- - - - N |- º º - ºn --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - --- º - - º WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY The University of Michigan º º - - - - - - - - - --- - º - - º -- -- CRAWFORD HOUSE AND WICINITY, - PHOTOGRAPHS As A SOUVENIR OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. Comprising Twelve Views which may be used in a Graphoscope. Where the old Earthquake-demon taught her young, Ruin & Were these their toys * * - *>~– ; - PHOTOGRAPHED AND PUBLISHED BY ) } —Is this the scene F. G. WELLER, ) MANU FA CTURER OF STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS, - : - LITTLETON, N. H. -- } --- Crawford House. No. 1. The Crawford House is situated directly facing the Notch, and about one hundred rods distant, with a fine plateau of land, and a beautiful sheet of water, (called Saco Lake), that ever ready duplicator of surrounding object and delight of the artist, intervening. The Portland and Ogdensburg Rail- road runs past the house, and has a meat little depot in close proximity for the convenience of tourists that may come from either direction. A. T. & O. F. Barron are the proprietors of the house, and it is managed by that agree- able and popular associate C. H. Merrill, Esq., who is remembered with pleas- ure by all who visit the house. It is modern in all the requirements of a first class hotel, and many decided improvements have been recently made in the surrounding grounds, one of which is the enlargement of Saco Lake by a dam at the Outlet. The old and original Crawford House was built and kept for a long time by Thomas Crawford, son of Abel Crawford, and brother of Etham Allen Crawford, (who kept a house at the Fabyan place), and was situated at the lower end of the Lake near the gate of the Notch upon the opposite side of the road. It was from this house the present one derived its name. Many are the stories related by the old settlers now living in this vicinity, of the trials, hardships and perilous adventures with wild beasts told them by the Crawfords themselves; some of which we would be glad to publish here, had there been sufficient room without crowding out more important matter. There is a bridle path to the top of Mt. washington from this house, and, until within a few years, was extensively used; it being no uncommon sight to see a company of thirty or more ladies and gentlemen upon mountain ponies filing off into the path at the left of the house, and disappear in the woods. Mt. Willard furnishes another very important view, of which no picture is given in this album, for the reason that no photograph can do justice to the subject it would give those who had not been there, but a faint idea of the grandeur of the scene; and those who had been there, would say it was not a good picture. From here the mountains appear in their true formation, showing plainly the curved principal lines assumed by mountain sides gen- erally;the irregularities such as prominences and depressions, are all lost by distance and the peculiar position of the observer. A person traveling through the woods up the side of either of the moun- tains, would say the form was anything but regular, and that there was no possibility of their appearing in the true graceful lines that they really do. Taken in detail, the formation is rough as it well can be, but as a whole, in the magnificent scale of nature, the beauty is complete. Pulpit Rock. No. 2. As you pass into the Notch from the House and note the huge masses of rock thrown up in every conceivable manner, your attention is carried from one attraction to the next, until you pass a projection of the mountain upon the left, when, upon looking up, you involuntarily step back with a shudder, for a mass of rock up about One hundred feet, seems loosened from the mountain side and about to crush all beneath it. Like Shelley's rock in the black abyss, that “Has from unimaginable years, Sustained itself with terror and with toil; O'er a gulf, and, with the !. With which it clings, seems slowly coming down.” Should any of its visitors feel inclined to climb, and anxious to get into a frightful position, let them pass up behind this rock to the top; and should they undertake to make a speech, we think it would be a short one. Beecher's Cascade. No. 3. Is another romantic and charming little spot for Summer tourists to visit, it being but a short distance from the Crawford House, and easily accessible by a few minutes walk through the woods by a finely shaded pathway. Little pools of beauty hardly unrivalled in any region, intersperse this stream, furnishing charming homes for the most beautiful and lithe of all fish, the sylvan trout. One of them, it is said has already attained notoriety for hav- ing, once on a time, accidentally received the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher into its depths, giving him a cool, delicious, mountain bath. Ilooking up or down the stream, you take in a view of this wild and charming scenery, pleasing to the eye and fascinating to the mind. Nature never did betray The heart that loved her! 'Tis her privilege, Through all the years of this, our life, to lead From joy to joy, for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of common life Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all that we behold Is full of blessings.” Cut on P. & O. R. R. White Mtn Notch. No. 4. This is one of the deepest cuts on the line of the road, and is in the gate of the Notch and but a few rods from the entrance. The picture needs no fur- ther explanation as it shows the amount of work which must have been done there. - Crawford Notch. No. 5. The view given here is from the gate of the Notch, where, before the railroad was cut through, there was only one opening, and that very narrow. We think it was almost the universal opinion while the railroad was being constructed, that the beauty of the Notch would be materially injured; but since the completion of it, the public opinion has changed, most of them thinking that the loss in some places, is fully made up by opening the way to positions and views not before accessable. And then, the works of the rail- road, after you pass the gate of the Notch, are so far up the mountains,and so insignificant compared to the grandeur of the mountains, that they are hard- ly noticed unless you are looking expressly for them. The spectator finds upon passing down the rugged and winding road that he is surrounded by scenes the equal of which are seldom found; turn which- ever way he may, and a scene presents itself which the best masters would give all they possess to represent truthfully upon canvass; and after you have exhausted the views by day, take a stroll by moonlight down to the rocky point, or turn in the road just above Dismal Pool, and we think you will feel to exclaim like John Wilson, “What lonely magnificence stretches around ! Each sight how sublime ! and how awful each sound ! All hush'd and serene, as a region of dreams, The mountains repose 'mid the roar of the streams, Their glens of black umbrage by cataracts riven, But calm their blue tops in the beauty of Heaven. Trestle Work on the P. & O. R. R. No. 6, The intention of the engineers of the road was originally to have avoided so sharp a curve at this point, and even went to great expense in building an immense wall through the ravine farther from the mountain side to run the \，\！| （） ſae ） §¶√ |-№. № 1. * º No. ºn tº - - - |- .* ## ---- ---- = * = §§ |- }= ſ= Ķī£. º: CRAWFORD HOUSE -- - º - - - - - - ſſſ ſj - - CRAW FORD NOTCH. No. 5. - - TRESTLE WORK ON THE P & O. R. R. No. 6. iſ "" º iſ iſ II MITTIſ: riſiſ.'" 'L' "L! jing; ºr - * * * * * * * ------- - - CRA II FORD HOUSE, FROM IDLEWILD. No 8. - -- * ſ; 0 N （ºſ （) (11x1，1 x 0 0}}{1 \ OH^I^II A - - （ ） | –ſ！ |- ： ſºn （№ -. . . . |-_- ---- F|-----………….……… |------ |-|----- - 10. : --- - - # 2. i train upon. One morning when the workmen were about to resume work they were greatly surprised to find that the wall was not there. The immense weight of stone piled one upon another so high was more than the base could support, so it slid out and let the whole structure down into one mass of rocks. Twin Mountain House. No. 7. Although this House is not in the immediate vicinity of the Crawford House, we thought best to represent it here as it is owned by the same parties and is conducted in the same gentlemanly manner, by one of the proprietors, Mr. O. F. Barron. It is situated in a pleasant locality five miles West of the Fabyan House, and is well known as the summer resort of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. View from Idlewild. No. 8. Idlewild is one of the places that ought not to be omitted, although the beauties of the place are not wholly formed by nature. There is enough of the natural element such as rocks, mosses, ferns, lichens, brooks and trees in wild and beautiful variety, with the aid of the tastily arranged seats, walks, Steps, &c., to make it appear like enchanted ground— - fortunate, for visitors have been allowed to take small pieces, until the larger portion of the top is gone; the bottom is yet entire. The house was built not far from 1820, and Mr. Willey, with his family, moved in in 1825, passing the ensuing winter quite comfortably. Late in June Mr. Willey and wife, looking from a window in the back part of their house, (the one represented in the picture) saw a large mass of the mountain above them sliding through the fog towards their meadows, and almost in a line of the house itself. The slide moved under their eye to the very foot of the mountain, and spread itself across the road. At this sight they were greatly terrified, and resolved to remove from the Notch; but upon further considera- tion, concluded that such an event was not likely to occur again, and if it should, he would be prepared for it. He then built a strong hut further down the Notch to which the family might fly for shelter if occasion required. It is supposed that the family were endeavoring to reach this place when they were overtaken by the slide. - On Sunday, August 27th, the rain began to fall, and Monday, the 28th, the storm was very severe, and the rain was a deluge. The little stream through the valley was swollen to a mad river, ready to take all in its course. The house itself was not injured, and had its inhabitants remained there, they would have been safe, for, back of the house, was a large rock 30 feet high, which divided the mass of debris, as it passed by. - - The family consisted of Mr. Willey, his wife, five children and two hired men. In searching for the bodies the first found was that of one of the hired men, David Allen, a man of powerful frame and remarkable strength. “He was found near the top of a pile of earth and shattered timbers, with his hands clinched, and full of broken sticks and Small limbs of trees. Soon the bodies of Mrs. Willey and her husband were found—the latter not so badly crushed but that it could be recognized.” Saturday, the body of the three-year-old child was found, and the next day the eldest daughter, 12 years old, was found. Three children, a daughter and two sons, were never found. “The relatives who studied the grounds closely after the disaster were unable to conjecture why the family could not have out run the land slide, or crossed its track, if they left the house as soon as they heard its descent far up the mountain.” Mr. James Willey states that the spirit of his brother appeared in a dream, and told him that the family left the house sometime before the avalanche, fearing to be drowned or floated off in the Saco, which had risen to their door. They fled back, he said, farther up the mountain, to be safe against the perils of water, and thus when the land slide moved towards them, were compelled to run a greater distance to escape it than would have been required had they stayed in their home; while they would have been swept off by the flood, had they kept the line of the road which would have conducted them out of the Notch. It is a singular fact, Mr. Benjamin Willey tells us, that this Zist of Żhe differen? classes of 17elſ's pu//isheſ/ BY F. G. WELLER, FOR THE STEREoscoPE. STEREOSCOPIC TREASURES, Comprising pictures from liring subjects, Tepresenting scenes in American life, both sentinental and comic, ALLEGORICAL SERIES, Unequalled in originality and effect; a combination of art with mature, producing allegorical scenes truthfully to the eye. STEREOSCOPIC GEMS OF STATUARY, From works of the most eminent European and American artists. These are published in both the large and common sizes, (stereoscopic.) WHITE MOUNTAIN VIEWS, Including all the noted points of interest among the White and Franconia. #&# ICE, FLOWERS, FERNS, MOSSES & MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTs, Too mumerous to mention. The above pictures will sell everywhere and to everybody. They can be found at all the principal dealers. Send for Catalogue. Particular attention given to orders by mail. Address F. G. WELLER, - - Littleton, V. H. “ARGUS” PRINT, LITTLETON. * F. G. |le tº - º 3.357 3-3 Lºooº y cºſts ºf 2 oz (-es of - º - º º - Nº. - º Nº. N º - - º º º º º º - º º º º N - - - º º N - º º - º º … º - º º § - º - - º º º N N º º º - - º º º º N - º º N N - - º |- . . º - º º º - - - º º - - - - -