Incidents in White Mountain History:

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2579

Description

This book is a historic piece about the legends, nostalgia and folklore of the White Mountains. It describes the geographic layout and begins with the history of Native American life then dives into settlers and establishing of towns and counties. Physical Description: Faded, gray-purple-black colored, clothe covered, hardcover. Spine of book has title, word "illustrated" and the publisher first intitial and last name. Front and back covers have imprinted border and flower impression in center.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

History, County government, Historic trees, Exploration (Prospecting), Settlers, Legends, Settlements, Nature, Ancestors, Folklorists, Geography, Historical studies, Historic sites

Search Terms

Mount Washington Carriage Road (Coos county, New Hampshire : road), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain), Mount Washington Cog Railway, Coos (New Hampshire : county), Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Gorham (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Franconia (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bethlehem (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), White Mountains, Native Americans

Book Details

Author

Willey, Benjamin G.

Publisher

Nathaniel Noyes

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1856

Condition

Notes

08/22/2012-CH- Clothe covering has faded. Top and bottom of spine have began to wear. Ripping and fraying of pages. Staining on covers of book and pages. Binding and connection to spine is beginging to wear.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Contains a Map Titled: A map fo the White Mountains of New Hampshrie, 1853. Depicts: Rivers, Railroad, and Town borders. Published by George P. Bond 1855, Signed by District Clerk of Massachusetts.