Tag: white mountains

• “Almost an Accident”

  

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

  Marek

  4 July, 2016

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  cannon, Echo Lake, explosion, Franconia Notch, horse, profile house, white mountains, William B. Swett

• Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

  

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

  Marek

  29 April, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  cannon mountain, snow, war, white mountains, william b

• Swett 8: The Old Man of the Mountain

  

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

  Marek

  9 February, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Franconia, hiking, Old Man of the Mountain, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  Franconia, old man of the mountain, white mountains, William B. Swett

• Swett 7: Signs & Gestures

  

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

  Marek

  6 February, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Franconia, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  deaf, Franconia, mute, profile house, white mountains, William B. Swett

• Swett 6: Profile House

  

  1865: Swett approaches his destination …

  Marek

  1 February, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, forestry, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  Franconia, profile house, white mountains, William B. Swett

• ADVENTURES of a DEAF-MUTE… (Cover & Intro Links)

  

  Let’s kick off this series with a pin-up image of Mr. Swett in the Flume…

  Marek

  4 January, 2013

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, forestry, Henniker, hiking, posters, SOURCE=HHS, squirrel, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  white mountains, William B. Swett

• Swett 1: Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains

  

  1865: Deaf-mute Henniker native William B. Swett begins his journey to the White Mountains…

  Marek

  28 December, 2012

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, death, Henniker, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  Henniker, white mountains, William B. Swett

• “God almighty has hung out a sign…”

  

  Daniel Webster‘s orating again… or IS he?!?!

  Marek

  15 October, 2012

  1800-1899, Daniel Webster, Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountains

  Daniel Webster, god, men, mountain, new hampshire, old man, quote, scholars, white mountains

• Darby Field Climbs Mount Washington (1642)

  

  Two Indian guides lead the first European expedition to the top of the White Mountains…

  Marek

  7 October, 2012

  1640s, Dover, encounter & exploration, hiking, Piscataqua, rivers, Saco, SOURCE=Calloway, SOURCE=Winthrop, White Mountains

  abenaki, darby field, hiking, john winthrop, mount washington, mountains, rocks, weather, white mountains

• “Walk to Camp” by Becky Rule (Guest Post)

  

  NH storyteller Becky Rule adds some quick cartoons to her tale of a fashionable bear encounter: (Drawn & told at the Weeks Act Centennial festivals, 2011)

  Marek

  26 September, 2012

  2000-2099, bear, guest artist, hiking, White Mountains

  animal, bear, becky rule, guest post, hiking, white mountains