The First Bridle Path

Posted byMarekPosted in1810s, Ethan Allen Crawford, hiking, NH history, White MountainsTags:, , , ,

Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business:

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SOURCE: Spaulding’s Historical relics of the White Mountains (1855) [p.24-25]

I imagined the “tale-telling lead” moulded into bullets for the Civil War…
But of course, Spaulding’s account PRE-DATES the Civil War by several years!

Published by Marek

Cartoonist, musician, teacher.

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