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Series
Pub. Date
2011
Formats
Description
The surpsing story of the Cog Railway on Mount Washington, and how one eccentric man's dream paved the way.
On July 3, 1869, the three-and-one-third-mile track leading to the summit of picturesque Mount Washington opened for public use. Once, only those daring enough to scale the 6,288 feet could enjoy the splendor of the scenery, but now everyone could journey to the summit using the invention of retired businessman Sylvester
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Series
A Commissioner Kary Turnell mystery volume First
Publisher
Plaidswede Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Newest entry in author's ongoing series of tourism mysteries, featuring sleuth Kary Turnell, In this novella, Turnell is called in to investigate a murder on New Hampshire's iconic Mt. Washington Cog Railway. In solving the mystery, Turnell's travels take him onto the Mt. Washington Auto and the nearby tourist hub of North Conway"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Plaidswede Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Description
In this memoir, McQuaid writes with humor and wistfulness of a wonderful era that time and circumstance have all but erased, and of Colonel Arthur S. Teague, whose recognition as one of America’s outstanding World War II heroes is long overdue. It is also the story of one terrible summer that claimed the lives of Colonel Teague and a daughter and ended with the worse accident in the Cog’s storied and colorful 150 years of operation.
