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Category Archives: White Mountains

The First Bridle Path

Ethan Allen Crawford ramps up his tourism business…

Posted byMarek15 October, 20165 May, 2020Posted in1810s, Ethan Allen Crawford, hiking, NH history, White MountainsTags:Ethan Allen Crawford, mount washington, path, tip-top house, White MountainsLeave a comment on The First Bridle Path

Willey Family Disaster

A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):

Posted byMarek13 October, 20161 May, 2020Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, death, poetry, White MountainsTags:avalanche, disaster, Frank Leavitt, poetry, rain, White Mountains, WilleyLeave a comment on Willey Family Disaster

Ethan Allen Crawford

Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…

Posted byMarek5 October, 20166 October, 2016Posted in1700-1799, 1790s, Ethan Allen Crawford, NH history, NH people, White MountainsTags:Ethan Allen Crawford, fire, Giant's Grave, Guild Hall, Vermont, White MountainsLeave a comment on Ethan Allen Crawford

Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

Two painters summit Mt. Chocorua in 1828…

Posted byMarek4 October, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, drawing, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White Mountains1 Comment on Ravages of the Wind-Fiend

The Legend of Chocorua

One version of a local legend.

Posted byMarek22 September, 20165 October, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Henry Cheever Pratt, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, curse, hunter, indians, money, White MountainsLeave a comment on The Legend of Chocorua

Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

Drawn from Thomas Cole’s diary.

Posted byMarek20 September, 201622 September, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, Art, cows, forestry, Henry Cheever Pratt, hiking, weather, White MountainsTags:Chocorua, cow, curse, diary, Henry Cheever Pratt, Thomas Cole, White MountainsLeave a comment on Tom & Hen Hike Chocorua

“Almost an Accident”

Unsafe cannonades almost end in tragedy for guests at the Profile House…

Posted byMarek4 July, 20166 July, 2016Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. SwettTags:cannon, Echo Lake, explosion, Franconia Notch, horse, profile house, white mountains, William B. SwettLeave a comment on “Almost an Accident”

Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War…

Posted byMarek29 April, 201329 April, 2013Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. SwettTags:cannon mountain, snow, war, white mountains, william bLeave a comment on Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

I Saw You on I-93

Here’s my apocalyptic morning meditation on mortality & traffic in the “Live Free or Die” state…

Posted byMarek3 April, 20138 April, 2013Posted in"Live Free or Die", 2000-2099, death, Plymouth, White MountainsTags:end of the world, highway, I-93, texting, travel1 Comment on I Saw You on I-93

Swett 8: The Old Man of the Mountain

1865: Swett gets his first glimpse of a rocky NH icon …

Posted byMarek9 February, 201323 July, 2021Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Franconia, hiking, Old Man of the Mountain, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. SwettTags:Franconia, old man of the mountain, white mountains, William B. SwettLeave a comment on Swett 8: The Old Man of the Mountain

Swett 7: Signs & Gestures

1865: Guests mix and meet in the Profile House dining room …

Posted byMarek6 February, 201329 April, 2013Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Franconia, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. SwettTags:deaf, Franconia, mute, profile house, white mountains, William B. SwettLeave a comment on Swett 7: Signs & Gestures

Swett 6: Profile House

1865: Swett approaches his destination …

Posted byMarek1 February, 201329 March, 2015Posted in1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, forestry, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. SwettTags:Franconia, profile house, white mountains, William B. SwettLeave a comment on Swett 6: Profile House

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