All posts tagged "crawford notch"
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8.0KArts and LeisureSamuel Bemis Takes America’s First Landscape Photo in the White Mountains
Samuel Bemis was a Boston dentist who bought one of the first cameras in America in 1840 and took the first known...
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10.7KArts and LeisureHow Mount Mitten Got Its Name
New Hampshire’s White Mountains carry many household names. But tucked among the familiar sounding Jefferson Notch and Mount Dartmouth is the oddly...
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21.9K1Arts and LeisureThe Willey Family Tragedy Starts White Mountain Tourism
When the Samuel Willey family moved to Crawford Notch in 1825, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that turned...
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42.0K4ConnecticutSix New England Presidential Visits and the Stories Behind Them
New England is full of sites that hosted past presidential visits as the country’s leaders came north in search of votes, campaign...
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33.8K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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11.1K1Arts and LeisureEnglish Jack Journeys From London Pauper to White Mountain Hermit
John Alfred Vials – better known as English Jack or the Hermit of the White Mountains – was a fixture for decades...
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