Crawford Notch State Park - L.D. Leavitt carved into the ledge near the Willey Brook Trestle along the Maine Central Railroad in the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA.

In 1917 Private L. Dudley Leavitt and seven other National Guardsman of the First Vermont Infantry did 6 weeks guard duty of the Willey Brook Trestle. In the book Life by the Tracks by Virgina C. Downs, L. Dudley Leavitt provides a first hand account guarding the Willey Brook Trestle in 1917. He also makes...
more »

Crawford Notch State Park - L.D. Leavitt carved into the ledge near the Willey Brook Trestle along the Maine Central Railroad in the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA.

In 1917 Private L. Dudley Leavitt and seven other National Guardsman of the First Vermont Infantry did 6 weeks guard duty of the Willey Brook Trestle. In the book Life by the Tracks by Virgina C. Downs, L. Dudley Leavitt provides a first hand account guarding the Willey Brook Trestle in 1917. He also makes reference to a 1925 (+/-) visit when he relocates the trackside telephone pole and ledge overhang he carved his name into when doing the 1917 guard duty.
« less

19th century, 20th century, Crawford Notch Pass, Maine Central Railroad, build, crawford notch state park, crawofrd pass, environment, forest, history, landscape, landscapes, ledge, man made, nature, new england, new hampshire, no one, north america, northeast, outdoors, portland & ogdensburg railroad, railroad, railroad track, roadside america, rock, rock cut, saco valley railroad, scene, scenic, scenics, the gateway, tourism, train tracks, travel, united states, white mountain national forest, white mountains, wmnf