. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . rchildren, etc. The Sinclair accommodates three hundred and fiftyguests. THE TWIN MOUXT.^IN, FABYAN, MOUNT PLEASANT, AND CRAWFORD HOUSES. There are no better conducted hotels in America than the chief pub-lic houses at the White Mountains; and prominent among the leadingestablishments are the chain of splenilid hostelries under the manage-ment and conductorship of Messrs. Barron, Merrill & Barron. As thetraveller advances up the valley of the Ammonoosuc, towards M
. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . rchildren, etc. The Sinclair accommodates three hundred and fiftyguests. THE TWIN MOUXT.^IN, FABYAN, MOUNT PLEASANT, AND CRAWFORD HOUSES. There are no better conducted hotels in America than the chief pub-lic houses at the White Mountains; and prominent among the leadingestablishments are the chain of splenilid hostelries under the manage-ment and conductorship of Messrs. Barron, Merrill & Barron. As thetraveller advances up the valley of the Ammonoosuc, towards MountWashington or the Crawford Notch, he comes first upon the TwinMountain House. This hotel takes its name from two prominent peaksof the Franconia Range. It is situated upon a high blurt overlookingthe Ammonoosuc Kiver and a broad panorama of mountains. TheFranconia Range is seen upon one hand, and the Mount Washington,or Presidential Range, upon the other. The Twin Mountain House haslong been known as a quiet and secluded mountain retreat; and manypersons come hither annually to vanquish that annoying summer malady, 93. 94 the hay fever, and to enjoy the pure, Jiealth-giving ni(nnilain atmos-phere. The hotel is under the excellent niauageraeut of Mr. F. A. Cof ran. The Fab}an House is situated at the great railway juncfion point ofthe mountains, and is one of the best known of all the public houses ofthe region. Fully nine-tenths of all the mountain tourists bring upeventually at Fabyans, for all the diflcrent routes lead thither. TheWhite Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell and the Portland &Ogdensbnrg Eailroads enter here; wliile the braneli towards MountWashington—belonging to tlie former, and connecting, six miles dis-tant, with the Mount Washington Railway—nial<es a third divergingline. Tlie liotel is one of the largest and best appointed of tlie gieatWhite Mountains hostelries, and the high reputation it lias borne in thepast is sure to be maintained. It i
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