What to see in America . 16 What to See in America. lakes, and name refers tothe snow whichwhitens the barehigher summits for somuch of the year. Thefirst settler among themountains was ahunter who establishedhimself there in were no hotelsin the region untilabout 1850, but afterthat development asa summer resort wasrapid, and it becameknown as The Swit-zerland of descriptivetitle is The Roof ofNew England. Itsscattered towns and villages are almost wholly devoted to car-ing for warm weather visitors. One of the towns is Bethle-hem, which is higher up an
What to see in America . 16 What to See in America. lakes, and name refers tothe snow whichwhitens the barehigher summits for somuch of the year. Thefirst settler among themountains was ahunter who establishedhimself there in were no hotelsin the region untilabout 1850, but afterthat development asa summer resort wasrapid, and it becameknown as The Swit-zerland of descriptivetitle is The Roof ofNew England. Itsscattered towns and villages are almost wholly devoted to car-ing for warm weather visitors. One of the towns is Bethle-hem, which is higher up and has more hotels than any othertown in New England. It lies on a breezy upland slope witha vast panorama of mountain ranges rimming most of thehorizon. The permanent inhabitants number scarcelymore than a thousand, but the summer population is amultitude. Mt. Washington, the monarch of all New England heights,rises 6293 feet above sea level. As you ascend it thetrees steadily diminish in height until at 4000 feet they areonly scraggly shrubs, gra
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