The Crawford Family

For whom the Notch is named, included Abel and his sons, Thomas J. and Ethan Allen. They established the first regional hotels and pioneered in opening the White Mountain area to the public. Ethan and his wife, Lucy Howe Crawford, author of an 1846 history of the region, are buried in a nearby cemetery.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 302 and Base Station Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 302.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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