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Donahue and Hamlin of Bartlett who built a cabin colony of peeled
spruce logs for vacationers. More log buildings were added including
rest rooms, restaurant and gift shop, but eventually the state took
back the clearing for its own operations.
The completion of the railroad through the Notch had significant
impact on both the tourist industry and the logging industry. Tourists
from New York and Boston could reach the White Mountains in less
than a day and in fact, a year later, they could reach the summit of
Mt. Washington in less than a day. Prior to this time, visitors to the
Crawford House could only get there by stagecoach. The same was
true for the earlier Notch House, the White Mountain House, the
Willey House and Abel Crawford’s Mt. Crawford House.
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