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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM204F_profile-lake_Franconia-NH.html
Called Ferrin's Pond by early settlers and travelers, who often camped by the outlet, this 15-acre mountain lake has also been known as the Old Man's Mirror and the Old Man's Washbowl.
With the building of the Lafayette House in 1835, and the Fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2034_why-is-it-called-a-notch_Franconia-NH.html
When North America was first settled, pioneers built their homes of logs. To aid in falling the timber, they made U or V-shaped cuts at the tree's base. Similar cuts were made in the logs to hold their cabins together. They called these cuts NOTCH…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2032_the-old-man-of-the-mountain_Franconia-NH.html
The rock profile you see 1200 feet above this spot had its beginning some 25,000 years ago during the great ice age. As the glacier moved southward the cliff began to take the shape you see today. As the ice age came to a close and the glacier ret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2030_a-delicate-balance_Franconia-NH.html
Geologists speculate that the Old Man of the Mountain, formed by a retreating glacier during the last ice age, looked out over Profile Lake for more than 12,000 years. On May 3, 2003, the delicate balance that had held the "Great Stone Face&q…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202Y_franconia-notch_Franconia-NH.html
State of New Hampshire
Franconia Notch
Forest Reservation and Memorial Park
Acquired with funds appropriated by the legislature of 1925 and the donations of Fifteen thousand contributors secured through The Society for Protection of New Hampsh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8H_stone-iron-furnace_Franconia-NH.html
Due west stands New Hampshire's sole-surviving example of a post-Revolutionary furnace for smelting local iron ore. The industry flourished during first half of 19th century. It produced pig and bar iron for farm tools and cast iron ware, includin…