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1800s New Hampshire

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1800s New Hampshire: The 1800s are a fascinating century in New Hampshire history; Some farm settlements in the White Mountains region were abandoned by the start of the Civil War (1861-1865), grand resorts and railroads dominated the 1800s, and tourism would takeoff during this century. These photos showcase some of the abandoned farms, historical sites, graveyards, old architecture, railroads, sawmills, and other subject matter linked to the 19th-century.
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  • Eastman Brook in Woodstock, New Hampshire during the autumn months.
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  • Cascade Brook in Lincoln, New Hampshire on a summer day. This brook is located along the Basin-Cascades Trail. An 1800s stereoview photograph published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company refers to this cascade as Walton's Cascade.
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  • Cascade Brook Falls on Cascade Brook in Lincoln, New Hampshire on a rainy spring day. Located along the Basin-Cascades Trail, this series of cascades has been referred to by a number of names over the years. During the 1800s, it was referred to as Walton's Cascade.
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  • This is a 35 MM slide that has been digitized - Silhouette of the Old Man of the Mountain profile. Discovered in 1805 the Old Man profile was the main attraction of Franconia Notch until it collapsed on May 3, 2003. This profile was on the side of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire USA.
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  • Site of the abandoned Whitehouse Mills on the Pemigewasset River, along the Pemi Trail, in Franconia Notch of Lincoln, New Hampshire. This was an 1890s mill owned by Frank W. Whitehouse.
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  • Remnants of an abandoned cellar hole at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the P.P. Merrill homestead.
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  • Remnants of an old mill along Talford Brook at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This was an old hill farm community that was abandoned during the 19th century.
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  • Crawford Notch State Park - Frankenstein Trestle along the old Maine Central Railroad in the Hart's Location, New Hampshire USA during the autumn months. The trestle seen today was built in 1893 to replace the original wrought iron trestle built in 1875; it was then strengthened in 1930 and 1950 to handle the heavier train loads. Since 1995 the Conway Scenic Railroad, which provides passenger excursion trains, has been using the track.
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  • Abandoned cellar hole along an old dirt road, near Black Brook, in Warren, New Hampshire. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this was the homestead of S.T. Hayt. This is a side view of the split stone arch that supported the chimney structure. Consisting of two walls of stones topped with horizontal stones this type of chimney arch was used after the turn of the nineteenth century. And it has been documented that farmers used this area for winter food storage.
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  • Remnants of a stone bridge along an abandoned road off the Cobble Hill Trail in Landaff, New Hampshire. This area was part of an 1800s hill farming community.
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  • Diana's Baths in Bartlett, New Hampshire USA during the winter months. Diana's Baths is a series of small cascades located on Lucy Brook. Remnants of the old 1800s “Lucy's Mill” can be found in this area. The Lucy family owned this sawmill, and they abandoned it in the 1940s.
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  • Remnants of the sawmill in the abandoned village of Livermore during the autumn months. This was a logging village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the Sawyer River Logging Railroad in Livermore, New Hampshire. The town and railroad were owned by the Saunders family.
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  • Remnants of the powerhouse in the abandoned village of Livermore during the autumn months. This was a logging village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the Sawyer River Railroad in Livermore, New Hampshire. The town and railroad were owned by the Saunders family.
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  • Sandwich Notch Road in Sandwich, New Hampshire USA during the summer months. This historic route was established in 1801
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  • The site of the Mt. Willard Section House along the old Maine Central Railroad, next to the Willey Brook Trestle, in Crawford Notch State Park of New Hampshire. This section house, built in 1887, housed the section foreman and crew who maintained Section 139 of the railroad. From 1903-1942, the Hattie Evans family lived in the house. It was destroyed by fire in 1972.
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  • The Russell-Colbath homestead along the Kancamagus Highway in Albany, New Hampshire. Located in the White Mountain National Forest, this historic homestead was built in the early 1830s, likely around 1832. When the Swift River Railroad (1906-1916) moved into the area, the Passaconaway settlement became the center of logging operations, and the railroad took over most of the settlement. It is the only original structure remaining from the Passaconaway settlement.
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  • Stone Iron Furnace in Franconia, New Hampshire. Built with local granite, this is the only blast furnace still standing in New Hampshire.
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  • Stone Iron Furnace site in Franconia, New Hampshire. Originally built in the early 1800s this is the only blast furnace still standing in New Hampshire. It was used for smelting iron ore.
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  • Wooden derrick at the abandoned Redstone Granite quarry in Conway, New Hampshire. This quarry opened in the late eighteen hundreds and closed in the nineteen forties.
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  • Remnants of the "Pumpkin Seed Bridge" at Livermore Falls in Campton, New Hampshire. This bridge was erected in 1886 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company and crossed the Pemigewasset River. It is 263 feet long and closed 1959.
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  • Madison Spring Hut in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the winter months. This hut is located just below Mount Madison, the northernmost peak in the Presidential Range. Originally built in 1888, this is how Madison Spring Hut looked in 2010 before it was renovated in the fall and spring months of 2010-2011.
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  • The Russell-Colbath homestead along the Kancamagus Highway in Albany, New Hampshire. Located in the White Mountain National Forest, this historic homestead was built in the early 1830s, likely around 1832. When the Swift River Railroad (1906-1916) moved into the area, the Passaconaway settlement became the center of logging operations, and the railroad took over most of the settlement. It is the only original structure remaining from the Passaconaway settlement.
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  • Boise Rock in Franconia Notch State Park in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the spring months. Folklore is that Thomas Boise spent the night under the overhang of this boulder during a blizzard in the 1800s.
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  • The Tip Top House (originally built as a hotel in 1853) on the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains, New Hampshire during the winter months. Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet, is the tallest mountain in the northeastern United States.
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  • Old Allenstown Meeting House in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire USA. Built in 1815, this is a one story meeting house.
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  • Headstone at Old Cemetery on Millen Pond Road in Washington, New Hampshire USA during the autumn months.
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  • 1800s headstone at Old Cemetery on Millen Pond Road in Washington, New Hampshire during the autumn months.
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  • Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site in Hillsborough, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This homestead was built in 1804, and it was the boyhood home of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857).
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  • Mill Girl Statue in Manchester, New Hampshire USA. This statue is a dedication to all 19th century working women.
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  • Portsmouth Harbor Light in New Castle, New Hampshire USA. Built in 1878, this lighthouse is located on the grounds of Fort Constitution.
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  • Portsmouth Harbor Light in New Castle, New Hampshire USA. Built in 1878, this lighthouse is located on the grounds of Fort Constitution.
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  • Remnants of the old 1800s Summit House (foundation) on the summit of Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Appalachian Trail travels across this summit.
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  • A stone double arch bridge which spans Beard Brook at the junction of Beard Road and Jones Road in Hillsborough, New Hampshire USA. Known as the Old Carr Bridge, it was built by Captain Jonathan Carr in 1840.
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  • Site of Merrill’s Mountain House in Warren, New Hampshire during the summer months. In 1834 Nathaniel Merrill built a farmhouse at this site, and in 1860 the Merrill family converted the farmhouse to an inn known as Merrill’s Mountain Home or Merrill’s Mountain House. The inn burned down in 1915.
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  • Abandoned well at the site of Merrill’s Mountain House in Warren, New Hampshire during the summer months. In 1834 Nathaniel Merrill built a farmhouse at this site, and in 1860 the Merrill family converted the farmhouse to an inn known as Merrill’s Mountain Home or Merrill’s Mountain House. The inn burned down in 1915.
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  • Dug well at the Samuel Wallace Farmstead along the abandoned North Road in the Sandwich Range Wilderness of New Hampshire. This 400 acre homestead was part of the early nineteenth century hill farm community (thirty to forty families) in Sandwich Notch. By 1860 only eight families lived in the Notch and by the turn of the twentieth century only one person lived in the Notch year around.
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  • Crawford Notch State Park - Ripley Falls on Avalanche Brook in Hart's Location, New Hampshire USA during the autumn months. The Arethusa-Ripley Falls Trail travels pass this scenic waterfall. Named for H.W. Ripley, this waterfall was discovered in the 1850s (maybe earlier).
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  • The Tip Top House (originally built as a hotel in 1853) on the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA. Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet, is the tallest mountain in the northeastern United States.
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  • Colonel Lewis B. Smith site in Sandwich Notch in Sandwich, New Hampshire USA. This abandoned farmstead was occupied by three generations of the Smith family from the 18th century to the late 19th century.
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  • Congregational Society Meeting House in Bradford, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Built in 1838, this meeting house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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  • Congregational Society Meeting House in Bradford, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Built in 1838, this meeting house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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  • Remnants of the Profile House, in the area of where the cottages were located, in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. The Profile House was an 1800s grand hotel located just south of Echo Lake in the area of the parking lot for the Cannon Mountain Ski Area and Tramway. The hotel existed for 70 years before burning down in 1923. It was even torn down and rebuilt during its existence. This railing is in the area of the "cottages" at the Profile House.
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  • Remnants of an old barbed wire fence along a stone wall in an abandoned 1800s hill farming community along old South Landaff Road in Landaff, New Hampshire USA.
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  • Pile of bricks, indicating the location of the chimney, in an abandoned foundation at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the F. Bapt Church site.
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  • Old kettle in Franconia Notch State Park in New Hampshire. This kettle is one of few remaining items that was produced by Franconia Iron, and it is thought this kettle was possibly the property of the Flume House. The Flume House was an 1800s hotel located in the Notch.
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  • The State Capitol Building in Concord, New Hampshire at night. Built on land donated by the Town of Concord, and constructed of local granite, the State Capital Building was built in 1816 -1819. Founded in 1623, New Hampshire was one of the 13 original colonies of the United States.
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  • The Mount Washington Cog Railway on the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Completed in 1869, this three mile railroad leads to the summit of Mount Washington. This is the Moosilauke locomotive.
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  • The Mount Washington Cog Railroad on the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Completed in 1869, this three mile railroad leads to the summit of Mount Washington.
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  • Joseph Flanders headstone at Gilman-Hall Cemetery along Sandwich Notch Road in Sandwich, New Hampshire USA. During the early nineteenth century thirty to forty families were part a hill farm community in the Notch. By 1860 only eight families lived in the Notch and by the turn of the twentieth century only one person, Moses Hall, lived in the Notch year around. Now a private residence the Hall Place is the only house left on the Notch Road.
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  • Shell Cascade in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire during the spring months. Located on Hardy Brook, visitors to the Waterville Valley area have been visiting this waterfall since the 1800s. But no official trail leads to this waterfall today, and during times of high water it can be difficult to reach Hardy Brook.
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