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Forgotten History Portfolio

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The forgotten history image portfolio showcases our photography work that focuses on historic preservation in the New Hampshire White Mountains and surrounding region. Land conservation includes the preservation of abandoned artifacts and forgotten historic sites. Images can be licensed for usage in print publications, and you can view a larger selection of imagery in the galleries section. Click on any image for a larger preview.
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  • Side view of a decaying timber bridge along the abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad’s Mt Washington Branch (between Fabyans and the base of the Cog) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad completed the roughly six and a half mile long extension from Fabyans to the base of the Cog Railway in 1876.
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  • Side view of a collapsed timber bridge at the Sokokis Brook crossing along of the abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad’s Mt Washington Branch (between Fabyans and the base of the Cog) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad completed the roughly six and a half mile long extension from Fabyans to the base of the Cog Railway in 1876.
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  • The Fabyan Guard Station during the autumn months. Built in 1923 by Clifford Graham along the old Jefferson Turnpike (now Old Cherry Mountain Road) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. It's the last remaining guard station in the White Mountain National Forest. The cabin was built using spruce logs from the surrounding area.
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  • The historic timber trestle 16 which crosses Black Brook along the abandoned East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of Lincoln, New Hampshire. This trestle was built in the early 1900s. During Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, one of the stone supports was washed away causing this section of the trestle to drop about two feet. This image shows how the trestle looked days after Tropical Irene.
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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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  • Machinery at the Redstone Granite quarry in Conway, New Hampshire.This abandoned quarry opened in the late eighteen hundreds and closed in the nineteen forties. The granite harvested from this quarry can still be found in buildings and monuments throughout New England.
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  • An abandoned harp switch stand along the old Beebe River Railroad (1917-1942) in the Sandwich Range Wilderness of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. This harp switch is a protected artifact of the logging era, and the removal of historical artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Looking up the abandoned Nansen Ski Jump in Milan New Hampshire USA. This jump was constructed in 1936 and in 1938 Olympic Trials were held here. The jump was closed in 1988.
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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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  • Site of the abandoned Bemis Granite Quarry along the Sawyer River in Harts Location, New Hampshire. Dr. Samuel Bemis quarried granite from this site, which he owned at the time, during the 1860s to build Notchland, a granite mansion in Hart’s Location.
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  • Remnants of an abandoned spur line of the Wild River Railroad in Bean’s Purchase, New Hampshire. This was a logging railroad in operation from 1891-1904.
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  • 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 T. Wyatt 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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  • Conway Scenic Railroad - Notch Train crossing the Willey Brook Trestle along the old Maine Central Railroad in Harts Location, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This trestle is within Crawford Notch State Park. And since 1995 the Conway Scenic Railroad, which provides passenger excursion trains has been using the track.
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  • Remnants of an old cellar hole along an abandoned road in Benton, New Hampshire. This road traveled in between the old East Road and the old North and South Road (now Long Pond Road). Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is possibly the site of the David Clough farm.
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  • A cellar hole from the 1800s along the old North and South Road (now Long Pond Road) in Benton, New Hampshire. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the homesite of Josiah F. Jeffers.
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  • Remnants of the Goulding house in the village of Livermore in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This was a logging village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the Sawyer River Railroad. 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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  • Remnants of a building at the abandoned Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Hart’s Location, New Hampshire. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States. Many of the construction projects they did during their existence benefit us today.
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  • Appalachian Trail - Crash site of Northeast Airlines Flight 792 on Mount Success in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This plane was a Douglas DC-3 that crashed on November 30, 1954. The seven people on-board survived the initial crash, but two later died from injuries while waiting to be rescued.
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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 an engine at the crash site of a B-18 Bomber on Mount Waternomee in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. This bomber crashed on January 14, 1942. Out of seven crew members, five survived the crash and were able to remove themselves from the wreckage. The remaining two members died when the plane exploded.
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  • The Mount Washington Cog Railroad ascending Mount Washington during the summer months in the scenic landscape of the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA
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  • Crawford Notch State Park - Frankenstein Trestle along the Maine Central Railroad in the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA. Since 1995 the Conway Scenic Railroad, which provides passenger excursion trains has been using the track.
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  • Granite culvert along the abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad’s Mt Washington Branch (between Fabyans and the base of the Cog) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad completed the roughly six and a half mile long extension from Fabyans to the base of the Cog Railway in 1876.
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  • Remnants of an old stone culvert along the village road in the abandoned Peeling settlement (Mt. Cilley Settlement) in Woodstock, New Hampshire. Peeling was the original settlement of Woodstock, and this village was abandoned by the 1860s. This stone culvert could have possibly been built during the Peeling era. But It could have also been built sometime in the 1900s when the area was logged.
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  • Middle Sister Fire tower on Middle Sister Mountain in Albany, New Hampshire USA during the summer months. This fire tower was in operation from 1927-1948.
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  • Abandoned railroad track deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This was a spur line located off of the North Fork Branch of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948).
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  • The Russell snow plow #68 at Bartlett Roundhouse in Bartlett, New Hampshire USA along the old Maine Central Railroad. This plow was built in 1923 for the Portland Terminal Railroad Company, a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad and operated mostly in Maine. In 1975 the Conway Scenic Railroad purchased it.
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  • Appalachian Trail - Crash site of Northeast Airlines Flight 792 on Mount Success in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This plane was a Douglas DC-3 that crashed on November 30, 1954. The seven people on-board survived the initial crash, but two later died from injuries while waiting to be rescued.
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  • Remnants of a siding along the abandoned East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) in the Thoreau Falls Valley of the Pemigewasset Wilderness in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This siding was located near logging Camp 22 along the North Fork Branch of the railroad.
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  • Mad River Logging Era - Remnants of a splash dam along Flume Brook near the old logging Camp 5 site in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. Splash dams were used to hold back rushing water during spring melt. And when the gates were opened the strong flow of the brook would push four foot cut logs down the brook to the Mad River. From 1891-1946 +/- this area was logged, and up until 1933 log drives were done on the Mad River to move logs down to Campton Pond.
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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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  • Artifact (cooking stove) at what is believed to be the abandoned Holland Camp in the Sabbaday Brook drainage of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. The Holland Camp was a logging camp of the Swift River Railroad, which was in operation from 1906-1916. The Noyes & Goddard stove was produced from 1886-1902 +/-. The removal of historic artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Zealand Notch - Scenic view from along the Appalachian Trail (Ethan Pond Trail) in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the summer months. This trail utilizes parts of the old railroad bed of the Zealand Valley Railroad (1884-1897).
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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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  • Lincoln Woods Trail in Lincoln, New Hampshire USA during the autumn months. The Lincoln Woods Trail follows the old railroad grade of the old East Branch & Lincoln Logging Railroad (1893-1948).
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  • Frankenstein Trestle along the old Maine Central Railroad in Crawford Notch of the New Hampshire White Mountains during the autumn months. Since 1995 the Conway Scenic Railroad, which provides passenger excursion trains has been using the track.
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  • Pemigewasset Wilderness - Remnants of a sled road off of the old East Branch & Lincoln Railroad in the Shoal Pond Valley of Lincoln, New Hampshire. Swampy areas along sled roads were corduroyed with small trees laid crossways. The East Branch & Lincoln was a logging railroad, which operated from 1893-1948.
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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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  • A stoned lined dug well at an abandoned homestead along an old road off Tunnel Brook Road in Easton, New Hampshire. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County (when this area was part of Landaff) this was the O. Brook homestead. Today, this well is still about 15 feet deep.
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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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  • Site of the Willey House Station along the old Maine Central Railroad (near Ethan Pond Trail) during the spring months in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. The railroad burned down this station sometime in the 1980s.
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  • Remnants of what is believed to be the Upper Bunga dam along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in the abandoned logging village of Wildwood in the town of Easton, New Hampshire. This log driving dam was used during the late 1800s and early 1900s by the Fall Mountain Paper Company, which later became the International Paper Company, to move logs to the Connecticut River.
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  • The Atwood Place home site cellar hole along Sandwich Notch Road in Sandwich, New Hampshire. This homestead was part of an early nineteenth century hill farm community (thirty to forty families), in Sandwich Notch. By 1860 most of the these families had left the Notch looking for better farming land.
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  • The Seldon Avery Place home site cellar hole along Sandwich Notch Road in Sandwich, New Hampshire. During the early nineteenth century, thirty to forty families lived in the 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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  • Sandwich Notch Road in Sandwich, New Hampshire USA during the summer months. This historic route was established in 1801
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  • Smith Burying ground in Sandwich, New Hampshire. The Smith farmstead was occupied by three generations of the Smith family from the 18th century to the late 19th century.
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  • A flat steel tire from a wooden wagon wheel embedded in a tree at the abandoned village of Livermore. This was a logging village, owned by the Saunders family, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the Sawyer River Logging Railroad New Hampshire.
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  • Remnants of what is believed to be the upper reserve dam, “Little Dam”, along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in Woodstock, New Hampshire. This log driving dam was used during the late 1800s and early 1900s by the Fall Mountain Paper Company, which later became the International Paper Company, to move logs to the Connecticut River.
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