chopper, "you can ask any of the men." "That's all right," snapped Mr. Henry. "It was there if you'd wanted it." The property lines of the timber barons' vast holdings were often disputed, and these were not trivial matters. The first serious disagreement involved the Saunders operation, and it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Local ingenuity settled other arguments. There was, for instance, the line along the height of land between mounts Carrigain and Kancamagus. It divided the Saunders and Henry holdings, and the two men did not agree on the exact location, so Mr. Henry sent the sheriff to arrest the Saunders choppers near the height of land, and he jailed them in Lincoln. Independent investigation found that the Henry choppers were at fault. Then Mr. Henry returned to thought and came up with a more subtle plan: It was said that he counted noses and then sent so many of his men to live in Livermore that they could form a voting majority and redefine the property lines. Unlike the judicious Saunders family, the Henry ideal was to mow the wilderness, to clear off the land so completely that logs could be rolled down the mountainsides to the skid ways and then hauled to his mills by train. These were not narrow-gauge railroad lines; they were full commercial width, and their location as well as the labyrinth of skid ways made for complicated undertakings. This was the work of Levi "Pork Barrel" Dumas, an unlettered French Canadian, whose instinct for location and gradient would be the envy of today's best civil engineers. While most loggers had a single-track operation, Mr. Henry built an empire with more than 20 deep-woods camps and more than 50 miles of railroad for six engines and extras he leased as needed; the trains would make two or three runs a day -- a top haul was 28 laden cars -- and telephone lines connected the camps and regulated traffic in "Henry's Woods." Mr. Henry's profligate ways led to three major fires: 12,000 acres burned in 1886, 10,000 in 1903, and 35,000 in 1907. Writers told of the "devastating efficiency" and "abomination of desolation" of the Henry operations. In the summer of 1907, the sky was darkened by smoke as if from a volcanic eruption. When the land had cooled, scientists declared that the ground was profoundly destroyed, that it was sterilized into the upper layers of bedrock, and that no green thing might ever grow there again. When the Henrys sold out in 1917, they transferred 100,000 acres largely given to stumps and ashes. The third member of this epochal trio was Oakleigh Thorne , who started into the wilderness from Conway on the east side. He was as different from the other two giants of the Pemigewasset as they were from each other; he was a cultured New York financier and a member of the Tennis and Racquet Club and the Westminster Kennel Club. He used to arrive in the North Country riding in a seat attached to the running board of his chauffeur-driven Packard roadster. Mr. Thorne began work in 1906 and would eventually build 20 miles of track. However patrician and picturesque Oakleigh Thorne might have been, he was an absentee owner: He let work out to subcontractors, and his operations were so anonymous that local residents and imported workers alike spoke only of "the Company," the very model of a modern corporate life. This did not indicate a lack of character, however, and work habits were strictly enforced: One morning the foreman lit a stick of dynamite under his choppers' shanty to hasten their way out to the cuttings. "The Company" ceased operations in 1916, the last of the rapacious Henrys was gone in 1917, and the saintly Saunders left their woods in 1927. Nature sees things in a longer span than we do. The railroad beds and skid ways laid out by Pork Barrel Dumas are still engraved on the land, and hikers still find iron artifacts remaining from those wilderness empires, but it is impossible to find any differences in the woods once claimed by such completely different men. Now it again belongs to hikers and hunters and fishermen, the same as before any of the timber barons began their immense work. -----end Some of these pages are under construction 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 thorne

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Progress of Bartlett History Museum from Catholic Church to History Museum in Bartlett, NH Progress in Pictures An 8 Year Adventure That Once Seemed Impossible Becomes Reality in 2024 An idea that started in 2016 is completed in 2024 - Thank You to those who made it possible HOW A CHURCH TRANSFORMED INTO A MUSEUM AT BARTLETT, NH Church - Early History 1950's showing the upper dormer for the Reverend's room, an addition on the back and a basement entryway. The building to the left is part of the Bartlett High School. 2016 - The idea of transforming to a Museum is explored by the Historical Society Directors and the Community. 2016 - Historical Society Directors look things over and assess the needs. 2016 - The needs are great. The sacristy is where the Eucharist bread and wine are kept when not being used along with clergy vestments and parish records. 2016 - Water damage and mold is a major problem. In 2016 The Historical Society Directors must make a decision. Do we try to renovate this building??? Or do we keep looking for alternatives??? 2017 and 2018: Decision is made to move ahead and the idea is floated in front of the community. We think $450,000 will do it. Let the fund-raising begin. By 2019 enough money had been raised to begin the renovations. Phil Franklin, the BHS President, takes an active role in the work. Photo below shows hazardous material removal - everything stripped down to the framing. After the haz-mat work we had a clean frame and an environmentally safe structure August 2020: Enough money has been raised to replace the roof Completely Rebuilt August 2020: Roof is finished and more inside work can proceed We also replaced the heating/cooling and electric systems During 2022 and 2023 the inside work continued along with replacing all the windows and outside siding. And special accommodations for our handicapped members and visitors Manchester Union Leader from January 20, 1903 found under the original clapboards. It's mysterious how a 1903 newspaper found its way under clapboards installed in 1890? Thank you to Mt Washington Fabrications in Conway for donating the new railings to the front door 2023 and 2024 all the details, trim work painting and flooring get addressed October 2024: The grand opening event drew many Tom Eastman from the Conway Daily Sun was on hand to memorialize the event with pictures and a story. Read it Here in a new page

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 conveniences todays traveller expects. Continue Here REGION HOUSE SOLD Intervale Establishment Name is changed to "The Skirolean" 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 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 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 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

Stage Coach & Tavern Days This book is a fascinating look back at how folks travelled in the days before trains, planes and automobiles. It may give us, of later generations, some appreciation of the difficulties of travelling about. Perhaps a good reason why many folks of long ago may not have gone more than 50 miles from where they were born during their lifetime. This is one of the items on this site that I saved primarily for myself, to go back and read more thoroughly at some later date. If someone else finds it interesting so much the better. Dave Here's a sample of just one page from the book. You can get the entire PDF version at the link shown Get the PDF book Old-time Taverns " Unreasonable night-tippling," that is, drinking after the curfew bell at nine o'clock, and "intemperate drinking on the Sabbath," that is, drinking by any one not a boarder before three o'clock on the Sabbath (when church services were ended), were heavily fined. Untimely " sitting of clubs " was also prohibited. These laws were evaded with as much ease as the Raines Law provisions of later years in the same neighborhood. In 1664 the red cross of St. George floated over the city ; the English were in power ; the city of New Amsterdam was now New York. The same tavern laws as under the Dutch obtained, however, till 1748, and under the English, taverns multiplied as fast as under Dutch rule. They had good old English names on their sign-boards : the Thistle and Crown, the Rose and Thistle, the Duke of Cumberland, the Bunch of Grapes, St. George and the Dragon, Dog's Head in the Por- ridge Pot, the Fighting Cocks, the White Lion, the King's Head. On the Boreel Building on Broadway is a bronze commemorative tablet, placed there in 1890 by the Holland Society. The site of this building has indeed a history of note. In 1754 Edward Willet opened there a tavern under the sign of the Province Arms ; and many a distinguished traveller was destined to be entertained for many a year at this Province Arms and its successors. It had been the home residence of the De Lanceys, built about 1700 by the father of Lieu- tenant-Governor James De Lancey, and was deemed........snip............ Another snippet: Sometimes the taproom was decorated with broad hints to dilatory customers. Such verses as this were hung over the bar : — Old-time Taverns 45 "I've trusted many to my sorrow. Pay to-day. I'll trust to-morrow." Another ran : — " My liquor's good, my measure just ; But, honest Sirs, I will not trust." Another showed a dead cat with this motto : — Care killed this Cat. Trust kills the Landlord." "If Trust, I must, My ale, Will pale."

Section - C - BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE From the UNH Magazine Publication, Obituary: Earle Chandler Earle Chandler '35 of Wilmot, N.H., died on March 12, 2005. At UNH, Chandler was captain of the ski team and earned a B.S. degree in business. After graduation, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service, later returning to run the family farm in Bartlett, N.H., and to work in the forestry and lumber business on his own. He continued his recreational pursuits as a volunteer ski coach at Laconia High School, served as a selectman and was elected to the first of four House terms in 1955. Chandler moved to Wilmot in the early '60s when he was hired to design and oversee the construction of the Ragged Mountain Ski Area. He remained active as a selectman there for 27 years and continued to combine his interests in skiing, farming and politics. He is survived by his wife, Alice; sons Earle Jr., Charles '68 and Gene Chandler; daughters Dorothy Prats and Mikell Perry '72; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Earle W. Chandler, 91, of Kearsarge Mountain, Wilmot, died Saturday, March 12, 2005 at the New London Hospital after a long illness. He was born at Chandler Farm in Bartlett, NH on September 6, 1913, son of Walter and Helen (Archibald) Chandler. His father was a dairy farmer and his mother a school teacher. He graduated from Bartlett High School in 1931 and earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of NH in 1935. At UNH he was Captain of the ski team and retained his enthusiasm for skiing, competitively, recreationally and in business. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. In later years he enjoyed golf at the Lake Sunapee Country Club and with the NH and Profile Seniors. His work experience was varied. He worked seven years for the US Forest Service out of college, returning to manage the family farm in Bartlett and to work in forestry and lumber business on his own, at the North Conway Lumber Company and later retiring as general manager of the New England Lumber Company in Ossipee. Through the years, he continued farming and his recreational pursuits as volunteer Ski Coach at Laconia High School and New Hampton School, as manager of the Belknap Recreation Area and ski jumping program and later designed the trails at several ski areas including Wilderness and Ragged Mountain. Mr. Chandler was community spirited and devoted 12 years to the Town of Bartlett and later 27 years to the Town of Wilmot as Selectman. His father and grandfather served as Selectmen in previous years. He also served in the NH House as Representative from Bartlett in 1955-1961, as Majority Leader and Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee and later served four terms from Wilmot on the Finance Committee. He attended two Constitutional Conventions. He was a member of The Wilmot Baptist Church, an inactive member of the New London Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow, past President of the Country Squires of New London, a member of the Mt. Washington Lodge #87 F & AM, the North Conway BPOE, past member of the Board of Trustees of the New London Hospital, and member of many farm, forestry and skiing organizations as well as organizations of interest to Wilmot people. Family members include his wife Alice Baldwin (Raynor) Chandler of 45 years of Wilmot, NH; three sons, Earle W. "Rusty" Chandler, Jr. of Wilmot, NH, Charles W. Chandler of Warren and Tilton, NH, Gene G. Chandler of Bartlett, NH; two daughters, Dorothy C. Prats of Rockville, MD and Wilmot, NH and Mikell C. Perry of Fryeburg, ME; a special niece, Susan Monnier of Winthrop, ME; 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; nieces and a nephew. He was predeceased by a brother, John Maurice Chandler, a sister, Alice Chandler Davis, and two grandsons . A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at The Wilmot Baptist Church with The Rev. Dr. Allen Koop, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Bartlett Village Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Wilmot Community Association Building Fund, P.O. Box 23, Wilmot, NH 03287. Chadwick Funeral Service of New London, NH is in charge of arrangements. For more information please visit www.chadwickfuneralservice.com . ---------------------------------------------- Earle W. “Rusty” Chandler, Jr., 73, died on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at the Grafton County Nursing Home of North Haverhill, NH. Rusty was born on December 28, 1941 in Laconia, NH, to Earle W. and Selima (Kennedy) Chandler, Sr. He was a graduate of Laconia High School and of the University of Colorado-Boulder. Rusty was an elite athlete. He was an all state selection for football, track, and skiing at Laconia High where he participated on multiple state championship teams. This athletic prowess led him to a scholarship to the University of Colorado where his ski jumping skill led to two national championships. Two years ago, Rusty was inducted into the CU Hall of Fame as a “Living Legend.” This athletic drive served him well as he battled Parkinson’s Disease for the last 35 years. Before his disease seriously advanced, he lived in Steamboat Springs, CO and Wilmot, NH and directed ski schools at both the Steamboat Ski Area and King Ridge in New London, NH. Throughout his life, Rusty was a consummate outdoorsman, hunting and fishing from the Rockies to the Whites. The manner in which he battled Parkinson’s was his greatest athletic achievement and an inspiration to many. He is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Chandler Pratts of Rockville, MD and Mikell Chandler Perry of Lewiston, ME; two brothers, Charles Chandler and wife Nancy of Warren, NH and Gene Chandler of Bartlett, NH; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. His extended family includes the children of his former companion, Priscilla Fauver, Alysson Fauver of Montana and Jonathan Fauver of Switzerland. Calling hours will be on Thursday, December 10, from 2-3:30 PM at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH. A private burial will be observed by Rusty’s family at Garland Ridge Cemetery in Bartlett at a later time. The family extends their heartfelt thanks to everyone at Grafton County Nursing Home for their loving care of Rusty. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grafton County Nursing Home Activities Fund, 3855 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, NH 03774. ------------------------------------------------------ Alice Raynor Baldwin Chandler died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the New London Hospital. She was born in Cypress Hills, New York on April 1, 1919, the daughter of Benjamin and Lillian (Germain) Raynor. She graduated from Richmond Hill High School at the age of 15, attended Delehanty Business School and NYU. She had an extensive business career in NYC as officer and director of three corporations. She worked as Export Traffic Manager for Holland American Merchants Corporation and later as corporate manager of Bartolucci Arts and Interim, Inc. During World War II she was married to the late Major Peter Baldwin, US Army Air Corp. In 1960 she married Earle W. Chandler and shared his interest in farming and sports for 45 years. Earle predeceased her in 2005. At Chandler Farm, she and her husband raised Hereford cattle, hay and vegetables. During her farming days, she worked 32 years part-time for National Association of State Depts of Agriculture (USDA) visiting New England farms and hiring, training and supervising enumerators in the six New England states. In 1976, she was honored nationally by USDA as one of the Women of the Year in Agriculture. She loved animals and the out of doors and was an avid Red Sox fan. She was Overseer of the Poor for Wilmot for 30 years and ran many programs for people in need including a Food Pantry at the town office. She delighted in helping others, especially the people she called “The forgotten ones. She and her husband enjoyed golf and skiing at home, out West and in Europe. She was interested in teaching children to ski, taught in the North Conway school program, at Ragged Mt. where she organized a school program and later at King Ridge ski area. For fourteen years she chaired the Tina Cricenti Golf Tournament for women, a fundraiser for the New London Hospital. Survivors include her beloved corgi, Delia, stepchildren; Dorothy Chandler Prats of Rockville, Maryland and Wilmot, NH, Earle W. (Rusty) Chandler, Jr. of Warren, NH, Charles W. Chandler of Warren, NH, Gene G. Chandler of Bartlett, NH, Mikell Chandler Perry of Madison, NH, her special niece, Susan Durlach Monnier of Winthrop, Maine and Wilmot, NH, nieces; Joan Benson Quaile of North Carolina, Nancy Durlach Eisele of Andes, NY, nephews; Gary Griffin of Defiance Missouri, Peter Benson of Connecticut, Joseph Durlach of Kalamazoo, Michigan, many Raynor and Germain cousins and a host of grandchildren, grandnieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sisters; Gladys Raynor Barton of St. Louis, MO, Lillian Raynor Benson of Lakewood, NJ, and Mabel Raynor Durlach of Stamford, CT. To end her life as she lived it, she requests a simple service with a gathering of loved ones and friends. Burial will be held at the Bartlett Village Cemetery in the spring. A gathering will be held on Friday, November 22, 2013 from 3pm to 5pm at the Wilmot Community Association, 64 Village Rd., Wilmot, NH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Wilmot Flat Baptist Church, PO Box 101, Wilmot, NH 03287. Rodney B. Chase, 66, of Bartlett, died April 14, 2012 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Born in North Conway, the son of Arnold and Beatrice (Hoyt) Chase, he was a lifelong resident of Bartlett. Rodney graduated from Kennett High School in Conway and was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time in the woods. The family includes: two brothers, Jerald H. Chase of Sebring, FL and Lawrence A. Chase of Conway and several nieces. Graveside services will be held in the Garland Ridge Cemetery in Bartlett on Friday April 20, 2012 at 11 a.m. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be made to the Bartlett Union Congregational Church, P.O. Box 132, Bartlett, NH 03812 in memory of the Chase family. The Furber and White Funeral Home, in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.- Alice Raynor Baldwin Chandler died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the New London Hospital. She was born in Cypress Hills, New York on April 1, 1919, the daughter of Benjamin and Lillian (Germain) Raynor. She graduated from Richmond Hill High School at the age of 15, attended Delehanty Business School and NYU. She had an extensive business career in NYC as officer and director of three corporations. She worked as Export Traffic Manager for Holland American Merchants Corporation and later as corporate manager of Bartolucci Arts and Interim, Inc. During World War II she was married to the late Major Peter Baldwin, US Army Air Corp. In 1960 she married Earle W. Chandler and shared his interest in farming and sports for 45 years. Earle predeceased her in 2005. At Chandler Farm, she and her husband raised Hereford cattle, hay and vegetables. During her farming days, she worked 32 years part-time for National Association of State Depts of Agriculture (USDA) visiting New England farms and hiring, training and supervising enumerators in the six New England states. In 1976, she was honored nationally by USDA as one of the Women of the Year in Agriculture. She loved animals and the out of doors and was an avid Red Sox fan. She was Overseer of the Poor for Wilmot for 30 years and ran many programs for people in need including a Food Pantry at the town office. She delighted in helping others, especially the people she called “The forgotten ones. She and her husband enjoyed golf and skiing at home, out West and in Europe. She was interested in teaching children to ski, taught in the North Conway school program, at Ragged Mt. where she organized a school program and later at King Ridge ski area. For fourteen years she chaired the Tina Cricenti Golf Tournament for women, a fundraiser for the New London Hospital. Survivors include her beloved corgi, Delia, stepchildren; Dorothy Chandler Prats of Rockville, Maryland and Wilmot, NH, Earle W. (Rusty) Chandler, Jr. of Warren, NH, Charles W. Chandler of Warren, NH, Gene G. Chandler of Bartlett, NH, Mikell Chandler Perry of Madison, NH, her special niece, Susan Durlach Monnier of Winthrop, Maine and Wilmot, NH, nieces; Joan Benson Quaile of North Carolina, Nancy Durlach Eisele of Andes, NY, nephews; Gary Griffin of Defiance Missouri, Peter Benson of Connecticut, Joseph Durlach of Kalamazoo, Michigan, many Raynor and Germain cousins and a host of grandchildren, grandnieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sisters; Gladys Raynor Barton of St. Louis, MO, Lillian Raynor Benson of Lakewood, NJ, and Mabel Raynor Durlach of Stamford, CT. To end her life as she lived it, she requests a simple service with a gathering of loved ones and friends. Burial will be held at the Bartlett Village Cemetery in the spring. A gathering will be held on Friday, November 22, 2013 from 3pm to 5pm at the Wilmot Community Association, 64 Village Rd., Wilmot, NH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Wilmot Flat Baptist Church, PO Box 101, Wilmot, NH 03287. Donald Harland Clemons, 88, of North Conway, died July 31, 2009. Born in Bartlett, New Hampshire, son of Elwin and Laura (Trecarten) Clemons. He was a Chief in the US Navy and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was the plant service manager for New England Telephone & Telegraph until he retired at 55 to become a ski bum. In addition to skiing, he loved being with his family, traveling and being outdoors. He graduated from Bartlett High School and also attended the University of New Hampshire. He is survived by son Paul Clemons and his wife Donna of Charlestown, NH, his daughter Pamela Clemons-Keith and her husband Barry of Freedom, NH, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, his brother James Clemons of Bartlett and many nieces and nephews. His son James predeceased him. The memorial service will be held at the Bartlett Congregational Church Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be made to the Bartlett Historical Society and the NH Association for the Blind. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.- Albert E. Carter Jr., 94, of Bartlett, died Dec. 26, 2010 at Mineral Springs in North Conway. Born in Pitman, N.J. on June 13, 1916, the son of Albert and Reba (Smith) Carter, as a young man he worked in a butcher shop, delivered coal and lumber and worked for a local undertaker. Mr. Carter served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Hawaii from 1934 to 1938. He had been employed with the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for thirty years as a electrician, worked at the Clover Motel in North Conway for fi ve years, worked at the former Heritage New Hampshire in Glen for 20 years and had been the Santa Claus for the Conway Scenic Railroad. Albert enjoyed making stained glass items and traveling across America, Alaska and Canada. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Junior Zepp, of Glen; a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Joyce Carter, of Toms River, N.J.; four granddaughters, Pam Carpenter, of Center Conway, Stephanie Skidmore, of Lakeland, Fla., Beth MacDowall and Amy Fernandes, both of Toms River, N.J. and fi ve greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 72 years, Ruth (Braddock) Carter, on Oct. 11, 2010. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements. Roberta Rose Cassell, 70, of Bartlett, died on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine after a long illness. There will be a graveside service Tuesday, May 17, 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Bartlett. Service will include the burial of Roberta's husband, Henry J. Cassell, who passed away in 1987. Refreshments will be served at Scarecrow Pub in Intervale after the service. . EarlChandler ChandlerRusty AliceChandler Rodney Chase AliceChandler DonnaldH Clemons AlbertCarterJR Cassell BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE Christine Chandler, 73 of Silver Lake died peacefully at her home on Nov. 23, 2010. Born on Dec. 25, 1936 in Perth, New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of the late Hazel (Muckler) and Chester Davidson, she moved to Bangor Maine at a young age and worked as a waitress where she met and married her husband of 46 years, Donald Chandler. They moved their family to Bartlett and built and operated their own business, The Hansel & Gretel Restaurant for 20 plus years. They sold the business and moved to Silver Lake. Chris was a valued employee of Shop N’ Save (Hannaford) for many years and managed the fish market and was well known as “The Fish Lady.” Chris had a love of people and enjoyed life to the fullest. She was a hard worker and dedicated devoted wife and mother. She will be truly missed. She loved to garden and cook, she loved the outdoors and to go camping and she had a great love of life, and a wonderful spirit. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Donald Chandler, of Silver Lake; a daughter, Stephanie Chandler, of Silver Lake; a son, Marc Chandler, of Aurora Colo.; two brothers, George Davidson and wife, Ruth, of Perth, New Brunswick Canada, and Clement Davidson, of Moncton, Canada and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 11 a.m. in the Bartlett Village Cemetery, with the Rev. Sean Dunker-Bindigo, officiating, where she will be at home once again. At her request there will be no visiting hours. Donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Services of Northern Carroll County, P.O. Box 432, North Conway, NH, 03860. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements. James R. Clemons Sr., 86, husband, father, brother, friend, outdoorsman, hunter, carpenter, and all around great guy, passed away in his home, on Feb. 20, 2012. Jim was born and raised in Bartlett, and lived there his entire life. He was the last surviving sibling of 14 children born to Elwin and Laura Clemons. He was married to his loving wife Janet for 53 years, and lived next door to the house he grew up in. He was adored by his family, and particularly by his close nieces and nephews. His career with the U.S. Forest Service spanned 32 years. He was the sign coordinator in the 1960s and 1970s, responsible for making all of the signs in the White Mountain, Green Mountain, and Allegheny National Forests, maybe 2000 signs a season. Additionally responsible for the maintenance of WMNF campgrounds, such as making all the picnic tables and structures. He also spent many years as a trail inspector (lucky guy), logging hundreds of miles on the hiking the trails and peaks of the Whites to measure and inspect them, and to direct the maintenance of them. His favorite part of the job was the occasional helicopter flight required to bring materials to the job. After retiring, he and his wife, Jan, spent many good years in each others company, many times camping while crisscrossing the country. In later years, he was content to sit on his back porch and watch the birds, or put a few cord of wood in each year, right up until his final days. He leaves his wife, Janet; his sons, James and his wife, Lucy, Doug, and Dana; his grandchildren, Teresa Papavlo and Shannon Allain and her husband, Keith Allain; his great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and great neices/nephews too numerous to list. His daughter, Barbara, predeceased him in 2010. Visiting hours will be 7 to 9 p.m, Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway. Church services will be held at the Bartlett Union Congregational Church on Monday, Feb. 27. at 11 a.m. In lieu of Flowers, donations can be given to the local Hospice Services or the Bartlett Union Congregational Church. Donald William Chandler, 86, of Madison, N.H., passed away of natural causes on March 11, 2019. Born in Bartlett, N.H., Don was the son of Philip and Katherine (Sinclair) Chandler. He was predeceased by wife, Christine Chandler and brother, Raymond Chandler. He is survived by partner, Janet Satcher of Madison, N.H.; son, Marc Chandler of Aurora, Colo.; stepdaughter, Stephanie Chandler of Laconia, N.H.; sister, Rhonda Chandler of Littleton, N.H. Don joined the Army in 1950 and served for three years in the Korean War. He was one of the Chosin Few (Chosin Reservoir) he received Purple Hearts, a Korean Service Metal with five Bronze Service Stars, UN Service Metal, ROK Presidential Unit Citation and Combat Infantry Badge. After he served in the military, Don worked as a apprentice for W.E. Carbonneau and learned his trade as a cabinet maker under the G.I. bill. He was a member of the VFW and American Legion Post 46, Conway, N.H. Don married Chris in 1964 and later opened a restaurant in Bartlett called Hansel and Gretel. In 1985, they sold the restaurant and moved to Madison. Many will remember his harmonica playing and friendly personality. He always enjoyed working in his woodshop, fishing, hunting, camping, guns, motorcycles and flea markets. Don will be missed by his family and many close friends who were blessed to have known him. Graveside services will be held in the Bartlett Village Cemetery later in the spring. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements. To send a message of condolence or for more information, go to furberandwhite.com . Elaine Edith Henry Copp, 86, of Bartlett, N.H., passed away on July 26, 2020. She was Born on May 28, 1934, in Bartlett to Elwood (Shine) Henry and Ethel Chase Henry. She married her husband Donald Copp on Aug. 15,1957, in North Conway, N.H., where they lived in Bartlett for 16 years, and before moving to North Hampton, N.H., where they lived for 33 years before settling in Montrose, Colo. After Donald’s passing, she moved back to the valley which always held her heart no matter where she lived. Elaine always called Bartlett home. Elaine was a compassionate person always willing to help and care for those who needed it. She loved animals and enjoyed spending time in nature, she especially loved bird watching.She loved her community, and was a member of the Bartlett Union Congregational Church. She is survived by her two daughters, Kathie Clemons and Ralph of Raleigh, N.C.; and Donna Clemons and Paul of Pearland, Texas; her son Jeffery Copp and Brenda of Ridgway, Colo.; and her sister Elois Sullivan and George Howard of Jackson, N.H.; and seven grandchildren as well as five great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband Donald; her son Jamie Copp; and her brother Ernest Henry. A private service will be held on Aug. 8 at Bartlett Cemetery. Donations can be given in Elaine’s memory to Jen’s Friends. Arrangements are being handled by the Furber and White Funeral Home. ChrisChandler JimClemonsSR DonChandler CoppElaine BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CrouseIsabel Isabel G. Crouse was born Oct. 20, 1920, in Glen, N.H., she passed away on Oct. 31, 2020, in her home with family by her side. She was the oldest living native at 100 years of age in Bartlett, N.H. She was well known for her many hobbies from cooking, sewing, painting and stenciling to name a few. She was loved by many and has loved many in her life. She always looked on the bright side of things in life as she always knew that tomorrow might not be. She lived every day like it was her last. She lived life to the fullest, loved deeply and cherished her family and all the memories life had given her. She wouldn’t want people to be sad that she is no longer on this earth, she would want us to be kind to each other as tomorrow might not come. She was well-known for working at White Trellis along with many private residential cleanings. She is survived by her beloved dog, Lady, and her cat, Smokey; children, Rita Gordon (deceased Haven Gordon); Roberta Stanley (deceased Arthur Stanley); and Richard Crouse (Julie Eastman). She was proud of all of her grandchildren, Haven Gordon, Mitchell Gordon, Randall Gordon, Fred Holt, Cheryl Beaupre, Heather Stanley, Darlene Fenstermaker, Jennifer Smart, Richard Crouse and Heidi Crouse; 11 great-grandchildren (she was very proud of her great-grandson Richard D. Crouse for becoming part of N.H. Fish and Game); six great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She enjoyed Mia Kiesmans visits every week along with Brooklyn and Emma Flagg. A graveside service will be held at the glen cemetery for family and friends in the spring of 2021. In lieu of fl owers donations can be made to the Gibson Center in North Conway N.H Doris M. Chadbourne, 93, of Bartlett died August 29, 2018 at Mineral Springs in North Conway following a long illness. Born November 19, 1924 in North Conway, the daughter of Leon and Lillian (Abbott) Sanborn, and was a lifelong resident of Bartlett. She was a graduate of Bartlett High School. She was married to the late Col. James F. Chadbourne, Jr., and left New Hampshire in 1942 on a train to Miami, Florida to wait for her husband who was returning from World War II. After the War Doris was a spotter, worked in a factory and was a housekeeper and cook for a Navy admiral. She was also a guide at the Washington International Center to show dignitaries around Washington, DC. After her husbands retirement she worked at Heritage New Hampshire and various local charities. The family includes: her daughter, Bonnie M. Cross of Glen; two grandchildren, Presley Cross and Kelly Rosas; four great grandchildren, Danica Cross, Dominique Cross, Cassandra Rosas and Armando Rosas.; two sisters, Evelyn Hayes and Ellen Hayes, both of Bartlett and a brother, Henry Sanborn of Rhode Island. She was predeceased by her son, James F. Chadbourne III and three brothers, Kenneth Sanborn, Carroll Sanborn and Carl Sanborn. There will be no visiting hours. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements. To send a message of condolence, or for more information visit www.furberandwhite.com Nancy Katherine Sheehan Chandler Taught in local schools — Nancy Katherine Sheehan Chandler, 61, of Bartlett, died peacefully at home on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, 2003. With her at the time of her passing were her husband Gene, their sons and members of the family. Nancy was born in Beverly, Mass., to Elizabeth Welch Sheehan and Maurice Sheehan. She lived in Salem and graduated from Salem High School and Salem State College. After college, Nancy went to Africa to serve in the Peace Corps. When she returned to the States, she and friends came to teach in the Mt. Washington Valley. Nancy taught at the Edward Fenn School in Gorham, the John Fuller School in North Conway and the Conway Elementary School in Conway. Between teaching assignments, Nancy took time to raise her sons; however, during those years, she started the first Attitash nursery and oversaw its growth from a home-based facility to its move to Attitash where she helped it become an important part of the ski experience for young families. After retiring from teaching, she led snowshoe tours and nature hikes, becoming one of the valley’s respected and loved naturalists. She also sold nature photos and greeting cards through her business “Nancy’s Nature.” Nancy is also remembered for selling apples an hot spiced apple cider at the family’s roadside stand, for her love, music, all things Irish, and for being “the butterfly lady.” Nancy is survived by her husband Gene G. Chandler, of Bartlett; son Erik G. Chandler, daughter-in-law Lori and granddaughter Ella Rose, of Intervale; son Justin D. Chandler and fiancee Corie Ewers, of Telluride, Colo.; her brother and his wife Robert and Leslie Sheehan, of Merrimack; her sister Ellen Sheehan, of Salem, Mass.; beloved nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends. Visiting hours were Friday, Sept. 19 at the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 20 at Our Lady of the Mountains in North Conway. Those wishing to do so may bring a flower from their garden or a wildflower to create a natural bouquet in her memory. Vases will be available at the wake and funeral. Donations may be made to the Nancy Chandler-Brett Beyerle Memorial Fund, RR1, Box 100, Intervale, NH 03845. The funds will provide financial assistance to students in the Mt. Washington Valley who are involved with athletics or interested in nature studies.==-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUGLAS DAVID CHAPPEE: insisted on no obit ... let alone funeral.. so his wishes were honored. He was born on Nov. 27, 1959 and passed on June 16, 2019. After surviving double-lung transplant for 14 months. He had masters degree in accounting ... and ran Valley Ice in Bartlett for 31 years. Roger Clemons of Bartlett, N.H., passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 13, 2021, on his way to his 200th sky dive. Roger was born on July 14, 1948, to Mary (Willoughby) and Bruce Clemons of Bartlett. He graduated from Kennett High School in 1966 and Plymouth State University in 1970. Roger married Connie Dean, and they welcomed son Jason and made their home in Jackson, N.H., for many years. Roger worked at Story Land for two years running the steam engine and this led to his working on the Cog Railway for a stint. His extensive knowledge of trains made him well-known and respected in the rail-fan community. Roger was for many years the valley coordinator for Odyssey of the Mind and later Destination Imagination. He coached many Jackson/Bartlett student teams to the state level. In 2003, Roger attended the auditions for Resort Players’ “A Christmas Carol”with dear family friends Melinda and Marissa to watch them audition. While there he was convinced to audition himself and he was then smitten. Over the next 18 years, he was involved repeatedly with all of the local theater groups either onstage, backstage, designing sets, creating props, writing plays, or directing performances with the theater company he brought to life, Picket Fence Theater. Well in to his 60s, Roger discovered skydiving and was hooked. He completed 199 tandem dives at Sky Dive New England and many days could be found there watching and cheering others during their jumps as well. In 2016, Roger became a fierce supporter of the transgender community in the fight for nondiscrimination. His work on the sidelines empowered many people to be who they were meant to be. Roger leaves behind his son Jason of Biddeford, Maine; his sister Marilyn Ruggles and her husband, John (with whom Roger worked on the Cog) of Flagstaff, Ariz.; and his former wife and good friend Connie Dean of Jackson.Left behind as well are many cousins,many friends and hundreds of former OM members, DI members,and theater kids that have become amazing human beings due to knowing Roger in one aspect or another. Roger also leaves behind thousands of books as he never met a book he didn’t like. He considered Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Dr. Seuss as personal friends. A celebration of life will be held Oct.23 at noon at the Eastern Slope Playhouse in North Conway, N.H. Marilyn Elaine Hill-Chappee, 91, of Bartlett, N.H., passed away Feb. 7, 2021, at her home of complications from an earlier stroke. She was born July 14, 1929, in North Conway, N.H., the daughter of Neal and Mary Reba (Reynolds) Crouse. She grew up in Intervale, N.H., and attended Kennett High School in Conway. Marilyn lived the remainder of her life in Jackson and then Bartlett. She loved working with the public and had many fond memories of places like the Jackson Drug Store, Wildcat Country Store, Carroll County Hardware, Carroll Reed and Lucy Hardware. Marilyn enjoyed family gatherings with her children and grandchildren. She had a heart of gold and will be greatly missed. Members of Marilyn’s family include daughter, Marcia Bailey of Intervale; son Raymond Hill of Glen, N.H.; and son Timothy Hill and his wife, Ann, of Glen; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild as well as several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by Lester Hill and Louis (George) Chappee; her son Earl Hill and son-in-law Vincent Bailey. Walk through visiting hours will be Friday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Furber Funeral Home in North Conway. Graveside services will be later in the spring. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be sent to Jenn’s Friends. Donna L. Chappee, age 83 of Bowling Green, Kentucky, passed away on November 30th at the Hospice House of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green. She was born October 24, 1939 in Bartlett, New Hampshire the daughter of the late Virginia O. Chappee. She was a resident of Mount Washington Valley until she relocated in 2007. Donna had an undying love for animals and helped her youngest daughter, Charlene with the rescue of many animals over the last 25 years. She also loved to read, was a bit of a rockhound in her younger years in New Hampshire, loved sewing - making many beautiful pillows over the years, as well as many of the outdoor activities that living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire allowed. She was preceded in death by her beloved mother, Virginia Chappee in 2000 and her grandson, Kainan Provost in 2021. She is survived by her three daughters, Charlene Chappee of Bowling Green, KY, Janine Holdrige (Doug) of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Maureen Hussey of Summerville, SC and her three grandchildren, Alyssa Hussey and Brian Hussey both of Winchester, VA and Kaleb Provost of Willsboro, NY. A special thanks to Robin Hop and family of Morgantown, KY for their friendship and care of Donna in her time of need. We will be forever grateful. There will be no services at this time. In lieu of flowers, consider donating to the Butler County Animal Shelter in Morgantown, KY or to any animal rescue of your choice in her name. Editors Note: Donna graduated from Bartlett High School where she was active in sports and was crowned "Miss Sky Valley" at a 4th of July beauty contest. Delia H. Clemons On Thursday afternoon, June 2nd,1927 at six o’clock, Mrs. Delia H. Clemons, wife of Oscar W. Clemons of Bartlett passed into the great beyond. Mrs. Clemons was in good health until Monday, May 30th when she took to her bed. Mrs. Clemons was the daughter of William and and Jennie Tripp of Topsham, Maine and was born in Doakstown, New Brunswick, Oct. 8th 1895. Since her marriage to Mr. Clemons they have made their home at Bartlett most of the time Eight children were bom to them, seven boys and One girl. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Croston of Topsham, Me., and Miss Arlene Tripp of Topsham, Me. She was a member of Harmony Temple, Pythian Sisters She was a loving wife and a devoted mother and a kind neighbor and her death will be deeply felt. The funeral services wert held at the Congregational Church at 2.30 Sunday afternon. The Pythian Sisters attended in a body. -- PERCY CHANDLER : Glen— Percy W. Chandler '' died Friday, August 23,1974 at the Memorial Hospital, North Conway, after a long illness. He was bom May 25, 1904 in ' Bartlett and had been a life -long resident He was a retired, foreman for the Maine Central Railroad, and a member of the Glen Community 'Baptist Church. the family survivors are , wife, Mrs. Roxanne Chandler { of Glen; a daughter, Mrs. : Beatrice Allen, Glen; a brother, Philip Chandler, Bethrlehem; three sisters, Mrs. ; Rose Divine, Mrs. Beulah Barry, and Mabel Robertson, all of Portland, Maine; four grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The funeral service was Monday afternoon at the Glen Community Baptist Church die Rev. Peter Terletzky officiating. Burial in the Glen Cemetery. There were no visiting hours. The Furber Funeral Home, North Conway, had charge of arrangements. Anne ‘Shultzie’ Cotter A life well-lived. Please join us for a memorial service to celebrate the life of Anne “Shultzie” Cotter. We will gather together on Saturday, July 8, at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Transfiguration, Route 302, Bretton Woods, to remember our wonderful friend who will be greatly missed. Reception to follow at The New England Inn & Lodge in Intervale, N.H. Please bring your fondest memories of Anne to share with family and friends. More information is available online at Everloved/Anne Cotter. Anne’s love and the warmth she shared whether you knew her as Mom, Aunt Annie, Schultzie, Oma Anne or Gigi will be remembered by all those who knew and loved her. Anne was born in Nashua, N.H., Oct. 18, 1929, the daughter of Francis and Josephine Schultz. Anne attended grade school in Hollis, N.H., and graduated from Hollis High School in 1947. A proud graduate of The University of New Hampshire, Anne was an active student serving as her class secretary, writing articles for the UNH magazine and graduating with a degree in economics in 1951. She remained very close and gathered annually with her college friends. Anne would spend summers as a child with her family in Lancaster, N.H. She fell in love with the White Mountains at an early age, a place she would eventually call home and raise a family. Moving to the Mount Washington valley in the late ‘60s, Anne worked several jobs but found her niche in the restaurant industry. Finding jobs as a hostess at Yesterday’s and later managing at the Wildcat Tavern, Anne would go on to leave her stamp on the Valley as the owner of several popular and successful businesses. First opening the restaurant, ‘Ye Yankee Chef and Shultzies An Elegant Saloon, Anne brought an amazing menu and a memorable experience to her guests both as the executive chef and consummate host. Anne had amazing grace with an impeccable taste in food; a skill set that would make her the perfect person to own and run her next business, The Riverside, An Elegant Inn. This was a place that would give Anne the opportunity to let her personality and immense kindness forge so many wonderful friendships with guests that she would host from around the country and world. Countless guests would become “regulars” and then good friends. One of Anne’s favorite parts of owning the Inn was the ability it gave her to cook alongside her son, Sandy McReel and developing deep and life lasting friendships with her employees. It also afforded her the ability to have her beloved German shepherds on the property at all times. If you saw Anne, her shepherds weren’t far behind. After years of running the Inn, Anne decided to move on to her next adventures which included traveling overseas and spending more quality time with her family and friends. Time away from the Inn allowed Anne to enjoy some of her favorite things more often like listening to classical music, reading historical books and ocean day trips with her “kitchen cabinet” friends. Never to sit still, Anne continued to stay busy by running the sandwich grill and souvenir store at The Grand Summit. Anne’s empathy and compassion for other people cannot be overstated. She had an amazing ability to make everyone she came in contact with feel special and loved. If she was your friend, she was your friend for life. Anne has touched and has had such a tremendous influence on so many lives. She was always there for her family and friends and not just during good times but more importantly when people were struggling. Her light was always on and her door was always open. Anne’s generosity was endless, often lending free rooms at the Inn to friends and family that may be going through difficult times. Anne had unwavering beliefs and was an active member of her church where she found great comfort during difficult periods of her life. She was a loving relative, a doting grandmother to seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and a fierce friend. Gigi’s bright smile, words of wisdom and bear hugs will be forever missed. There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in our hearts. Anne was predeceased by her son Albert “Sandy” McReel; her parents, Francis and Josephine Schultz; her sister Emily “Buzz” Schultz; her brother Spaulding “Spud” Schultz. She is survived by her son, Patrick Caskin and his wife Janet Caskin of Maine and their children Katie, Marisa Mora, and Patrick Caskin Jr., daughter Anne “Saucy” Wilion of Plymouth, Conn., and her children, Samuel and Elliot Wilion, daughterin- law, Kelly McReel, of Conway, N.H.; and her children, Nicholas McReel, Justin McReel, and his children, Harmony, Maximus and Jacob McReel. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to The Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home at 9 Warren St. in Fryeburg, Maine. Online condolences may be shared at woodfuneralhome.org.-- ChadbourneDoris NancyChandler DougChappee RogerClemons MarilynChappee DonnaChappee DeliaClemons PercyChandler CotterShultzie BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE Clemons, Ralph Sr, Rita. Floris Orin Cook BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE

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First settlers Bartlett NH 1780 to 1800 Emery and Pitman families. BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 MORE EARLY SETTLERS - CLICK LOGO opens in new window Source Material: Bartlett NH - Aileen Carroll - 1990 Latchstring Was Always Out - Aileen Carroll - 1994 Chrnicles of White Mountains - Frederick Kilbourne - 1916 Incidents in the White Mountains - Benjamin Willey - 1856 Lucy Crawfords History of the White Mountains - 1860 The very early settlers of Bartlett 1780 to 1800 Page 2 Emery Early Settlers Stillings - Garland - Chubbick Emery - Pitman Hall - Pendexter - Tasker - Seavey George - Gilly - Fox - Willey emery Brothers Enoch and Humphrey Emery were among the first settlers. They accepted an offer from William Stark , who had been granted 3000 acres from Governor Wentworth, to homestead on part of the land. Their little area was originally known as Starks Location . In later times it became known as Jericho. So the story goes, Enoch was motivated to move north after a brief dalliance with a Rachel Terrell in Dunbarton (his former home). Later, Rachel, "big with child" took her case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court when Enoch refused marriage. Whether or not Rachel's claims were true it provided Enoch a chance to escape her wrath by moving to the northern wilderness. Enoch and Humphrey differed from one another almost as much as it is possible for two people to differ. Enoch was frank, open, generous and manly in his nature, while Humphry was sullen, obstinate and contrary. Despite their differences they got along well and were well liked among their neighbors and provided valuable services needed by all. Enoch was a blacksmith by trade and his services were sought out from a wide surrounding area. Brother Humphry ran a brick company, also a much needed commodity in a growing community. In 1790 Enoch was elected to Selectman and the year before had been part of a committee to layout roads for the town. The summer drought of 1826 came to an end that August, at the time of the great disaster near the Notch, when the Willey family were destroyed, a circumstance almost as frightful occurred in connection with the family of Mr. Emery , who lived at a place called Jericho, near the Rocky Branch, a tributary of the Saco. That stream swelled enormously , and, by the rocks, trees, and logs which it brought down in its vehement course, made a complete dam just below the spot where the house stood. By this accumulation of water the house was raised from its foundation, being buoyed up on its surface like a boat. In this perilous situation the inhabitants remained all night, and it was only by the wonderful workings of Providence that they were saved from a watery grave. terrell maple mt This photo is about 100 years after the Emery's adventures on the Rocky Branch . The caption says "Hauling Timber by 2000 foot cable" "Maple Mountain Rocky Branch 1914" Pitman Pittman Understanding the Pitman Family Relatives and Activities East Branch House - William & Winthrop - opened 1870 burned 1898 Pitman Hall 1905 burned 1930 Pitman's Arch - Named in honor of Lycurgis for his devotion to the Town, Pitman residence - have photo Pitman Hall - have photo Alice Pendexter - wife of John Pitman 1774 had 11 children Angivine - another proprietor of East Branch House - died in 1880 Benjamin - Built Cedarcroft 1800 Doris - Daughter of William, returned after retirement from a teaching career in 1941 to a home she and her sister built on the site of the East Branch House that burned. Ella - First wife of George Gale, Maple Villa's owner George WM HON) - son of Joseph, father of William & Winthrop Harriet - Hazen's daughter Hazen - 1854 owned Pequawket House, born 1806, Josephs grandson, died 1890 not as ambitious as other family members - wife ran their Inn. Joseph - came from England 1774 - Revolutionary war privateers-man 1776 Joseph Jr -1810. With Wm Stilphen got liquor license and opened at Stilphens Farm John P. - Son of Benjamin & Sally - inherited Cedarcroft in 1848 never married - at death gave farm to his handyman, a Mr. Howard. 200 acres, best cultivated farm in Bartlett - In 1890 the farm purchased by Uriah Ballard Russell and wife Ann and by 1892 they opened it as Inn, and so it was until 1953. Lycurgis - Area promoter .lived in North Conway and was a druggist. Brother of Winthrop and William - Pitman's Arch named in his honor. At considerable expense to himself he built a wagon road to the top of Humphry's ledge above the Arch. Vashti - in 1930 lived directly across river from East Branch House Sally Pendexter - wife of Benjamin Walter - Pitman Hall proprietor - opened 1889. an elegant collection of horse drawn buckboards of all descriptions. - dance hall with orchestra. Cousin of Winthrop and William. Expert horseman - operated livery - brought in horses to sell William - East branch House proprietor Winthrop - East branch house proprietor Mary-- Hazen's first wife Adna - School teacher in District 3, probably Intervale area, in 1874 Joseph Pitman was an important man in the early settlement, holding many useful offices. No other of the pioneers has so many descendants bearing his name or in positions of honor. He came from England in 1774 and worked as a privateer during the revolutionary war. John Pitman, son of Joseph, lived off from the valley road on the East branch. He married Abby , daughter of Woodman Carlton. His oldest son, Hazen, is the oldest representative of the family name. He was born January 30, 1806, married, first, Mary , daughter of Joseph Pendexter ; second, Eliza H ., daughter of Ebenezer and Polly (Huson) Tasker . He has been much in town office, and fifty years a Methodist church member. He laid the foundations of the Pequawket House by opening a boarding-house in 1854. It is said that Benjamin Pitman was left a lad on the kindness of his uncle Joseph, who brought him up as his own son. Marrying Sally Pendexter , he located in Jackson, but in a short time came to Bartlett. A stalwart man, orderly and methodical, he was powerful and harmonious in body and mind, and very decided. As a result of the industry of himself and wife, he had one of the largest and best cultivated farms in Bartlett, Cedarcroft Benjamin's son, John P. Pitman, was a teacher for many years, prominent in town, and county treasurer of Coos county for three terms. He had a dignified presence and unquestioned integrity. A sterling Democrat, he did much good work in filling the quota of Bartlett in the Civil War. He died unmarried a few years since. Just over the bridge spanning the East Branch was the East Branch House. It was established about 1870 and was substantially larger than the other Intervale Hotels with a capacity of 125. Its rates were comparable to its rivals at $7. to $10.50 per week. Its guests could actually hear the sound of the stream from their bedroom windows. Its owners were two brothers, William and Winthrop M. Pitman, great grandsons of Joseph and Alice (Pendexter) Pitman. Having grown-up in Intervale they were no strangers to the Hotel business as many of their ancestors and relatives were also Innkeepers in the Intervale area. The Pitman name was evident in Bartlett's history from the very beginning. The Hotel they built and operated was a great success with a loyal following. In 1898 the hotel burned in what was described as an awesome spectacle to those viewing it. So loyal were the guests that the year following the fire they held a reunion in Boston, inviting the Pitmans and all the guests who had been regular visitors. Hon. George W. M. Pitman Son of Joseph and Joanna (Meserve) Pitman , was born in Bartlett, May 8, 1819. He lived with his parents until he was twelve years of age, then went to the tavern of his cousins, Stephen and Ezra Meserve , located where Pitman Brothers' East Branch House now stands, remaining there three years, and then returned to his home. He was educated at the public schools of North Conway and Fryeburg, Maine. In the fall of 1840 he married Emeline, Ann (Davis) Chubbuck, and continued In residence in Bartlett where he has always made his home. Judge Pitman was engaged in teaching for some five or six years, then in surveying, for which he had fully qualified himself, he has done much in surveying and platting, probably more than any other man in the state, and fully demonstrated his ability that he has frequently been called upon as an expert. Many of the original surveys in the White Mountain region were made by him. Studying law, he began practice in 1855, in which he has continued ever since. Liberal in religion and a sound Democrat in politics, he has represented all the various town offices, including chairman of the board of selectmen. For twenty years; served as county commissioner from 1856 to 1859, inclusive; judge of probate, 1874 to 1877 (he is said to have been the best for length of service the county has ever had) ; member of the legislature twelve terms, from 1857 to 1869; of the senate in 1870 to 1872 and president of that body during his second term. He enjoys the distinction of being the only citizen who has been honored by a seat in three constitutional conventions. Another circumstance concerning the Pitman family is worthy of note: Judge Pitman , his father Joseph , and his son Lycurgus , three generations, have each been chosen state senator. Judge Pitman has been for many years a man of extensive influence, as s shown by the record of his serving so many terms in important positions. His dignified appearance and affable and genial nature have made him a favorite among the people; while his sterling integrity, ripened judgment, and large experience in public and private affairs have made him a desirable representative to protect their interests. Hazen Pitman's Pequawket House hazenhouse walterhouse eastbr Walter Pitman's Residence in Intervale. In 1938 it became Matthews Inn until 1942 when it became a private residence. Walter Pitman's, Pitman Hall - opened 1889 - burned 1930 pit hall villamaple Pitman Hall Garage George Gale and wife Ella Pitman Gale operated the Maple Villa. It was said Ella did most of the work. It was located opposite today's New England Inn. Walter Pitman's - Pitman Hall cedarcroft Benjamin Pitman's residence built 1800. Ben's son, John, inherited the house in 1848, never married and at his death left the house to a Mr. Howard, the handyman. In 1890 Mr. Howard sold to Uriah Ballard Russell and his wife Ann. By 1892 they were operating it as an Inn, and so it remained until 1953. The next owner was Uriah's son, Thomas C. Russell. The Russell's sold the property in 2014. Photo courtesy Tommy Russell Editors Note: If you find errors, omissions or just plain lies in any of my transcribed articles please take a moment to let me know using the contact link in the menu bar. Suggested additions are welcome too. Thanks, Dave Sources: Incidents in White Mountain history - by Rev. Benjamin G. Willey https://www.ancestry.com › genealogy › records › levi-chubbuck_91882748 "The History of Carroll County", 1889, Georgia Drew Merrill brooklyncentre.com › trees › getperson Bartlett NH - In the Valley of the Saco - Aileen Carroll - 1990 Lucy Crawford's History of the White Mountains - circa 1860 REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF The State of New Hampshire • BOSTON - NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 15 COURT SQUARE 1902 Early Settlers Stillings - Garland - Chubbick Emery - Pitman Hall - Pendexter - Tasker - Seavey George - Gilly - Fox - Willey

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 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 A Abbott, Henry,?? Edward ?? and Lillian Sanborn - 1949 Photo GO Abenaki Culture GO Abenaki Indian Shop - Intervale Crossroads GO Abenaki Life GO Abenaki Motel - Upper Village GO Abenaki, Population and Epidemics GO Abenaki - Where are they now? GO Abenaki and the Theft of America GO Abenaki Motel - upper Village GO Accident on Mt Washington Road kills 1 - July 1880 GO Aerial Photo - Intervale Scenic Vista area - 1900 GO Aerial Photo, 1983 Village center-School-Hotel GO Aerial Photos, 1952 - Bartlett Village to Intervale Aerial Photo, 1952 - Glen Junction GO Ainsworth, Tinker - deer hunting photo GO Albany Avenue - Commerce 1890-1950 GO Albany Ave 1920's photo GO Albany Ave 1915 GO Allen, Alfred Mingay GO Allen, W.F. Berkely Shop GO Alicee Evans Country Market - Intervale - Pic GO Ambitious Guest - Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 GO Anderson Brothers - railroad builders GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2020 GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2021 GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2022 GO Annual Report - Bartlett Historical Society - 2023 GO Annual Reports, Town of Bartlett, off site link GO Arendt, Anna and Andrew-Article and Photos GO Arethusa Falls, origination of name GO Art of the Mountains - Dave's Selections 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 Badger, Dick - Realtor - Photo at New England Inn -GO Bannon, Michael - Pic GO Barbershop, upper village - photo of building GO Barnes, Belvin - Obit GO Barnes, J.A. 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PO Box 514 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 Information, Events and Topics You Might Like The President of your Historical Society, Phil Franklin, doesn't talk much about himself, so this editor sought out some details about Phil. MEET PHIL FRANKLIN Bartlett 'most boring town'? Locals beg to differ Story Here IF YOU ARE ON A MOBIL DEVICE WE SUGGEST YOU USE THE SAFARI BROWSER FOR BEST RESULTS. Give it a try and let me know how it goes for your device. . Are You Looking For The Quar terly Newsletters ? Find Them Here Remember The Mountain Ear Newspaper? There are more than 100 excellently researched articles of local interest at this lin k. We can thank Jane Golden and Steve Eastman and many others for this historically valuable collection. This link will open in a new window. DR BEMIS AND HIS STONE HOUSE Go There Now Twenty more interesting tales... some might even be true. SEARCH NOW This search won't find everything. But it might find what you want What do we know about you? You may have seen the snow roller in the Village Park? Ever wonder how it got there? Click the Pic... We have recently refreshed our Facebook page. If you are a Facebook fan please visit our NEW page, give us a "Like" and follow. Thank you. Back to Front Page Please Choose another topic from the top menu

Public Meeting - November 2007 At the invitation of the Jackson Historical Society, the Bartlett Historical Society gave a presentation on Thursday, November 1st at 7:30pm titled: Past, Present and Future Jackson Historical Society (Warren Schomaker) and the Bartlett Historical Society (Bert George) stand by the BHS fundraiser quilt "Days Before Yesterday". Jackson’s Historical Society’s invitation was appreciated by members of both societies and provided the perfect venue to share information with a neighboring community. Their assistance has been welcome in the past and collaboration will facilitate future development. Leslie Mallett speaks of the early attempts at forming the Bartlett Historical Society. In 2007, grant applications grew and awards to the Society include: - Pequawket Foundation for the Past Perfect software program and a laptop computer - Henney History Fund for a multi-function printer/scanner/copier - NH Electric Cooperative for equipment to support the Life, Legends and Lore Project. October 17th at Flatbread Pizza Company in North Conway for pizza and socializing before. Every pizza sold was donated to the Society - to all who attended and to Flatbread Pizza. This program, sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council and geared toward an adult audience, was free and open to the public. Jeff Warner performed August 15 at the Seasons at Attitash, Route 302 in Bartlett. Jeff's Songs of Old New Hampshire, the Society's first "Humanities To Go!" program, offered the songs and stories that, in the words of Carl Sandburg, tell us where we came from and what brought us along. These ballads, love songs and comic pieces reveal the experiences and recordings and, for some, books. Songs from the railroad, lumber camps, the decks of sailing ships, the textile mills and the war between the sexes offer views of artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries. Jeff's biography can be read at his website where you can also listen to clips of his music . In years past, the histories of both Bartlett and Jackson have been intertwined with several boundary adjustments and the families who share a common heritage. The audience learned about the Bartlett Historical Society's formation, its current programs and activities and its ambitious goals for the future. Members spoke about the Past, Present and Future of their “new librarian for over 50 years. The library, under the leadership of its two books on the history of Bartlett. In the summer of 2004 Bert George, Norman Head, Leslie Mallett, Jean Garland and John Murphy met to create the Articles of Association. In the fall of that year, the Chippanock Inn hosted the first meeting. Members gathered and brought historical memorabilia, which filled three rooms. Officers were elected and goals were set to encourage and embrace programs promoting genealogy research and family history, the history of railroading, and the mapping of the cemeteries. During 2005 they worked to develop the organizational “nuts and bolts” by networking with established societies to research and build policies and procedures for accepting collections and creating a Constitution and By-Laws. The membership grew to 57 and programs were presented by Peter Crane on the history of Livermore, Marty Engstrom on his years on Mt. Washington, and Ben English on railroading in Bartlett. Year two continued the Society’s steady growth when Stoney Morrell of the Morrell Corporation offered use of a chalet, provided utility costs were assumed. With room to store and expand, intensive research to finance equipment to catalog and archive its growing collection began. The first grant was written to the Henney History Fund for a fire/water-proof file cabinet. A few “set- backs” were encountered during that first year. The chalet was broken into and the donated computer was stolen, and a furnace malfunction required several days of clean up. Member projects that year were participation in Bartlett Old Home Days festival, and in November and December 2006 the oral history project entitled Life, Legends and Lore - Village Voices became reality. Now in its third year, the Society is proud to have its own websiteatwww.bartletthistory.org . It accommodates multiple users, provides membership and contact forms, is keyword-searchable, user-friendly and affordable. It is an evolving project and features photos, sounds and links. Other 2007 projects include: - A members-created float for the Bartlett July 4th parade - Strengthening the Society’s infrastructure by addressing regulatory compliance, creating a new file system, reinforcing and expanding the policies and procedures manual - The Bartlett Historical Society newsletter grew with its popular feature, 100 Years Ago in Bartlett - News from the Villages- A two-part beginning genealogy research workshop was presented - Cemetery mapping and indexing, and the mapping and documenting of historic homes and their residing families began - The History of… project was created to explore the history of skiing in Bartlett During 2007, the Society presented programs for members and the public: - The Grand Hotels of the White Mountains with David Emerson - Tours of the Limmer Property (aka Intervale Playground and Harmony Acres,) and the Sut and Margaret Marshall horse-drawn wagon collection - New Hampshire Humanities Council programs - Songs of Old New Hampshire and Witches, Pop Culture and the Past The 2007 membership has grown to 162 members and the calendar has included 30 days of activity. Notable events in Bartlett’s history were addressed by the reading of The Historical Impact and Significances of the Railroads in Bartlett, NH by Scotty Mallett, BHS Railroad Historian, and the July 13, 1893 fire, which wiped out the center of Bartlett Village, from the Concord Evening Monitor. Presenting members agreed the future of BHS is bright. The board continues to fulfill its mission to preserve and protect all documents and items of historic value concerning the history of the Town of Bartlett, NH. In 2008, the Society will host a three-day gala, the Bartlett School Alumni Reunion, and invite all who attended Bartlett schools. The Society goals for 2008 are to increase member involvement in ongoing projects and programs; coordinate with other societies and organizations to present joint programs and events for the entire Valley; present more Humanities Council programs and field trips; and work with the schools to create history-related youth programs. With an active membership, there will be no limit on fulfilling our potential.

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 The Bellevue 1872 to 1936 The Bellevue was located directly opposite from today's south end of the Rte 16A Junction near the Scenic Vista. SOURCE MATERIAL: The Intervale, New Hampshire By Winfield S. Nevins 1887 The Bellevue, John Albert Barnesproprietor, stands on the knoll just beyond the Intervale. It is a sightly location and one excellently adapted for perfect drainage and to insure health and comfort. Mr. Barnes built this house himself in 1872, and for fifteen years has been its popular landlord and proprietor. Hundreds of New England people have found here a pleasant summer home. In the fall of 1886, the house was very materially enlarged by the addition of an L to the rear which nearly doubles its capacity. The house now accommodates about seventy guests, all in good rooms. It is kept open from the first of June until the last of October. The nearby Clarendon was annexed as part of the Bellevue complex and by 1901 The Bellevue was open during the winter specializing in sleighing, snowshoeing, coasting, camping and tobogganing . Skiing had not yet arrived in the White Mountains. The Bellevue was destroyed by fire in 1938. Historic Lodging Map Card dated October 4, 1919 SOURCE MATERIAL: American Series of Popular Biographies - NEW HAMPSHIRE EDITION THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF The State of New Hampshire. B O S T ON NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 15 COURT SQUARE - 1902. Editors Note: I have left this text exactly as it was printed in the publication, even though it is a bit cumbersome and obscure in places. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE BARNES FAMILY: JOHN ALBERT BARNES , for years proprietor of the Bellevue House at Intervale, N.H., was born in Kearsarge Village, N. H., October 12, 1832, and died 1889. His father, the late John M. Barnes , was a farmer, and resided at Intervale and also engaged in the hotel business, for several years conducting the Blue Blind Cottage, on what is now known as the Dr. Merriam place. (might have been near today's Stonehurst Manor) He died, at about sixty years of age, in Conway. He (John A) married Hannah Willey, of Conway, and they had two children: John A., the subject of this sketch ; and Mary, deceased, who married Levi Wheeler, of Littleton, John A. Barnes was educated in his native town, attending the district school and the academy; and from his early years until his death was more or less identified with hotel management, proving himself competent in every position that he assumed, as landlord winning friends and fame. In 1872 he opened the Bellevue House, t hen much smaller than now, and met with such success that much more room was needed; and in 1887 he enlarged it Since his death this hotel and also the Clarendon have been managed by his sons, under the name of J. A. Barnes' Sons. Mr. Barnes was an active, public-spirited citizen, never shirking the responsibilities of office, serving for five or six years as Selectman, and as Representative to the State Legislature in 1883 and in 1885. He married Mary Elizabeth Tufts, one of the seven children of Nathaniel Tufts, the others being Marcena, Vienna, George, Mehit Martha. descendant of one of the passengers who came abel, Victoria, and She was a de over on the “Mayflower.” Five children were born of their union, three sons and two daughters, namely: John Frederick, who married Lillian Ward, of Me. ; George Tufts, who married, first, Minnie Pit - Bennett Fryeburg, man, by whom he had two children, and, second, Ursula Lincoln, of Franklin, Mass. ; Dennis Wheeler, of Intervale; Effie Lizzie; and Bertha May, who is now deceased. John M. Barnes, who was born in February, I79I, Hannah Willey, sister of the Mr. Willey who, died January 1825, married with his family, was killed by the awful mountain slide of 1826. Polly Barnes, born December 22, 1792, married Jonathan Seavey, of Bartlett, and died September 27, 1847. born February 20, 1794, died May 10, 1797. Amos, Richard E. Barnes, born February 25, 1798, married a widow, Mrs. Amanda Cram Boston, and died October 28, 1888. Cynthia, born Jan Sally, born May 21, 1803, married Nathan Chandler, uary 10, 1800, died October 5, 1814. of Fryeburg, and resided in Conway, where her Abiah E. Barnes, born May 3, 1805, died, unmarried, death occurred December 27, 1890. November. 1, 1878. Alonzo W. Barnes, who was born February 16, 1807, and died February 22, 1900, married Almina Merrill. Albert Barnes, the special subject of this sketch, was educated in the schools of Conway. Having learned the carpenter's trade when young, he followed it until 1891, since that time devoting his attention to farming. In 1896 he was appointed Postmaster at Kearsarge Village, a position that he still retains. He is a stanch Democrat in politics, and for two years served as Selectman. He is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Barnes married November 3, 1848, Almira H. Seavey, of Conway, daughter of Simon and Betsey (Hendly) Seavey and one of a family of six children. Two brothers of Mrs. Barnes are deceased, namely: Calvin, who died young; and Orrin, who married Lydia East In a n. Her surviving brother and sisters are: Isaiah, residing in Kearsarge, who married Miss Ella Burbank; Clarissa A., wife of Ezra R. Eastman; and Maria, widow of the late George Clark, of Kearsarge. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have two children – Clara and Lester C. Clara Ella Barnes, born in 1851 in Conway, is the wife of H. H. Dow, of Kearsarge, and the mother of two children — Helen M. and Albert Barnes Dow. C. Barnes, born at Kearsarge in 1866, lives on the homestead. He married Nellie O. Eastman, daughter of Alfred A. and Olive Eastman; and they have two children — Leah M. and Ralph Lester. January 28, 1938 Sources: Incidents in White Mountain history - by Rev. Benjamin G. Willey https://www.ancestry.com › genealogy › records › levi-chubbuck_91882748 "The History of Carroll County", 1889, Georgia Drew Merrill brooklyncentre.com › trees › getperson Bartlett NH - In the Valley of the Saco - Aileen Carroll - 1990 Lucy Crawford's History of the White Mountains - circa 1860 REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF The State of New Hampshire • BOSTON - NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 15 COURT SQUARE 1902 Lodging Preface Upper Village Area Glen Area Intervale Area Historic Lodging Map

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Willie House Area of Crawford Notch slidepic Nothing brings as much attention as a good disaster story. Crawford Notch became a Tourist attraction in 1826 when the Willie family was killed in a massive landslide. After this event, more so than any other event, cemented the name Willie House into a National human interest story. Read the whole story of the Willey landslide at this page. The Willey House area on Rte 302 Began with the Samuel Willey family who moved into this wilderness in 1821. The Willie Slide, in 1826, put the area on the map as not only their lodging accommodations but also a major tourist attraction of the time. The Willey House Inn is shown at left. The Inn burned in 1898. FIRST HOUSE IN THE NOTCH. The Willey House is the oldest building erected in the Notch. This was built in the year 1793, by a Mr. Davis, to accommodate the unfortunate storm-bound traveller, who, from curiosity, or on business, might dare the dangers of this wild pass. The absence of an Inn did not end the tourist appeal and after the Inn burned, during the early 1900's the area sprouted a camping area on the same spot. By the 1920's a man named Donahue from Bartlett obtained a lease on the site and began building Willie Camps, which featured a snack bar and cabins. The snack bar and a gift shop occupy the site to this day (2011) WHsePic1860s camps When the railroad came through the Notch in 1857 it brought with it a small contingency of new residents. A railroad Station House for the section crew was erected at the west end of the Willey Brook Trestle. It became better known for the family who lived there, Hattie and Loring Evans. They arrived in the summer of 1903 and set up housekeeping in the lonely wilderness. Loring and Hattie raised their four children here. Tragically, Loring was killed in 1916 when a train went the opposite of the way he anticipated. Hattie Stayed on until 1942 and raised the four children alone. The house was razed by the railroad in 1972. To read the entire story of the House and the Evans Family pick up the book "Life By The Tracks" by Virginia C. Downs published in 1984 EDITORS NOTE: One railroad expert, Bob Girouard, informs us that Loring Evans died on Thanksgiving day 1913. END OF THE LINE FOR MT WILLARD HOUSE: Later, a small pond was created by building a dam across the Saco River which originates about a mile further west. A pedestrian bridge led to a wildlife exhibit with deer, bear, possums, owls and other birds, raccoons, skunks and other critters native to the area. It closed in the 1970's. Incidents were few, but there is this story from 1952 about an 18 year old employee, Robert Huckins, was killed by a bear after a feeding. wildlife huckins WillardHsePIC Devils eNDoFlINE "The Devils Den" up the side of Mt. Willard, seen from the notch opposite the Silver Cascade, though as yet but imperfectly explored, deserves a passing notice. From below it appears like a dark hole in the steep cliff; and, though various attempts have been made to explore its shadowy secrets, from the day it was first discovered by old Abel Crawford till 1850, it remained among the unvisited wonders. To F. Leavitt, Esq., belongs the credit of succeeding, by means of a rope let down from the overhanging rock above, in the accomplishment of the daring enterprise of first visiting that spot. Fancy a man suspended over a dark gulf more than a thousand feet deep, by a rope let down from a ragged crag to a dark hole in the mountain, around the entrance of which were scattered the skulls and bones of animals, and you have a glimmering of the picture. Our hero lost all desire to enter that dismal cavern, and, kicking the rope, was again drawn up ; and since that time, by his description, no explorer has been found with sufficient nerve and curiosity to make a second attempt. As there has never been discovered any possible means by which that den can be approached by foothold up the rock, and as the old Evil One has such daily business with mortal affairs, rather than believe that to be his abode, it appears more just to conclude that alone there the mountain eagle finds a solitary home. Source: Historical relics of the White Mountains: Also, a concise White Mountain guide By John H. Spaulding 1862 Here is another account of The Devils Den taken from The White Mountains: a handbook for travelers: a guide to the peaks, passes ...edited by Moses Foster Sweetser; 1886: The Devil's Den is a black-mouthed cavern on the S. side of the cliffs of Mt. Willard, and is plainly seen from the road. It is reported that Crawford visited it, many years ago, and found the bottom strewn with bones and other ghastly relics ; and marvelous stories of the supernatural were afterwards told about it. In 1856, however, the Den was explored by Dr. Ball, who was lowered down the cliff by .ropes. He found it to be 20 ft. wide and deep, and 15 ft. high, very cold and damp, but containing nothing remarkable or interesting During the State Survey of 1870, explorers were lowered to the Den by a rope 125 ft. long, but their discoveries did not repay the peril of the descent. EvansFam1968 fire Bits n Pieces idlewild In the 1880's the area around Elephant Head and Saco Pond at the Crawford Notch Gateway was known as Idlewild . It featured broad walking paths and benches at beneficial locations to enjoy the views.

Source: White Mountains National Forest. In 1831, Thomas Russell in the then Burton, NH (which would later become Albany) acquired five 100 acre lots for a total of $5.25. One lot was numbered 13 in the Fourth Range of the North Division of the town. On lot 13, Thomas, assisted by his second son, Amzi (pronounced aim-zee), built the frame structure that stands today. In 1832, Thomas and his wife, Ruth, sold lot 13 and the house to Amzi. On December 3, 1834, Amzi Russell married Eliza Morse George, after which they moved to the house. Eliza and Amzi raised five daughters here; one of who was Ruth Priscilla Russell. The family subsided on the meager garden crops they were able to grow, supplemented by wild game as well as fruits of the field, forest, and stream. They received a moderate income from a sawmill and from a store that they ran in their home at one time. During the years from 1834 through 1877, Amzi acquired thousands of acres of virgin timberland. He was certain that the railroad would eventually come into the valley and transport his prized timber to the mills in Conway and Bartlett. The logging railroads did eventually arrive, unfortunately too late in 1877, Amzi Russell died, leaving a mortgage and unpaid taxes on approximately 8,700 acres, all but the home lot of 100 acres and an additional 192 acres in three separate lots were sold to meet the family’s financial obligations. In 1887, Eliza Russell deeded the property to her daughter, Ruth Priscilla, and Ruth’s husband, Thomas Alden Colbath, who continued to farm the land and care for the aging Eliza. In the late 1880s, the population of the valley had grown. There were 20 or more farms, two schoolhouses, and a small hotel. During the summer, many visitors came to enjoy the clean air and the relaxing surroundings. In 1890, the first Passaconaway Post Office was set up in the house and Ruth Priscilla Colbath became the first postmistress. She held the position until 1906 or 1907. One day in 1891, Thomas Colbath left the house, saying he would be back “in a little while.” Ruth never saw him again. She remained in the house where she had been born, eking out a meager living. It is told that she placed a light in her window each night, expecting Thomas to return. On November 15, 1930. Mrs. Colbath died at the age of 80, still believing that her husband would eventually return. Three years later, Thomas Alden Colbath did indeed return to the deserted house and heard the story about his wife, now deceased, and a light that shone each night for 39 years in the darkness of the Passaconaway Valley. Thomas indicated that he had no quarrel with his wife. He had remained in the area for at least a year after which he began wandering farther and farther away. After a time, he said that he was too ashamed to return to his wife and home. What prompted his return? It is anyone’s guess. Thomas discovered upon his arrival that he had no home, as the estate of his wife had been settled the previous year. The proceeds from the sale of the land and home had been divided among Mrs. Colbath’s closet known living relatives; four cousins. Thomas remained for a short time before he once again wandered away. Buried in the village cemetery, just east of the house, are Thomas and Ruth Russell, Amzi and Eliza Russell, and Ruth Priscilla Colbath, in addition to other family members. Ruth Priscilla’s grave is the sole family member’s stone to be marked. It is situated where, in death, she can continue to view her home and the mountains she loved so dearly in life. New owners, who used the place as a summer residence, renovated the house in 1935. The barn and shed were torn down at that time. In 1848, extensive repairs were made to preserve the aging house. It is fortunate that the owners did little to change the original setting as was feasible and is open to the public as a historic site. For more information, cal One fall afternoon in 1891, 41-year-old Thomas Colbath left the farm to run some errands. He told his wife, “I’ll be back in a little while,” and headed down the road. When it started to get dark, Ruth lit an oil lamp and put it in the window to help him find his way in. But Thomas Colbath didn’t return that night, or the next day. Friends searched the roads for him in vain. Did he get lost? Mauled by a bear? Suffer a heart attack? Robbed and murdered? Perhaps he had some dementia event and lost his memory? Or had he simply walked out on his wife? Ruth never saw him again. She remained alone in the house where she was born, eking out a living, waiting for her husband to return. Ruth lit the oil lamp in the window every night for the next 39 years, hoping for Thomas to find his way home. 83-year-old Thomas Colbath back home again after 39 years of “running errands.” Courtesy White Mountain National Forest Visitor Information Services Ruth died in 1930 at the age of 80. Three years after she died, 83-year-old Thomas returned. He offered conflicting explanations for why he had left and where he had been the previous 42 years. Thomas indicated that he had no quarrel with his wife. He had remained in the area for about a year, and then began wandering farther away. Some versions of the story suggest he made his way to Cuba and then on to Panama, where he worked digging the Panama Canal. Other versions have him in California or out west building railroads. After being gone for a while, Thomas was too embarrassed and ashamed to return to his wife and home. What inspired his eventual return is unknown. Perhaps he wanted to face his sins and ask forgiveness before he died. But that didn’t happen. Thomas was told by neighbors that his wife had died, and the home had been sold. Ruth’s estate had been settled, and the proceeds from the sale divided among her cousins. Ruth was buried in a small cemetery within sight of the house she was born in and had never ventured far from. Thomas wandered away and was never seen again. When my tour of the homestead completed, I resumed on my way running errands, only now with the story of Ruth and Thomas Colbath on my mind. His concept of “be back in a little while” was very different from mine when I said something similar this morning … and I don’t think my wife will keep the porch light on for the next 39 years either. Recognizing the historical significance of the Russell-Colbath homestead, the U.S. Forest Service purchased the property in 1961, preserving the house and running a museum there ever since. In 1987, the Russell-Colbath House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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LIVERMORE, NH - A TOWN LOST TO TIME There is no better place to get a sense of life at Livermore than by perusing the Doctoral thesis written by Peter Crane. We have received his permission to present this book to you here on these pages. "Glimpses of Livermore: Life and Lore of an Abandoned White Mountain Woods Community". Find it HERE (or find it later in the "Livermore Menu" at the top right of each Livermore page). BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 603 374 5037 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 AN INTRODUCTION TO LIVERMORE: Cellar holes and pottery shards hint at once-thriving communities By Fred Durso, Jr. The roar of the Sawyer River nearly drowns out Karl Roenke’s voice. While he walks along the water’s bank, the morning sun peeks through the birch and spruce trees and casts light on a world that has lain dormant for decades. The waterway seems to be the only constant in the area; once occupied by nearly 200 people, the land is now heavily wooded. It’s hard to believe that people—not just trees—once dominated this area. Yet Roenke knows a closer look will reveal pieces of the past. He takes a few more steps—and disappears into the brush. “We walk on this land now and the regrowth is just phenomenal,” says Roenke, a heritage resource program leader for the White Mountain National Forest, speaking above the river’s gush. “People don’t know the vibrant history of it all.” Roenke notices a gleam in the mud and points out a white ceramic piece. A few feet away near a fallen trunk, he discovers a black, glasslike shard that fits in the palm of his hand. “It was probably part of a vase or whiskey bottle,” he deduces before placing it back on the ground. The most easily discerned sign of life is a few yards in front of him. The 61-year-old leads the way to a nearby clearing, site of a building foundation where a grocery store once stood. A black cast-iron safe sits within the foundation’s perimeter, another artifact that tells a story of life here long ago. Time has concealed many signs of human activity. Situated in the south end of New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch (directly off of Route 302), the mill town of Livermore was shaped by the surrounding timber industry—its lifeblood—and the former Sawyer River Railroad. The town was officially dissolved in 1951, and Mother Nature has since moved in. But it’s hard to forget or ignore the past. While towns like Livermore have gradually died, Roenke and likeminded individuals with a passion for such hidden, historicalgems believe their stories are worth resurrecting. These advocates are discussing how to highlight historical sites in the White Mountains of New Hampshire such as Livermore and Thornton Gore, a former farming community. Though in its infancy, their “interpretive plan” could lead to the installation of informative signs at the sites. In the meantime, curious hikers can take their own trips through time, once they know where to look. “All of these abandoned towns have a tremendous story to tell,” Roenke says. “Livermore is one of the better ones.” Driving onto Sawyer River Road from Route 302, Rick Russack is surrounded by lands that have become, in his words, his obsession. The 68-year-old curator of the Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society has researched and gathered more than 8,000 photos of about eight former towns in the Granite State. He eagerly approaches the path leading to Livermore, about 2 miles up Sawyer River Road on the left. “These places talk to me,” says Russack as he walks past the former grocery store foundation on his way to the Sawyer River. “If we don’t tell their story, it’s gone.” Next to the river are two slender concrete beams 6 feet high. Skinny copper tubing—once enclosed within the concrete—is now partially exposed. The dilapidated structures once served as a water piping system for the town. Russack accesses Livermore’s other life source—its lumber mill—by making a right into the brush. Hidden within the dense forest is the mill’s foundation, 150 feet by 30 feet. Scattered bricks covered in moss and shrubbery fill the center. “Brick says powerhouse,” Russack explains, also noting that the mill housed steam engines. The mill was the last of three within the town; previous mills burned in 1876 and 1920 and were rebuilt. Logging was the predominant activity when Livermore was incorporated in the late 1800s, and its railroad spurred new life into the region. Lumbermen, who used waterways to transport logs from forests to mills, saw the potential of the new transportation system. But they had one hurdle—land ownership. Much of the North Country and White Mountains region was state land. According to C. Francis Belcher’s book, Logging Railroads of the White Mountains, New Hampshire Gov. Walter Harriman passed a law in 1867 that “sold and disposed of public lands” for practically nothing. The powerful Saunders family incorporated the Grafton County Lumber Co. and in 1877 began construction of the 8-mile Sawyer River Railroad, one of the smaller routes of the time since it stretched only from the Sawyer River Valley above Bartlett to the south end of Crawford Notch. Livermore became the Saunders’ part-time home; the family owned 30,000 of the town’s 75,000 acres, as well as a lavish, 26-room mansion. The town’s population increased over the years (census records report 160 residents in 1890), but the Saunders kept close tab on its occupants; their family’s permission was needed before any individual could reside there. Today, the area shows few signs of the 2 1/2 story houses with porches that lined the river. Yet Russack can tell where land was altered. Following the river downstream, he notices non-native flora. “The lilac bushes would say to me, ‘This was a cultivated area,’” he says. Birch trees, found near the mill site, also offer clues of habitation, since they grow in disturbed areas. An icehouse, engine house, blacksmith shop, grocery store, boarding house, school, and large barn dotted the area. (The school’s foundation is still present a mile past Livermore’s main site on the right side of Sawyer River Road.) Some of the mill workers lived on the opposite side of the river in the area dubbed “Little Canada.” “Very little is known about Little Canada,” says Peter Crane, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Livermore and is director of programs for the Mount Washington Observatory. “There are no company records that have been uncovered. The earliest mill workers, loggers, etc., were from the Northeast and New Hampshire. As the decades went on, more came from Canada and overseas and changed the demographics of Northern New England.” Though Livermore’s inhabitants lacked the amenities of city life, they made the most of their surroundings. “Times were tough,” says Crane, who interviewed nearly 15 former residents for his dissertation, completed in 1993. “It was a hard life. They were in a very remote area, had very limited medical care, and had many discomforts. But many looked fondly back on growing up in the area, their families, and being close to nature.” According to a 1982 article in The Reporter, a now-defunct newspaper based in North Conway, N.H., some workers weren’t comfortable with the hard labor of the logging camps and sawmill. Unable to tolerate the homesickness and physical exertion, they fled—that is, until the company hired a man named Sidney White to keep the recruits from escaping. During one incident, White shot an escapee in the leg, which resulted in a court case and a $3,000 fine to the lumber company. Other residents recounted rosier experiences. James F. Morrow recalled in a 1969 Yankee Magazine article “sliding in the moonlight down the hill on Main Street without worrying about the traffic, the big thrill of riding with my mother on the cow-catcher of ‘Peggy,’ the old locomotive of the line, into the woods to visit my father.” Some local people explored the surrounding area through AMC-sponsored trips, including one to Mount Carrigain documented in an 1879 Appalachia article. Using the already established railroad line, passengers would ride in flat cars with wooden benches during these excursions. However, the railroad was predominantly used to boost the lumber company’s bottom line. The Saunders carefully husbanded their timber resources: Though clearcutting was a common practice of the day, Livermore’s operation used “selective cutting.” “Striking down trees of a certain size was more conservative,” Crane explains. “It helped prevent forest fires because not a lot of slash was left behind, and it helped retain water better than areas that have been wiped clean. The Saunders represented the new age that was dawning—some greater sensitivity to the environment and looking toward sustainable yields, which is similar to the [USFS] forest management philosophy.” The mill was a prosperous operation. (Belcher notes that loggers were able to cut over the area three times.) But a series of devastating events sealed the town’s fate. After a 1920 fire that burned the mill (which was later rebuilt), a heavy flood in 1927 damaged parts of the railroad bed and bridges. “Looking at census records, Livermore was well on the decline by the time the flood hit,” Crane says. The mill officially closed in 1928. Many of the dwellings were sold for salvage, destroyed, or left to rot. The mansion burned down in 1965. The land, part of the White Mountain National Forest, is now under USFS control and uses include timber harvesting, recreation, and wildlife and watershed management. Only one private residence remains. For Russack, Livermore’s history lies not only in personal accounts and crucial dates, but also in the landscape itself. “You can read a book about Livermore, but to get out here and step on the spot, it’s a different experience,” he says. “Each time you visit, you see something you didn’t see before.” SOURCE MATERIAL: AMC Outdoors, October 2008 Livermore Main Street in the late 1800's. The Sawyer River would be flowing along behind these houses. The Saunder's Mansion is at the top of the hill. GENEALOGY OF LIVERMORE, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - ---------------------------- ---- Information located at www . nh . searchroots. com On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRA NSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN ---- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ====== SOURCE: Gazeteer of Grafton County NH, 1709-1886, compiled and published by Hamilton Child; Syracuse NY, The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders, June 1886 page 511 LIVERMORE is a large wilderness township located in the northeastern part of the county, in lat. 44 degrees 5 minutes, and long 71 degrees 30' bounded north by Bethlehem and a part of the county line, east by the county line, south by Waterville, and west by Thornton, Lincoln and Franconia. It was incorporated in 1876. The surface of the township is rough, wild and picturesque, many of its solitudes even apprroaching the sublime. Among its mountain valleys spring the headwaters of the East and Hancock branches of the Pemigewasset river, flowing a westerly course through the township, Mad river, flowing south, and Sawyer river, flowing east. Upon this latter stream is located the lumber mills of the Saunders Brothers, of Massachusetts, the only industry carried on in the township, and who own the larger part of the territory. At present Livermore's only value is derived from its forests, the land being uncleared, and even if it was would doubtless prove too rough for purposes of cultivation. DESCRIPTION OF LIVERMORE NH in 1885: In 1880 Livermore had a population of 153 souls. In 1885 the town had one school district and one common school. Its school-house was valued, including furniture, etc. at $151.00. There were twenty-eight children attending school, taught during the year by two female teachers, at an average monthly salary of $26.00. The entire amount raised for school purposes during the year was $145.12, while the expenditures were $130.00, with W. G. Hull and O.P. Gilman, committee. VILLAGES Livermore (p.o.) is the name given the little village clustered about the lumber mills on the Sawyer river. In 1877 a track was laid from about four miles beyond this point to the Portland & Ogdensburg road, for the purpose of transporting lumber and timber. It is known as the Sawyer River railroad. The village has about twenty dwellings. William G. Hull is the postmaster and manager of the company store. BUSINESSES THE GRAFTON LUMBER CO.--The first mill was built by the Saunders Brothers in 1876, and was destroyed by fire the same year. In 1877 they put up the present structure, which is operated by a 150 horse power engine, for which steam is generated in five boilers. It cuts from 3,000,000 to 11,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. C.W. Saunders is the company's agent here. (end) Livermore in 1921. In the early days it was common practice to roll the travelled ways as opposed to the current method of plowing the toads. Pictures of Livermore in August 1963 provided by Ted Houghton. We appreciate getting these photos. Saunder's Mansion at Livermore as it looked in August of 1963. Saunder's Mansion at Livermore, August 1963. Unfortunately, due to increasing vandalism, the mansion was burned to the ground in 1965 by it's new owner, Mr. Shackford. A view out an upstairs window at the Saunder's Mansion in Livermore, August 1963. Saunder's Mansion at Livermore as it appeared in April of 1964. All four photos courtesy of Ted Houghton. Website Editors Note: I have endeavored to collect as much information as is available about Livermore, NH. To that end, I believe this section to be amongst the most complete collection of material about Livermore to be found all in one place. Some of the information is provided by links to other websites and in all cases I have provided Source data for the information. Some items that have been "copied and pasted" from other websites were done in that method only because I have found often times the original material either gets moved or deleted and links to the information "go bad" overtime. If I have "stepped on any toes" that was not my intention. Another favorite website is White Mountain History dot Org. They also have an array of information and pictures of Livermore. I encourage you to check out that site: (it opens in a new window) https://whitemountainhistory.org/Livermore.html If you have any information you would like to contribute please contact me. group photo camp2 Here's a rough looking bunch at Logging Camp #2, all seem to be wearing their toughest faces on this day. Note the guy at right with puppy and guy in back row left with a pet chipmunk. Do YOU know any of these men? We would love to hear from you! 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 Camping gear: Chipmunks 🐶Puppy Hat

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , OBITUARY INDEX OF FOLKS WITH TIES TO BARTLETT, NH ADDITIONAL SOURCES: Furber and White Funeral Home has a searchable listing of obituaries. Abbott, Ruth Ward GO Ainsworth, Archie "Stubby" GO Ainsworth, Jean GO Ainsworth, Ruth Alison Russell GO Alandar, David Karl GO Allan, Florence Irene GO Allen, Colleen GO Allen, Gary GO Anthony, Kathleen C GO Anthony, Todd D "Stitch" GO Bailey, Ray II GO Bailey, Sanborn Evelyn Ruth GO Bailey, Vin GO Barnes, Belvin R GO Barnes, Pearl A GO Bellerose ,Leavitt, Mary Ann - GO Bellerose, Roland A - GO Bennett, Arnold - picture only GO Bennett, Marilyn - GO Bianchino, Daniel GO Bickford, Harold C. GO Blake, Robert C GO Booth, David James GO Bowie, Myron - 1889-1926 - GO Burke, Alice Ward GO Burke, Annie Winnie GO Burke, Clinton I GO Burke, Clinton I, Jr GO Carter, Albert E Jr GO Cassell, Roberta Rose GO Chadbourne, Doris M GO Chandler, Alice (wife of Earl Sr) GO Chandler, Christine GO Chandler, Donald William GO Chandler, Earl GO Chandler, Earl "Rusty" Jr GO Chandler, Nancy Katherine Sheehan GO Chandler, Percy GO Chappee, Donna - GO Chappee, Douglas David GO Chappee, Marilyn Elaine Hill - GO Chase, Rodney B GO Clemons, Delia (1927) GO Clemons, Donald Harland GO Clemons, James GO Clemons, Roger GO Copp, Elaine Edith Henry GO Cotter, Anne, Schultze... GO Crouse, Isabel G GO Dana, Muriel L GO Davidson, Stanley E GO Dolley, Mark Wayne - GO Donovan, Kevin W GO Dudley, David A. GO Eastman, Allen Wayne GO Eastman, Opal T GO Eastman, Vivian Rose GO Egbert, Thurston Merrill Jr (Sam) GO Eliason, Alan GO Eliason, Douglas Bruce GO Eliason, Elizabeth (Garman)(Dorsey) GO Eliason, Linda P - obit GO Elliott, Edward M (Bert) GO Emerson, Robert O GO Ettel, Hans Joerg - GO Fernald, Earle W GO Filip, Jan Gordon III GO Fish, Russell GO Forman, Barbara J GO Garland, Alice L (Sullivan) GO Garland, Elfreda P GO Garland, Eunice H GO Garland, Jean Lois GO Garland, Lois Jean (Jean's daughter) GO Garman, Elizabeth (Eliason) (Dorsey) GO Gaudette, Linda GO George, Benjamin J GO George, Clarence Herbert (Bert) GO George, Franklin, Hon. 1836-1907 GO Gerling, Laura Dorothy GO Glines, Richard R. GO Gonya, Richard C GO Gothreau, Charles (Chris) GO Gramstorff, George - obit GO Grant, Earl B GO Grant, Eva GO Grant, Gloria Clemons - GO Grant, Margaret GO Grant, Merle Burnell - obit GO Greene, Hamlin L GO Greenwood, Christopher Charles GO Greenwood, Jo-Ellen (Jody) GO Guptill, Clinton M GO Guptill, Sandra Jean (Fisher) GO Hall, Althea Joyce Morton GO Hall, Mary Chandler GO Hatch, Lucille L GO Hayes, Dora GO Hayes, Rosemarie GO Head, Jonathan M GO Head, Norman J. GO Hebb, Raymond M. GO Henn, Janet (Smith) GO Henry, Ernest GO Hill, Brian GO Hill, Donald F GO Hill, Earl F. (Gibb) GO Hill, Rita GO Holmes, Robert GO Holt, Lorraine Judd GO Hodge, Catherine Andrews GO Hodgkins, Nancy Ann June GO Hounsell, Janet Macallister GO Howard, Benson F GO Howard, Geraldine E GO Howard, George (Brud) Linus III, Col GO Howard, Granville, K. GO Howard, James M GO Howard, Ruth Marie GO Huhn, Holly GO Illsley, James Reginald, III GO Jefferson, Owen L. GO Johnson, Carroll R (C.J.) GO Jones, Flora Leona Giles GO Jones, Lorraine GO Jones, Richard A GO Jones, Robert L GO Kelly, Carroll W GO Kerins, Joe GO King, Carol GO Kondrup_Taylor_Margaret GO Labbe, Edie Rose GO Lane,, John E, SR (Ona Bond) GO Leavitt, Mary Ann (Bellerose) GO Limmer, Peter Jr. GO Lynn, Robert Michael GO Lyons, Jack GO Macmanus, Gerald P GO Mallett, Ralph Alfred GO Manna, Salvatore GO Marcoux, Zeke GO Mark, Dewey GO May, Susan GO Mckee, Bernardina (Howard, Deana) GO Mead, Joseph - died 1923 GO Mead, Lewis J. GO Mead, Ralph Lee GO Mead, Sandra Jill GO Mead, Wilfred GO Medeiros, John R. GO Melczarek, Jean GO Mersereau, Dorothy Thompson GO Mersereau, Gerald N GO Mersereau, Herman Reginald GO Mersereau, Jimmy GO Mersereau, Judi Ann (Eisner) GO Miller, Cecile A GO Mirabella, Grace C. GO Mirabella, Maria Judi GO Monahan, David GO Monahan, Phyllis Foley GO Morrell, Robert and Stoney GO Morton, Marion GO Morton, Peter K GO Moulton, John E. GO Mudgett, Francis - GO Mulkern, Joseph Andrew aka "Red" GO Mulvey, Douglas GO Murphy, John N GO Nealley, Kathleen G (Snow) - GO Nelson, Carl GO Nelson, Otto Alvar GO Nudd, Ronald P GO O'Brien, Francis J GO O'Connell, Maureen L GO Ohlson, Verland Swede GO ONell, Daniel GO Patch, Anita H GO Patch, Maxine Grace Anderson GO Patch, Richard F GO Pettengill, Ruth E GO Phaneuf, Mark GO Pollard, Michael GO Prince, Claire Josephine (nee Wassel) GO Richards, Dale M GO Richards, Elizabeth "Beth" GO Roberts, Lynn Roger GO Roden, John GO Rogers, Faylene Joyce GO Rogerson, Blaine Joseph Sr. GO Rogerson, Paula Rae GO Roode, David W GO Rowe, John A Jr. GO Roy, Susan M GO Russell, Dorothy Irene (Lent) GO Russell, Ruth Alison (Ainsworth) GO Russell, Tuck GO Ryan, Katherine E GO Samuelson, Arline "Topsy" GO Sanborn, Henry GO Sanborn, Lillian M GO Sandman, Demsey, Cindi GO Sanphy, Janet Burke GO Seavey, Jonathan S GO Seavey, Sylvia M GO Shaw, John E Jr. GO Sheehan, James (Jim) GO Smearer, Stan (just a photo) GO Smith, Walter C GO Snow, Nealley Goodnow, Kathleen GO Stillings, Woodrow Wilson GO Stimpson, Priscilla GO Stimpson, Richard M GO Stoner, Brenda J (Clemons) GO Taylor_Margaret_Kondrup GO Thorne, Harry GO Thorne, Thaddeus GO Tibbetts, Rita A (Clemons) GO Tibbetts, Robert (Bob) Simon, Jr GO Tilton, Geraldine Disbrow GO Tilton, Richard D GO Trecarten, Dale W GO Ward, Merton L GO Ward, Ronald M GO Ward, Everett GO Ware, Richard A GO Ware, Helen Tasi GO Warren, Marion Lucy GO Washburn, Fred - RR Pub Notice GO Webster, Dorothy E GO Whittum, Rita Helen GO Wyman, Kenneth GO Young, Ann (Russell) GO Young, Carroll GO

BARTLETT HISTORIC SOCIETY PO Box 514 - 13 School St. Bartlett, NH 03812 Bartlett NH Historical Society Livermore Research Nicholas G. Norcross The New England Timber King 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 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. NICHOLAS GAUBERT NORCROSS was a lumber baron, the "New England Timber King", who apparently fell on some financial hard times, and then moved to Lowell in 1844 to take up lumbering operations there. He opened a sawmill and planeing mill with one John Fiske, operating as Fiske & Norcross. He also had a woodworking machinery retailing operation, Norcross & Co. He sold the latter business in 1848 or '49 to a competitor, S. C. Hills , and worked on designing a new circular sawmill and a planer. Both of Norcross's designs were quite successful. The innovation in his sawmill design was an arbor that could move laterally to accommodate small sideways motion of the log. There were two important innovations in his planer: first, the air currents from the movement of the cutter-head directed the shavings into a chute; and second, the then-traditional pressure rollers were replaced by a pressure bar that could be placed much closer to the cutter-head and hence prevent tearout. The major flaw in Norcross's design is that adjusting the lumber size required inserting or removing spaces between the cylinders and the platen. In that respect, it was inferior to the other planers that had been developed to compete against the Woodworth planer, but those other planers had been all either lost in court against the Woodworth cartel, or they had been bought out by them. The market was eager for a legitimate competitor to the Woodworth planer. Norcross began by building one planer that was operated by his own planing mill. It was no surprise when the Woodworth cartel promptly filed suit against Fiske & Norcross for patent infringement. But to the astonishment of all, Norcross ultimately prevailed (after a nearly four-year court battle) in the U. S. Supreme Court, even though his machine was a more direct infringement on Woodworth's patent than some others that lost infringement lawsuits. According to Charles Tompkins' 1889 book, The History of the Planing-Mill, the owners of this Norcross patent had quietly made a deal with the Woodworth cartel: they would support the cartel's attempt to get another patent extension if the Norcross planer could "compete" in the same marketplace. This was a good deal for the Woodworth owners because the Norcross machine was, overall, not much better than the Woodworth planer, and the presence of competition in the marketplace might tame the growing resentment against the Woodworth cartel. Apparently it was not difficult to control the outcome of the court ruling. Even before the lawsuit was finished, quite a few Norcross machines were sold, with the Norcross patent owners indemnifying the purchasers for any damages if the Woodworth cartel prevailed in court. In both the Norcross planer and the Woodworth planer, a pair of upper and lower feed-rolls were mounted to a frame (Norcross's rolls were somewhat larger than Woodworth's). The feed-rolls were geared using star gears that allowed a certain amount of adjustment to accommodate different stock thicknesses. Different sized gears were also provided as necessary. A slotted bedplate was situated close behind and below the rolls, with the planing cylinder beneath the slot so that the knives could protrude slightly through the slot. This contrasts with the Woodworth planer and all modern planers where the cutter-head is above the bed rather than below it. In this respect the Norcross planer works somewhat like a modern jointer. An upper press-plate provided a surface to hold the wood down against the cutter. The cylinder bearings were attached to this upper press-plate via arms passing down through the main bed-plate. To adjust the machine for different thicknesses of lumber, cast-iron strips were inserted between the press-plate and the cylinder boxes. This adjustment method was clunky but effective and solid. Once the Woodworth planer cartel lost its monopoly in 1856, however, the Norcross tonguing and grooving machines quickly fell into disuse, replaced by integrated planer-matchers. That helps explain why the Norcross cartel had supported the Woodworth cartel. Information Sources The New York Legal Observer, Vol. 1, October 1842 —April, 1843, has a report on a proceeding in the U. S. District Court of Maine at Portland: "Ex parte the creditors of Nicholas G. Norcross, in the matter of his Petition for a Decree". Norcross had declared bankruptcy, and he had been in a partnership operating as "Fisk & Norcross" ("Fisk" was actually John Fiske). The partnership itself was not insolvent, nor was Fiske. The judge ruled that Norcross's creditors had no right to "interfere with the administration of the effects of the firm", which had been effectively dissolved by bankruptcy. It was Fiske's responsibility to wind up the affairs of the partnership. A History of the Boston and Maine Railroad, by Bruce D. Heald, 2007 , quotes the 1871 book The Merrimack River by J. W. Meader: In 1844, Nicholas G. Norcross, who had already made himself rich and earned the title of "The New England Timber King" on the Penobscot, came to Lowell and established himself permanently on the Merrimack...Mr. Norcross prefaced his operation by the outlay of more than one hundred thousand dollars in improving the channel and adapting it to his purposes. He blasted rocks and removed obstructions, bought land and provided for the stringing of booms for timber harbor, bought rights in some of the important falls, built two dams on the Pemigewasset at Woodstock, New Hampshire, and purchased the Elkins Grant of eighty thousand acres of heavy timber adjoining the above town, Lincoln, and several others. He also bought a tract of forty thousand acres in the un-granted lands of New Hampshire and several other tracts... In 1845, Mr. Norcross built a large lumber mill at Lowell, where, with gangs of saws, upright and circular, he wrought out much of the lumber for the mills and dwellings of the city. This mill was twice destroyed by fire, but was soon rebuilt. He also built a large mill at Lawrence, which was managed by his brother, J. W. Norcross. Mr. Norcross died in 1860, since which the business has been conducted by I. W. Norcross, Charles W. Saunders and N. W. Norcross. An 1849 Scientific American ad from S. C. Hills (a big New York woodworking machinery dealer) says, "Messrs. Norcross & Co., agents for the purchase and sale of machinery, have transferred their business to the subscriber..." Presumably G. Norcross was the co-owner of Norcross & Co., and, after selling his dealership to S. C. Hills he became a manufacturer. Booklet dated September 1, 1850, and available online through Google Book . The booklet, from Norcross Machine Company, is entitled, "N. G. Norcross's planing machine patented February 12, 1850, and circular saw-mill. Affidavits of skilful experts, showing that the Norcross machine is different from, and superior to, the Woodworth machine." The 1850-10-19 Scientific American, in an article about exhibits at the Fair of the American Institute, says: We have not much to say about Planing Machines—all these have been exhibited at the Fair before, except Norcross's and Kittle's—Norcross's was patented on the 12th of last February; it employs rotary cutters. Mr. Norcross, (who lives in Lowell,) has got up pamphlets with great care, by some lawyer whose researches into the number of patents granted for planing machines, has been very laborious and extended. 1852-1853 Scientific American ads. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the administrators of the Woodworth patent versus John Fiske and Norcross is available online through Google Books . An 1854 ad says, The Supreme Court of the U.S., at the Term of 1853 and 1854, having decided that the patent granted to Nicholas G. Norcross, of date Feb. 12, 1850, for a Rotary Planing Machine for Planing Boards and Planks, is not an infringement of the Woodworth Patent, rights to use N. G. Norcross's patented machine can be purchased... Given the litigious nature of the Woodworth patent holders, this Supreme Court decision must have been an effective sales tool against other planer makers. As pointed out in the book Planers, Matchers & Moulders in America, Norcross's machine was clumsy in use, because changing lumber size meant inserting or removing spacers between the cylinder and platen. Norcross did claim to be the first to use fixed platens in a planer; this type of platen was superior to the Woodworth planer's rollers because they could be placed much closer to the cutters. Another advantage of the Norcross planer was that it used the air currents created by the spinning cutter-head cylinder to propel shavings into a pit beneath the planer. The Norcross design's shavings collection later played a key role in the industry fight against the patent claim of the Boston Conductory Co. The New York Times for May 30, 1855 had an article on a lawsuit between the owners of the Woodworth patent and some licensees of the Norcross planer patent . The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 1861 has an obituary notice: July 14 (1860).—In Lowell, Mass., Nicholas G. Norcross, aged 54. He was a native of Orono, Maine, and was largely engaged in lumbering in that State, and afterwards on the Merrimack River in Massachusetts, and aided to develop the resources of the Canadian forests. He was the inventor of the Norcross Planing-Machine. The New York Times of July 16, 1860 had a brief obituary: LOWELL, Mass., Saturday, July 14, NICHOLAS G. NORCROSS, an extensively known lumber dealer, died suddenly this morning of heart disease. There is a Wikipedia page on Jonathan Norcross , younger brother of Nicholas G. Norcross, it has some information on Nicholas. November 11, 1922=Obituary Death Last Evening of One of Lowell's Oldest and Best Known Citizens. "The Lowell Daily Sun" Nicholas Warren Norcross, Civil war veteran, one time widely known Lowell contractor, always an active participant in important campaigns for the improvement of his home city, as well as closely affiliated with social and religious welfare movements for many years, passed away last evening after a long illness at the home of his son, Nicholas G. Norcorss, 227 Nesmith street. He was 90 years of age. The funeral service and burial will be private and friends of the bereaved family have been requested to kindly omit flowers. Mr. Norcross had a fruitful and almost unique career in Lowell business life rarely squalled in many ways. Splendidly educated with a wonderful health reserve at all times and vigorously interested in all things pertaining to the welfare of his home city and his upbringing, this citizen familiar to many old Lowell history makers rounded out a long and highly useful record of activities that will be remembered. Coming to Lowell in 1843 from Bangor, Me., where he was born Nov. 7, 1833, the son of Nicholas G. and Sophronia P. Norcross, he was educated in the public schools of Lowell and after graduating from the high school entered historic Groton academy where he completed his academic course. At that time wood-paving was being tried out to solve certain street construction problems. Mr. Norcross took up the business at its very beginning and because a member of the firm of Fisk & Norcross which later became Norcross, Saunders & Co. In 1860 Mr. Norcorss married Miss Ellen G. Crosby, daughter of Judge Crosby. Four children were born of this union, namely Nicholas G., Rebecca C., now Mrs. E. N. Burke; Josiah C., who is now located in Boston with the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., and Nathan C., who died in Tepic, Mexico, while employed in the engineering department of Mexican Central railroad. In 1862, with the North and South engaged in the great struggle that was eventually to end in the reuinion of the warring states, Mr. Norcorss enlisted as a paymaster in the United States army, serving in that capacity throughout the war. During his career as an active member of the firm of Norcross, Saunders & Co., this firm had the contract with the city of Lowell for the laying of the new wooden paving on many important Lowell thoroughfares. In those days the wood blocks were considered not only the "very latest," but the finest paving material possible for a city to use on its principle streets. Mr. Norcross was always a deeply sympathetic participant in all social and religious affairs of St. Anne's church, and was also a member of the Vesper Country and the Longmeadow Golf clubs. 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