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 Cherry Mountain White Mountain Tragedy - Jefferson, NH Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 44° 21.616 W 071° 29.284
19T E 301730 N 4914898
Located on Owls Head Highway (NH 115), which is part of the Presidential Range Trail Scenic Byway, there is a small turnout with a NH marker pinpointing the spot of the avalanche.
Waymark Code: WM164X7
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2022
Views: 1
At Carroll is a junction with State 115.
Right on State 115 is the short Cherry Mountain Road. Skirting the base of the mountain that gives its name to the road, the winding highway leads over the
highlands, with varying prospects of the mountain above it. Cherry Mountain
itself is heavily wooded with a conspicuous big scar on its northwestern slope, reminder of a White Mountain tragedy. Here on July 10, 1885, an avalanche of earth, rocks, and trees crashed from Owl's Head Peak, destroying everything before it. For two miles it roared down the mountain-side carrying away the home of Oscar Stanley at the base of the mountain, killing some of his cattle and
fatally wounding one of his farmhands. It was from a tree on this mountain that Timothy Nash discovered Crawford Notch in 1771 (see Tour 8).
American-Guide-Series - New Hampshire: a Guide to the Granite State, p.328
Located on Owls Head Highway (NH 115), which is part of the Presidential Range Trail Scenic Byway, there is a small turnout with a NH marker pinpointing the spot of the avalanche. The aftermath has been well covered up by Mother Nature from the 130+ years of growth.
Book: New Hampshire
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 328
Year Originally Published: 1938
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