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Category Archives: Structures
New Hampshire’s Rock Profile: The Watcher aka Old Woman of the Notch
New Hampshire rocks are often like the clouds in its skies–if you stare at them long enough they start to look like something else. She has been known by several names: The Watcher, the Old Woman of the Notch, the … Continue reading
Posted in Boulders and Profiles, History, Humor, New Hampshire Women, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, Structures, Travel
Tagged Cliff, Crag, Eagle, Franconia, lady, Lafayette, Mount, mountains, Mt, notch, old, Old Man, The, Watcher, woman
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North Conway New Hampshire: Hotel Randall–Before It Was Eastern Slope Inn
Built prior to 1864 on the spot where Eastern Slope Inn now sits, was first a small summer boarding house of Jonathan Melvin Seavey, a Conway NH carpenter. In 1864 this structure was sold to James T. Randall. In 1888 … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Structures, Travel
Tagged architect, architecture, boarding, Conway, cousin, Eastern, Eastern Slope, famous, gambrel, H.E., H.E. Mason, H.H., Hampshire, Harold, Harold E., Harrison, Henry, historic, hotel, house, inn, Jonathan, Mason, Milton, Moses, mountains, new, New Hampshire, NH, north, Randall, Seavey, Seavy, ski, skiing, Slope, tourism, white
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Camp Otter in Pittsburg, Coos County
“Every once in a while it is nice to get away . . . from the discontent of big cities and tramp through the mountains, gun in hand, with none but the birds, the trees, the fallen leaves, the lilt … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew, Bell, cabin, camp, Corbin, Currier, Edna, Ernest, fish, fishing, fugitive, guide, Hampshire, hunt, hunting, Lamont, Littleton, Long Tom, Lopstick, Marshal, Nettie, new, NH, park, Phillips, Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, Redmond, rental, Ruth, sporting, sports, Tom, vacation
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Concord New Hampshire’s Odd Fellows’ Home now Presidential Oaks
I have a personal connection to Presidential Oaks located at 200 Pleasant Street in Concord, New Hampshire–my grandfather, Clarence Webster, died there in 1969. It was called the Odd Fellows’ Home back then, and he was really happy to be … Continue reading
The Origin and History of New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Highway
The Daniel Webster Highway in New Hampshire was originally called the “Merrimack Valley Road” and followed the course of the Merrimack River. On January 23, 1921, the Anaconda Standard newspaper (of Anaconda MT) announced that “backed by many prominent citizens, … Continue reading