New York and the White Mountains

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Excerpt from New York and the White Mountains: With a Complete Map, and Numerous Wood-Cut Views of the Principal Objects of Interest Upon the Line The pleasure travel during summer, especially from the middle and southern portion of the Union, now sets strongly towards the White Mountains. A few years since, a journey thither was scarcely thought of in connection with the question, "Where shall we go?" A few lovers of novelty, anxious to look upon the world of nature in her wildest mood, made an occasional visit to the summits of these noble mountains, but they were looked upon as hardy adventurers on their return. Perhaps the principal reason why these hills were not sooner discovered, was, the want of an easy method of reaching their neighborhood. Water communication there was none, and the comforts of a ride of two or three hundred miles by stage, were not likely to attract a great number of persons. But all this is now changed. The comfortable railroad car now flies daily to the very base of these stupendous heights, upon all sides. Upon the north, in going from Portland, you are left at Gorham, with a distant view of Mount Washington, the highest of the group. On the south you are not so lucky, the cars approaching no nearer than Meredith, nearly fifty miles from the mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.