A main route to Mount
Washington was through
Crawford Notch, which
follows the Saco River to Saco
Lake-just southeast of here.
Like much of the rest of northern
New England, Crawford Notch
was part of the homeland of the
Abenaki tribe of . . . — — Map (db m162621) HM
Friends, colleagues, and admirers of executive
councilor Raymond s. Burton gathered here on
November 1, 2013, against a backdrop of the famed
Mount Washington Hotel, the path of the famous
cog railway and the majestic presidential range, . . . — — Map (db m162612) HM
Mount Washington is the highest mountain in
the northeastern United States. Part of the
Presidential Range of the White Mountains, it
was named for George Washington. It was first scaled
by Europeans in 1642. Ethan Allen Crawford and . . . — — Map (db m162616) HM
"Comfortable Quarters and a Good
Table"... accommodating visitors to the
White Mountains
The rugged mountain
tops, fearful chasms and
beautiful intervals” of the
White Mountains have beckoned
visitors since the early 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m162614) HM
This is the first engine used on this road. Weight only 4 tons. Cost but $3,000.00. Was brought here in sections through the woods by ox teams from Fabyan Place. It has carried a load of 60 persons up the mountain at once and has worn itself out . . . — — Map (db m125195) HM
Has been entered in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Restoration of the Crawford Depot has been assisted with
a Federal Historic Preservation Fund matching grant
from the . . . — — Map (db m116631) HM
Abel Crawford and son, Ethan Allen Crawford, built the first Crawford House in 1828. It was run by Ethan's brother, Thomas, until sold in 1852. Fires in 1854 and 1859 destroyed the original inn and a replacement. Col. Cyrus Eastman erected the . . . — — Map (db m75236) HM
Mount Washington Hotel
Standing to the east, the Mount Washington Hotel was completed in 1902 as one of the largest, most modern grand hotels in the White Mountains, one of the few built in a single campaign. Designed by New York architect . . . — — Map (db m77641) HM
For whom the Notch is named, included Abel and his sons, Thomas J. and Ethan Allen. They established the first regional hotels and pioneered in opening the White Mountain area to the public. Ethan and his wife, Lucy Howe Crawford, author of an 1846 . . . — — Map (db m44299) HM
