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Title: Incidents in White mountain history:
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Willey, Benjamin Glazier, 1796-1867. (from old catalog) Noyes, Nathaniel, Boston, pub. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New Hampshire White Mountains (N.H. and Me.) Carroll County (N.H.) Oxford co., N.H. (from old catalog) Coos County (N.H.) Grafton County (N.H.)
Publisher: Boston, N. Noyes New York, M. W. Dodd (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eton,and ultimately be set down at the Crawford or Eabyans.That the cars should actually carry visitors to the base of themountains was something which every one had supposedwould take place in the far-off future, but not until theythemselves had ceased to travel; but it was certainly so;and the Alpine House and Gorham had become familiarwords to travellers. The Alpine House is a large hotel, owned by the railroadcompany. It is some distance from the base of the moun-tains, which are seldom ascended from this point; but forquiet and comfort, and beautiful drives, it is surpassed by nohouse at the mountains. A beautiful little village has sprungup around it, consisting mostly of buildings owned by thecompany. The post-office is kept here, and the telegraphaffords an excellent opportunity to business men to visit themountains, and attend to their business at the same time,Mount Moriah, Randolph Hill, Berlin Falls, and Larys,should all be visited before the traveller takes his departure.
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\v ^*V-4r 121 INCIDENTS IN WHITE MOUNTAIN HISTORY. 263 The Glen House is seven miles from the Alpine House, inthe valley of the Peabody river, immediately under MountWashington, and in the midst of the loftiest summits in thewhole mountain district. The house is situated in BellowsClearing, which contains about a hundred acres. For a baseview of the mountains, no spot could be selected so good.Several huge mountains show themselves proudly to view, infront of the piazza, nothing intervening to obscure their giantforms. -You see them before you in all their noble, calmand silent grandeur, severally seeming the repose of power andstrength. On the left is the mountain bearing the worthiest7iame our country ever gave us. Toward the right of itsrock-crowned summit rise, in full view, the celebrated peaksof Adams and Jefferson—the one pointed, the other rounded.On both wings of these towering summits are the tops oflesser elevations. In an opposite direction, fronting the patriot group, o

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