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    Littleton, New Hampshire
    Littleton, New Hampshire
    Littleton, New Hampshire
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    Littleton, New Hampshire

    By Arthur F. March Jr.

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    Littleton, New Hampshire, is listed number eleven in Norman Crampton's One Hundred Best Small Towns in America, and it does indeed have a great deal to offer. Situated between two major rivers in the heart of the White Mountains, it was incorporated in 1784 but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that the incredibly striking natural beauty of the surrounding area was discovered by the outside world.

    With the development of photography in the mid-nineteenth century the grandeur of Littleton's mountain scenery soon began to attract photographers to the area, and their images of the mirror-like lakes, winding rivers, dense, dark forests, and craggy mountains began a tourist boom that continues to this day.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439622018
    Littleton, New Hampshire
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    Arthur F. March Jr.

    With Franconia and Sugar Hill Arthur March has created a fascinating visual history that covers the two towns from 1840 to 1940, with notes on their early development in the pre-photographic era. The images are largely from the collections of the Sugar Hill Historical Museum and Franconia Area Heritage Council, with significant contributions from the Littleton Historical Museum and private collections. This book is destined to be treasured by residents and visitors alike.

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      Industry, Business, the Arts, and Professions

      Wood was the wealth of the North Country and to the early settlers it was truly an embarrassment of riches. Land had to be cleared for the planting of crops and while the wood itself supplied homes, furniture, tools, and utensils in astonishing variety (and, of course, was the only source of heat), much of it was simply burned to get rid of it. The axe was as necessary to the settler as his gun and the ring of steel on hardwood in virgin forests was the sound of a new civilization. The horse was also a vital element in the operation to drag the enormous logs to the building site or, later, to the sawmills which quickly appeared along the banks of the two rivers and streams in the area. William Knapp is the logger shown here. (Albumen print, mounted; Hall Studio, Ltn.)

      With the growth of the settlements and the increase in the number of sawmills, the demand for boards grew rapidly, and logging became the area’s first industry. Most of the logging was done during the winter because dragging out the enormous logs was easier on ice and snow. (Albumen print, mounted.)

      In spring the rivers served as a convenient method of transport—convenient in the sense that there was no other. Scenes like this jam on the Connecticut were common. One wonders what life insurance premiums would be for work like this.

      Littleton soon became a center for wood supply, as is illustrated by the size of Fred Dodge’s operation in Apthorp (at the east end of town). Not only was lumber supplied as boards and timbers but these businesses eventually expanded into providing dimension lumber and finished millwork for homes far removed from the primitive log cabins of the early settlers, and in some ways, unmatched by the houses of today. (Albumen print, mounted.)

      One of the grist mills that were once a common sight in the Littleton area.

      This farm supply store was established in 1836. Shown here in 1918, it is still in operation with a much expanded line of garden and pet supplies. From left to right are Fred Bowman, Harold Edson, Henry Quimby, Arthur Fitzgerald, and Shirl Lakeway. The horse remains unidentified, but the lovely vehicle is undoubtedly Lizzie. (Albumen print,

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