Scenic gems of the White Mountains . FROM THE DARBY FIELD COTTAGE, EAST SIDE WHITE Field was a valiant Irishman who in the year 1632, only twelve years after the landing at Plymouth, penetrated the wilderness fromPortsmouth, guided by two Indians, and, after many days march gained the summit of Mt. Washington. From this adventure he returned sofilled with delightful accounts of his experiences that others of the colonists were stimulated to the journey. This is not unlike the visitors ofto-day who travel on Hying axle ; hot with speed. They are the best advertisers of the regio
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . FROM THE DARBY FIELD COTTAGE, EAST SIDE WHITE Field was a valiant Irishman who in the year 1632, only twelve years after the landing at Plymouth, penetrated the wilderness fromPortsmouth, guided by two Indians, and, after many days march gained the summit of Mt. Washington. From this adventure he returned sofilled with delightful accounts of his experiences that others of the colonists were stimulated to the journey. This is not unlike the visitors ofto-day who travel on Hying axle ; hot with speed. They are the best advertisers of the region with their tales of Mountain splendors andsummer comforts. Darby Field, the pioneer, has been done in verse. The poet sings of the Saco River : There in wild and virgin freshness its waters foam and flowAs when Darby Field first saw them, two hundred years ON THE STAGE ROAD BETWEEN JACKSON AND MT, WASHINGTON. One may readily see by examination of the views on this and its vis-a-vis page that the camera was focused upon the same noble picture fromnear-by points on the old stage road. There is the same sky-line with the vast terraces of the Giants Stairs on the main range. These are visiblealso during the railroad ride through the Crawford Notch. Their altitude is 3,500 feet. The ride upward from Jackson along the ascendinggrades of the Pinkham Notch is beautiful to a degree ; the mountain road is altogether exciting. It is such a ride as one may only elsewhereenjoy amid the Rockies and the stages, horses and experienced drivers form a complete establishment. Ten miles from Jackson brings one to thesite of the Glen House, unhappily destroyed by fire prior to the opening for the season of 1S94. From the Glen site to the summit of MountWashington is a distance of eight and one-half miles. The carriage road rivals the railroad route in inter
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