About Us: What is WhiteMountainHistory.org all
about? And who are we?
Contact Us: We welcome your questions,
corrections, and information
Donate: A simple and secure way to support our
organization
Historical Societies: A work in progress that will
identify major collections held by
Historical Societies in the
White Mountains, along with dozens of
photos selected by each. Several are now
functional.
Resources and Links: Additional places for more
information
Using this site: Navigation and Photo-Albums
Carrigain: With a photo album
Johnson and Little Canada: With a photo album
photo album
Album of Watercolors, c.1862
Courtesy Dartmouth College Library
Art of Homesteading: The exhibit at the Remick
Museum
Bits and Pieces Interesting, little known bits of
White Mountain History
Bretton Woods, 1884 Describes and pictures the
buildings that existed late in
the 19th century
Cog Railway
Crawford Notch: With a photo album and Suggested
Reading List
Early Movies on Mt. Washington, including
1904 Auto Race up the Mountain
1905 First Glidden Tour
Early Homes, Barns and Mills in Lisbon, Lyman ,
Landaff and Sugar Hill. Volume I
Volume II includes Bath, West Bath, and
more of Lyman
(These are remarkable albums.)
Tenth New Hampshire Turnpike (with much
new information)
Jefferson Turnpike-It still exists and you can
drive on it
Winnipissiogee Turnpike (but it was never built)
Fabyan Guard Cabin
Fire on the Summit of Mt. Washington, 1908
with photos
pages with a 15-minute video discussing
the iron furnace and production and a 22-
minute video about the iron mines. Also a
photo album including products of the
Franconia Iron Works.
Markers within the White
Mountains. With Map
last operating peg mill in
We have a 20-minute video of the mill in
operation, narrated by its present owner,
and a photo album
Logging Railroads: One of the most popular sections
of this website and all with photo albums
Composite Map Showing all the Logging
Railroads
What Did It Cost to Build a Logging railroad?
East Branch and
album of Lincoln
Gale River Logging Railroad
Gordon Pond RR
Rocky Branch RR
Sawyer River RR
Woodstock Lumber Co and photo
album of Woodstock
Maps of the
Article on Cartography in the
by Adam Jared Apt
Twenty-Five Early Maps with Descriptions
1805 Town Survey Maps created for the
Carrigian Map
All of Franklin Leavitt's Maps
White Mountain National Forest Maps
Three Manuscript maps by Franklin Leavitt
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Paleoindians in the White Mountains
Introduction by Peter Crane and articles by
Dick Boisvert and others
People and Personalities:
History and photo album of construction of the
railroad
Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad
photos and the other showing the site as it is
today.
the Bretton Woods Boys Choir. Over 50
photos.
Summit Hotels and Other Structures
Crawford House With 3 photo albums. One
album illustrates the hotel and surroundings,
one includes photos taken at the scene of the
fire and another with photos taken at the
auction of the contents.
Early Cabins and Tourist Camps
An entertaining slide show
Fabyan House With photo album
Glen House With photo album
Metallak Hotel A Grand Hotel to be but it
blew down before it was completed.
new information about this hotel)
Hotel. It's unique.
History, Bibliography and several
contemporary source documents
