Here is
an interesting account of the 1834 Willey Slide and Rescue as told
by Ebenezer Tasker, who was the son of a member of the rescue party.
Names mentioned are Edward Melcher, Jonathan Rogers, Samuel Tuttle, Abram
Allen, Samuel Stillings and Isaac Fall as members of the group.
Reference to Judge Hall's Tavern and Tasker's 116 acre farm.
This article was published in The New York Times, August 20, 1894. Here is a link to a PDF version of the story:
New York Times Article
This article was published in The New York Times, August 20, 1894. Here is a link to a PDF version of the story:
New York Times Article
The logging village of Carrigain was at the junction with the Saco River Logging Railroad which ran up to Livermore. The building in the picture was the company store. The village also had a church, school and many simple homes in addition to the mill and other company buildings. When logging operations ended the town was abandoned and today there is barely a trace that anything was ever there.
Photo courtesy Ben English "A Century of Railroading in Crawford Notch".
More Photos at White Mountain History. Org. LINK OPENS IN NEW WINDOW
There is a good description and many pictures contained in the book, "Harts Location in Crawford Notch", Published in 1997, authored by Marion L. Varney.
Crawford Notch 2
"The Ambitious Guest"
is a short story by
Nathaniel Hawthorne. First published in New-England Magazine
in June of
1835, it is better known for its publication in the second volume of
Twice-Told Tales in
1835.
[edit] Plot
A man visits a family on a mountain side that is a famous stop for people who travel on the route. The family asks him to stay, then the mountain begins to tremble but the father reassure that the mountain won't go down, and he has a hideaway in the event that it does. The stranger gives them some advice and the mountain became to fall. They ran to the safe house but didn't make it. The snow never hit the house. Some people noticed that they were gone but nobody knew the stranger.
The basis of the story is the Willey tragedy of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire.
