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Franconia Notch and the women who saved it

"...The 6,000-acre Franconia Notch nestled deep in the majestic White Mountains [of New Hampshire], was a well-loved summer resort and tourist destination in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When in 1923 a devastating fire destroyed a famous grand hotel...and its owners decided against rebuilding, lumber companies eagerly moved in to evaluate the timber in the region. A vigorous campaign to save the pristine...wildnerness began."
Print Book, English, ©2007
University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, Durham, N.H., Hanover, ©2007
History
xvi, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
9781584656272, 9781584656265, 1584656271, 1584656263
72353859
Introduction: A unique masterpiece of nature
chp. 1. A prospect truly grand and often awfully sublime: exploring the White Mountains
chp. 2. The emotion of the sublime: tourism and art in the White Mountains
chp. 3. A huge museum of curiosities: Franconia Notch, as advertised
chp. 4. Saving the Switzerland of America: the White Mountains conservation movement
chp. 5. To aid and educate: organizing the White Mountains conservation movement
chp. 6. Old Man of the Mountain rallies his friends: the campaign to save Franconia Notch, August 1923 to October 1927
chp. 7. The Old Man belongs to the nation: the campaign to save Franconia Notch, October 1927 to June 1928
chp. 8. Which shall it be?" Franconia Notch preserved