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The Society is actively seeking information about a
Bartlett community called Cooks Crossing. This location
has been found on some maps from the mid 1900s.
Let us know if you have any information.
From Scotty Mallett, we receive this report on the area:
Bartlett community called Cooks Crossing. This location
has been found on some maps from the mid 1900s.
Let us know if you have any information.
From Scotty Mallett, we receive this report on the area:
| Bartlett Historical Society |
| Preserving the history of the villages of Bartlett, New Hampshire |
| PO Box 514, Bartlett, NH 03812 (603) 383-4110 info@bartletthistory.org |
| Surveyed 1942, printed 1945 |
Jean Kelley (Mallett)
holds her infant brother
Curtis Kelley at the Route
302 Crossing across from
their home. Circa 1959.
holds her infant brother
Curtis Kelley at the Route
302 Crossing across from
their home. Circa 1959.
stand. Attached is a photo of Edith
Cook and her sister Dena, taken on
the front lawn on June 26, 1955.
Look over the left top of the lady
in white's head, if you follow the
road, it curves behind her and the
Crossing is right there. It was never
called, to my knowledge, "Cooks
Crossing" because it was located
across from the Locke and Kelley
properties (my Grandparents and
Great Grandparents respectively).
All my Great Aunts remember that
there were ALOT of accidents on
Cook and her sister Dena, taken on
the front lawn on June 26, 1955.
Look over the left top of the lady
in white's head, if you follow the
road, it curves behind her and the
Crossing is right there. It was never
called, to my knowledge, "Cooks
Crossing" because it was located
across from the Locke and Kelley
properties (my Grandparents and
Great Grandparents respectively).
All my Great Aunts remember that
there were ALOT of accidents on
The Locke Family lived in
the 3rd home on the right
on West Side (then 302).
Pictured here is Pearl
Towle (Locke) and her
Brother Seth Towle.
the 3rd home on the right
on West Side (then 302).
Pictured here is Pearl
Towle (Locke) and her
Brother Seth Towle.
Pictured here near the
crossing is Seth Towle and,
from left to right:
Vivian Robertson (Eastman)
Mildred Locke (Kelley)
Merlene Locke (Hatch)
Marie Frechette
Floyd Robertson
crossing is Seth Towle and,
from left to right:
Vivian Robertson (Eastman)
Mildred Locke (Kelley)
Merlene Locke (Hatch)
Marie Frechette
Floyd Robertson
| Click on select images to see a larger version of the picture |
The Cook place still stands today, if you go on West Side
Road it is the first house on the right. The area behind
the house was the farm, some of the apple trees still
Road it is the first house on the right. The area behind
the house was the farm, some of the apple trees still
that crossing. My Great Grandparents Pearl and Walter
Locke were very close with the Cook family.
Locke were very close with the Cook family.