Abandoned Places - White Mountains, New Hampshire Urban Decay

Identifying Artifacts, White Mountains

Erin Paul Donovan — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:52:41 +0000

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Identifying Historical Artifacts, White Mountains - If you are picking up trash in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the 2020 human impact issue, please educate yourself about historical artifacts and the laws that protect them. I now know of two instances where do-gooders picking up trash removed artifacts, thinking they were trash, from the White Mountain National Forest...[Continue reading]

Abandoned Mills, White Mountains

Erin Paul Donovan — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:22:17 +0000

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Abandoned Mills, White Mountains - During the 1800s and early 1900s, cut-up mills, grist mills, sawmills, and various other types of mills were found throughout New Hampshire. And because of the abundance of water in the White Mountains, there was no shortage of water-powered mills in the region. This blog article showcases a handful of the abandoned mills in the White Mountains...[Continue reading]

Crawford House, Gibbs Brook Dam

Erin Paul Donovan — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:40:37 +0000

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Crawford House, Gibbs Brook Dam - If you're familiar with New Hampshire’s grand resort era then you know the historic Crawford House in Carroll. Abel Crawford and his son, Ethan Allen Crawford built the first Crawford House, known as the Notch House, in 1828. Fire would destroy the Notch House in 1854. A second Crawford House was destroyed by fire in 1859. The history of the Crawford House property is a little confusing because some historians refer to the Notch House as the “first Crawford House” while others do not....[Continue reading]

Village of Wildwood, New Hampshire

Erin Paul Donovan — Thu, 24 May 2018 21:20:01 +0000

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Village of Wildwood, New Hampshire - When it comes to the abandoned villages in New Hampshire, the logging village of Livermore is often included in the conversation. But, the story of the lesser known village of Wildwood is a fascinating piece of White Mountains history. The area known as Wildwood is located along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in the general area of the junction of Route 112 and Tunnel Brook Road in Easton, New Hampshire. Today’s Route 112 travels through the area...[Continue reading]

Thornton Gore Hill Farming Settlement

Erin Paul Donovan — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:51:07 +0000

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Thornton Gore Hill Farming Settlement - The abandoned Thornton Gore settlement is in the New Hampshire White Mountains. Many consider Thornton Gore or the "Gore” to be the northern section of Thornton in the area of where Talford and Eastman Brooks meet. This area of Thornton Gore had a number of farms, a few mills, a school, two cemeteries, and a church. The first settlers of Thornton Gore arrived in the early 1800s. And by 1900, George James and his New Hampshire Land Company had bought up most of the land in Thornton Gore. Logging took over the area, and this hill farming settlement was gone. Farming settlements, like this one, were scattered throughout the White Mountains region during the early days, and today most have been forgotten about, and little remains of them. [Continue reading]

Updating The Culture & History Portfolios

Erin Paul Donovan — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:25:23 +0000

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Updating The Culture & History Portfolios - Every year during the month of December most of my time is spent doing “behind the scenes” work. This work (such as keywording 1000 images in the last two days) is not that exciting, but I need to complete it before the end of the year. This time of year is also when I update the image galleries....[Continue reading]