Franconia and Sugar Hill
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From iron works to tourism, explore the sweeping landscapes of Franconia and Sugar Hill throughout the centuries
Although geographically contiguous and linked by their shared industries of early iron works and later tourism, Franconia and Sugar Hill are unique areas with distinct personalities that have developed over the years. The discovery of rich deposits of iron ore in Sugar Hill in the late 1700s and the establishment of iron works in Franconia brought the two areas together in a working partnership. The coming of the railroads brought tourism into both communities, with Franconia supplying the scenery with its mountains and far-famed Franconia Notch, and Sugar Hill rounding out the scenery with a generous offering of grand summer hotels. The sharing of the summer tourist industry was greatly broadened by the development of skiing in the early part of the present century. Again, Franconia provided the major terrain and Sugar Hill provided many of the guest accommodations, including the first formal ski school at the prestigious Peckett's Inn. With all of its attributes, the area has attracted a number of notables, including movie star Bette Davis.
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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Franconia and Sugar Hill - Arthur F. March Jr.
Nickerson
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The First Hundred Years
This early scene looking across the Easton Valley from Sugar Hill to the hazy Franconia mountains is a far cry from the scene that greeted the early settlers who could see little but the huge trees of the forest. The buildings, the cleared fields, and the stone walls are surely good reasons for satisfied contemplation by the farmer and his dog. (MTN)
Even more startling to the modern eye is this view of Sugar Hill at about the peak of its cleared-fields era. In addition to the village street (in the middle foreground and beyond), the magnificent mountain backdrop and the hotel complexes on Sunset Hill can be seen.
Sugar Hill Street (please don’t call it Main Street even if it is) is seen here before the days of paved roads. Several of the buildings look much the same today, and others were destroyed by fire. Of special interest are the two street lamps: kerosene on the left, newfangled electric on the right.
Another fine panorama of the Franconia Range from Sugar Hill shows the flat valley in between and a field to delight the eye of a farmer, especially if he wasn’t the one who pulled out all those rocks and built the wall. (CPH)
This unusually sharp image is the result of a contact print from a 4-by-5-inch glass-plate negative. It provides a view from Fox Hill looking northwest over the Village of Franconia in the early 1900s. (LN)