Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ouds, far up on the shoulder ofMt. Washington at an elevation of 5,100 feet, It is directly up the valley of this stream that the trains between Fabyans and the base station laborin their six mile course. Through leafy aisles appear grand vistas en route. The Presidential Range, so called from its individual peaksbearing the honored names of Presidents of the United States, looms high upon the left of the train in passing, with Mt. Washington itscentral figure. Mt. Clay (5,553 feet), adjoins Mt. Washington and north of Clay is Mt. Jefferson (5,714 feet) wit
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ouds, far up on the shoulder ofMt. Washington at an elevation of 5,100 feet, It is directly up the valley of this stream that the trains between Fabyans and the base station laborin their six mile course. Through leafy aisles appear grand vistas en route. The Presidential Range, so called from its individual peaksbearing the honored names of Presidents of the United States, looms high upon the left of the train in passing, with Mt. Washington itscentral figure. Mt. Clay (5,553 feet), adjoins Mt. Washington and north of Clay is Mt. Jefferson (5,714 feet) with two neighboring peaksand long spurs extending far toward the west. One of these spurs is called the Castellated Ridge. Its precipitous rock-piles, crested withturret-like ledges have the appearance of crumbling rock towers, and appear from a semi-distance like venerable ruins of a feudal from the far distance, however, their exalted highnesses seem calm, smooth and serene save where the avalanches have scarredtheir THE MOUNT PLEASANT HOUSE—WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW life among tlie White Mountains is not so popular as it is at the sea-shore resorts of Northern New England. There are villasat North Conway, Intervale, Jefferson and kindred mountain villages, but for the most part the summer throng to the White Mountainssojourn at the hotels. A potent reason for this is, no doubt, the extreme excellance, comfort and refinement thereof. A notable exampleof all this is found in the Mt. Pleasant House, which occupies an advantageous site on the plain of the Ammonoosuc River, about equi-distant between Crawfords and Fabyans though off to the right, fronting the Presidential Range. Nothing intervenes to mar the viewbetween the hotel verandas and the towering range, which is so near that ascending and descending trains of the cog railway are distinctlyvisible. The Mt. Pleasant House occupies an elevation of its own sufficiently high above the bed of th
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