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Guide to Crawford Notch State Park
Guide to Crawford Notch State Park On US Route 302 Harts Location, NH (12 miles NW of Bartlett) This 5,775 acre park provides access to numerous hiking trails, waterfalls, fishing, wildlife viewing, and spectacular mountain views. Crawford Notch State Park is rich in history with the famous Willey House. There are picnicking areas, parking for hiking, as well as scenic pull-offs and a visitor information center. Park History Discovery: In 1771 a Lancaster hunter, Timothy Nash, discovered what is now called Crawford Notch, while tracking a moose over Cherry Mountain. He noticed a gap in the distant mountains to the south and realized it was probably the route through the mountains mentioned in Native American lore. Packed with provisions, he worked his way through the notch and on to Portsmouth to tell Governor John Wentworth of his discovery. Doubtful a road could be built through the mountains, the governor made him a deal. If Nash could get a horse through from Lancaster he would grant him a large parcel of land at the head of the notch, with the condition he build a road to it from the east. Nash and his friend Benjamin Sawyer managed to trek through the notch with a very mellow farm horse, that at times, they were required to lower over boulders with ropes. The deal with the governor was kept and the road, at first not much more than a trail, was opened in 1775. Settlement: The Crawford family, the first permanent settlers in the area, exerted such a great influence on the development of the notch that the Great Notch came to be called Crawford Notch. -
Scenic Areas of the White Mountain National Forest
Scenic Areas of the White Mountain National Forest “Scenic Areas are places of outstanding or unique beauty that require special management to preserve their qualities. This type area will be maintained as nearly as possible in an undisturbed condition.” Secretary of Agriculture Rules and Regulations from 1960. Scenery in the Era of Tourism, Railroads and Logging: 1880-1911 Few people know much about the designation of scenic areas on the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF). Even fewer can identify all ten designated scenic areas even though they may have visited them or saw the boundaries marked on trail maps. The purpose of this article is to tell the fascinating story of designated scenic areas and to encourage the reader to visit and appreciate these special areas. Scenery played an important role in the early tourist history of the White Mountains. Artists and vacationers came in large numbers to enjoy the majestic views, clear streams and green forests starting in the 1880’s as the passenger railroads reached the mountains. The White Mountain School of Art played an important role in heralding the beauty of these mountains. The coming of the railroads brought more than tourists and artists. It brought the lumber barons who had previously skipped the White Mountain forests because of their inaccessibility. Most White Mountain rivers were unsuitable for driving logs but the technological advances of the steam engine made railroad logging practical. The huge demand for lumber for a growing America attracted investment and large-scale removal of the lush mountainsides covered with spruce forests. New Hampshire led the nation in spruce production for the decade of 1890-1900 with production peaking in 1907. -
Appalachia Accidents
Appalachia Volume 72 Number 1 Winter/Spring 2021: Mountains in a Article 21 Pandemic 2021 Accidents Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia Part of the Nonfiction Commons Recommended Citation (2021) "Accidents," Appalachia: Vol. 72 : No. 1 , Article 21. Available at: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol72/iss1/21 This In Every Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Dartmouth Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Appalachia by an authorized editor of Dartmouth Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Accidents Analysis from the White Mountains of New Hampshire and occasionally elsewhere A spring 2020 snowstorm blurs New Hampshire’s Route 16 and an ominous sign warning that Tuckerman Ravine below Mount Washington is closed. JOE KLEMENTOVICH ear that?” “H “What? I don’t hear anything except background hum.” “Exactly. That’s the sound of our absence.” That imagined exchange, between two imaginary friends atop Franco- nia Ridge, recalls last winter in the Whites, a quiet season that ended with the whisper of closure. With the late March closing of Mount Washington’s 120 Appalachia Appalachia_WS2021_final.indd 120 10/26/20 1:32 PM east-facing ravines and a number of trailheads, we entered a different sort of shoulder season, one of folding in instead of melting and blooming out. Even before stats from the coronavirus began accumulating, winter 2019– 2020’s climbing and sliding season had raised barely a ripple of worry and seen only a few sloughs of people-catching snow in the usual slick spots. -
May 23, 2013 Free
VOLUME 37, NUMBER 28 MAY 23, 2013 FREE THE WEEKLY NEWS & LIFESTYLE JOURNAL OF MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY Valley Feature Catch ‘m All Local woodworker Fiddleheads, fish, crafts playsets and “the willies” without peer Page 2 Page 22 A SALMON PRESS PUBLICATION • (603) 447-6336 • PUBLISHED IN CONWAY, NH Valley Feature Workbench: Cedar Swings and Playsets locomote through the Valley and New England, handcrafted by Pete Lawson By Rachael Brown When the housing market soured, and the Chinese had a screw up, Pete Lawson's lum- ber business just may have be- come sweeter. You see, Lawson, a Colby College graduate and New England native, has been in the lumber commodities and wholesale business since 1976. Lawson sold to the housing and swing and playset indus- try, with cedar being his wood of choice, earning him the nickname of Cedar Pete and a reputation for quality crafted swing and playsets made right here in the USA. As a matter Rachael Brown Courtesy of fact, right here in Glen. Pete Lawson of Cedar Swings and Playsets, uses his space so efficiently Cedar Swing and Playset's Chocorua model with added options, lower Lawson tells his story. he is able produce cedar playsets like the big companies in a small space. deck playhouse package and a firehouse pole. Lawson's most popular “There was a point in time "It doesn't take a giant factory." model hand crafted in Glen. when people started using less cedar, started using com- “In this business, it is impos- the Valley pops up. I can ab- Lawson continues to explain me the most nervous, setting posite decking, vinyl siding. -
White Mountains
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MOUNT WASHINGTON VALLEY AARP AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Action Plan 2019
MOUNT WASHINGTON VALLEY AARP AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Action Plan 2019 Marianne Jackson, MD [email protected] MWV Age Friendly Community Action Plan Table of Contents Page Mission 2 Vision 2 Our Process 2 Accountability to the Plan Goals 4 Next Steps and Learning 4 List of Appendices 4 Goals – Community Connections Intergenerational Relationships 5 Service Directories and Town email exchanges 5 Streamlining the processes for vetting volunteers 6 Enhancing ServiceLink and its linkages 7 Health “211 – Day” 8 Walkable Trails/Memorial 100 Days of Wellness 9 Intergenerational Music and Memory 10 REAP mental health referrals – increase to capacity 11 “Good Morning” & “Project Good Morning” 12 Housing Town by town ADU Reference Guide 13 Valley-wide Subsidized Housing Guide 13 HomeShare MWV-Gibson 14 Zoning Improvement for Diverse Housing 15 Legislative approaches to improve long-term rentals 16 Outdoor Spaces Age-Friendly Community Garden 17 Walkable Trails Guide 18 Transportation Dissemination of the North Country Transportation 19 Resource Guide Appendices 1 MWV Age Friendly Community Action Plan Our Mission: Using the AARP Livable Community Framework, we combine the talents and resources from all of our 11 towns to further develop the Mount Washington Valley as a place for people of all ages and abilities to thrive. Our Vision: Citizens of all ages can say they would rather live here than anywhere else Executive Summary The Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire is a culturally and historically rich, natural region for designation as an Age-Friendly Community. With its rapidly aging population, many of whom are lifelong outdoor enthusiasts, its plentiful service organizations, and talented citizenry, we have the opportunity to rapidly build a dynamic Age-Friendly Community that will make needed improvements while raising awareness of what an Age-Friendly Community truly feels like. -
Crawford Notch History and the Willey Family Story
Crawford Notch History Discovery: In 1771, a Lancaster hunter named Timothy Nash discovered what is now called Crawford Notch while tracking a moose over Cherry Mountain. He noticed a gap in the distant mountains to the south and realized it was probably the route through the mountains mentioned in Native American lore. Packed with provisions, he worked his way through the notch and on to Portsmouth to tell Governor John Wentworth of his discovery. Doubtful a road could be built through the mountains, the governor made him a deal. If Nash could get a horse through from Lancaster, he would grant him a large parcel of land at the head of the notch, with the condition that he build a road to it from the east. Nash and his friend Benjamin Sawyer managed to trek through the notch with a very mellow farm horse that, at times, had to be lowered over boulders with ropes. The deal with the governor was kept, and the road, at first not much more than a trail, was opened in 1775. Settlement: The Crawford family, the first permanent settlers in the area, exerted such a great influence on the development of the notch that the Great Notch came to be called Crawford Notch. In 1790, Abel Crawford, his wife Hannah (Rosebrook), and their growing family settled on the land granted to Sawyer and Nash, at what is now Fabyans in Bretton Woods. Two years later, Hannah’s father Eleazer Rosebrook moved with his family to Abel’s homestead. In turn, Abel’s family settled 12 miles away at the head of the notch in Hart’s Location, for more “elbow room.” Both families operated inns for the growing number of travelers through the notch. -
Bartlett & Hart's Location Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
Bartlett & Hart’s Location Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018 This Plan integrates the following: Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (FEMA) Community Wildfire Protection Plan (DNCR) May 10, 2018 Final for Adoption (APA: 5/4/18) ---------------------------------------- Prepared for the Towns of Bartlett & Hart’s Location & NH Homeland Security & Emergency Management by the Bartlett & Hart’s Location Planning Team With assistance from Mapping and Planning Solutions Bartlett & Hart’s Location Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018 “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: The very definition of "emergency" is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DEFINITIONS ”A natural hazard is a source of harm or difficulty created by a meteorological, environmental, or geological event.” “Hazard mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from hazards (44CFR 201.2). Hazard mitigation activities may be implemented prior to, during, or after an event. However, it has been demonstrated that hazard mitigation is most effective when based on an inclusive, comprehensive, long-term plan that is developed before a disaster occurs.” (Source: Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide, FEMA, October 1, 2011) Plan Prepared and Authored By June E. Garneau, Owner/Planner Mapping and Planning Solutions 105 Union Street, Suite 1 Whitefield, NH 03598 [email protected] Cover Photo: Mount Washington from US Route 302 in Hart’s Location Photo Credit: MAPS Page 2 Bartlett & Hart’s Location Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018 Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................................... -
Nature and Identity in the Creation of Franconia Notch: Conservation, Tourism, and Women's Clubs Kimberly Ann Jarvis University of New Hampshire, Durham
University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Doctoral Dissertations Student Scholarship Spring 2002 Nature and identity in the creation of Franconia Notch: Conservation, tourism, and women's clubs Kimberly Ann Jarvis University of New Hampshire, Durham Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation Recommended Citation Jarvis, Kimberly Ann, "Nature and identity in the creation of Franconia Notch: Conservation, tourism, and women's clubs" (2002). Doctoral Dissertations. 70. https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/70 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. -
Views in the White Mountains
E3<^<^'%,'%,^ i LIBRARY OF COJNGRESS. I - #fcnp. FAX lopnrigMLujjiingni ^'^o ^^ ^ X CT^ UNITED STATES OF AMElflCA I f : VIEWS WHITE MOUNTAINS WITH DESCRIPTIONS BY M. F. SWEETSER. w K J^o ILUJU PORTLAND CHISHOLM BROTHERS. 1879. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S79, By HUGH J. CHISHOLM, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Franklin Press: Electrotyped and Printed ly Rand, ATcry, &" CV., Boiton. PREFACE. fHE object of this volume is to afford to visitors among the White Mountains a souvenir of their grand scenery, as well as to enable those who have not yet seen them to obtain an idea of their exceeding majesty and beauty. In the snug houses on the slopes of Beacon Hill and Murray Hill, when the blasts of win- ter are sweeping the darkened streets, and the family gathers 'around the evening fireside, these views may serve to bring back the memories of past days of summer gladness, and renew a thousand fading impressions of beauty and delight. In one respect at least, and that an important one, the pictures herein contained are superior to any other collection of illustrations of the White Mountains. They are in no way idealized or exaggerated, as is customary in such works, but present faithful transcripts of the actual scenes as painted by the sun. They were printed by the heliotype process from photographs taken from the objects themselves, and hence are as nearly accurate as it is possible to have them. The impressions were made with printers' ink, and are as per- manent as the letter-press ; so that the fidelity of a photograph is secured, with- out its perishability. -
Bedrock and Surficial Geology of New Hampshire's White Mountains Tim Allen Keene State College
Bates College SCARAB All Faculty Scholarship Departments and Programs 2001 The otN ches: Bedrock and Surficial Geology of New Hampshire's White Mountains Tim Allen Keene State College John W. Creasy Bates College P. Thompson Davis Bentley University J. Dykstra Eusden Bates College, [email protected] Brian K. Fowler North American Reserve See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/faculty_publications Recommended Citation Allen, T., Creasy, J., Davis, P.T., Eusden, J.D., Fowler, B., and Thompson, W.B., 2001, The otN ches: Bedrock and Surficial Geology of New Hampshire's White Mountains, in Richard Bailey and David West, eds, Guidebook of Field Trips for the Geological Society of America's 2001 Annual Meeting, Boston, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado. pp. C1-C33. This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Departments and Programs at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Tim Allen, John W. Creasy, P. Thompson Davis, J. Dykstra Eusden, Brian K. Fowler, and Woodrow Thompson This conference proceeding is available at SCARAB: http://scarab.bates.edu/faculty_publications/14 THE NOTCHES: BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S WHITE MOUNTAINS by Timothy T. Allen, Keene State College, Keene, NH 03435-2001 John W. Creasy, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240 P. Thompson Davis, Bentley College, Waltham, MA 02452 J. Dykstra Eusden, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240 Brian K. Fowler, North American Reserve, Laconia, NH 03246 Woodrow B. -
Summer 2002 Bird Recordv6 5/20/03 12:30 PM Page I
Summer 2002 Bird Recordv6 5/20/03 12:30 PM Page i New Hampshire Bird Records Summer 2002 Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer 2002 Bird Recordv6 5/20/03 12:30 PM Page ii New Hampshire Bird Records Volume 21, Number 2 Summer 2002 Managing Editor: Rebecca Suomala 603-224-9909 X309 [email protected] Text Editor: Miranda Levin Season Editors: Pamela Hunt, Spring; William Taffe, Summer; Stephen Mirick, Fall; David Deifik, Winter Art Editor: Peg Lopata Layout: Kathy McBride Promotion Manager: Sue Covino Subscription Manager: Kathie Palfy Assistants: Jeannine Ayer, Julie Chapin, Margot Johnson, Susan MacLeod, Marie Neveu, Dot Soule, Jean Tasker, Tony Vazzano, Robert Vernon Volunteer Opportunities and Birding Research: Francie Von Mertens, Susan Story Galt Photo Quiz: David Donsker Where to Bird Coordinator: William Taffe New Hampshire Bird Records (NHBR) is published quarterly by the Audubon Society of New Hampshire (ASNH). Bird sightings are submitted to ASNH and are edited for publication. A computerized printout of all sightings in a season is available for a fee. To order a printout, pur- chase back issues, or volunteer your observations for NHBR, please contact the Managing Edi- tor at 224-9909. Published by the Audubon Society of New Hampshire April, 2003 New Hampshire Bird Records ©ASNH 2003 Printed on Recycled Paper ii New Hampshire Bird Records • Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer 2002 Bird Recordv6 5/20/03 12:30 PM Page 1 Table of Contents In This Issue Table of Contents . 1 About the Cover. 1 Important Bird Areas Announcement . 2 Summer Season: June 1 through July 31, 2002.