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1805   Rock outcropping in Franconia Notch first noticed by road workers.   Old Man, profile
1830   Theodore Dwight, The Northern Traveller (guidbook) mentions "Old Man of the Mountains."   old man, profile
1848   William Oakes, Scenery of the White Mountains Oakes said that from one angle the profile resembled a "toothless old woman in a mob cap." From the best angle, however, it showed a man with character "fixed and firm." old man, profile
1850   Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Great Stone Face"   old man, profile" mountain
1856   Benjamin Willey, Incidents in White Mountain History Earliest published version of a comment later attributed to Daniel Webster. ""Men put out signs representing their different trades; jewellers hang out a monster watch; shoemakers, a huge boot; and, up in Franconia, God Almighty has hung out a sign that in New England he makes men." profile, old man
1930   Old Man of the Mountain promoted as a tourist attraction. In the late 1920s the State of New Hampshire began efforts to stabilize the crumbling formation. profile
2003   Old Man of the Mountains collapses   profile

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