xRARE Birch-Bark Souvenir Views - 1870s White Mountains NH Miniature Book

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VERY Rare Old Book Birch-Bark Souvenirs.Views White Mountains, New Hampshireca 1870s For offer, a very interesting American imprint! Fresh from a local estate - never offered on the market until now! Hard to find. Vintage, Old, Original, Antique - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Printed on birch bark. Pretty cool. Published by James Riley, North Conway, N.H.; printed by Charles Holbrook & Co, Portland, ME / Maine. 12 pages, including wraps. In very good condition. Very small rip to top lh corner edge of cover. Nothing major. Please see photos . If you collect 19th century American imprints, Americana illustration, travel, , etc., this is a nice one for your bibliophile library or paper / ephemera collection. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! The White Mountains are a mountain range covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States. Part of the northern Appalachian Mountains, they are the most rugged mountains in New England. The range is heavily visited due to its proximity to Boston and, to a lesser extent, New York City and Montreal.Most of the area is public land, including the White Mountain National Forest and a number of state parks. Its most famous mountain is 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount Washington, which is the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S. and which held the record for fastest surface wind gust (231 miles per hour (372 km/h), over 100 m/s, in 1934) in the world for 76 years. It lies in a line of summits called the Presidential Range named after U.S. presidents and other prominent Americans.The White Mountains also include the Franconia Range, Sandwich Range, Carter-Moriah Range and Kinsman Range in New Hampshire, and the Mahoosuc Range straddling the border between it and Maine. In all, there are 48 peaks over 4,000 feet (1,200 m), known as the Four-thousand footers.The Whites are known for a system of alpine huts for hikers operated by the Appalachian Mountain Club. The Appalachian Trail crosses the area from southwest to northeast.Origin of nameIt is not clear where the name "White Mountains" came from. There is no record of what Native Americans called the range, although pre-Colonial names for many individual peaks are known.[1] The name and similar ones such as "White Hills" or "Wine Hills" are found in literature from Colonial times. According to tradition, the mountains were first sighted from shipboard off the coast near the Piscataqua estuary. The highest peaks would often be snow-capped, appearing white. An alternate theory is that the mica-laden granite of the summits looked white to observers.Geology and physiographyMap of the main regions of the northeast Appalachians.The White Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian physiographic division.[2]The magma intrusions forming the White Mountains today were created 124 to 100 million years ago as the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot.Widespread evidence of glaciation may be seen in the U-shaped form of various notches, or mountain passes. Glacial cirques form the heads of Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington and King Ravine on Mt. Adams. Glacial striations are visible at numerous locations, including on the exposed rocks at the summit of Pine Mountain in Gorham.The Mount Washington Auto Road and the historic Mount Washington Cog Railway ascend the range's highest peak. Heavily visited Arethusa Falls, the second tallest waterfall in New Hampshire, lies on a southwest flank of Crawford Notch. The Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation on Cannon Mountain that resembled the craggy profile of a man's face, was a White Mountain landmark until it fell in May 2003. It remains the state symbol of New Hampshire. The range also includes a natural feature dubbed "The Basin", consisting of a granite bowl, 20 feet (6 m) in diameter, fed by a waterfall, worn smooth by the Pemigewasset River. The areas around The Bas... read more

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