Pinkham's Notch
Hayes, Carol (Peter Randall Publisher, 1998)
This is the story of Daniel Pinkham, a yound mid-mineteenth century farmer in the town of Adams (now Jackson), NH, who had a vision of building the first road through the rugged White Mountain notch. Given three years to build the road, Pinkham nearly reached his goal, when a terrific storm washed away his effort, bringing financial ruin.
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