by Barbara Stockton

Created on: September 17, 2008   Last Updated: February 26, 2011

The beautiful picturesque scenery, the cool crisp air, the excitement of the changing seasons,and the ease of country living these are the things that make New Hampshire so special to people who visit our state and fall in love with the place and the way of life.

One of the interesting facts that few people know about New Hampshire is that the Old Man of the Mountain wasn't the only nature made profile on the mountains of the state. There is another just a few miles south of where the Old Man was located. This profile is the Indian Head Profile, that is located on Mount Pemigewassett on Route 3, Lincoln. Pemigewassett Mountain was named after Chief Pemigewassett of the Abenaki tribe. The word pemigewassett means rapid moving and is also the name of one of the major rivers that runs down through the area.

If you were to travel north of Lincoln, you would travel through the Franconia notch, through the Franconia Mountains which are part of the Appalachian Mountain system which begins in Maine and runs through northern New Hampshire. As you travel through the notch you will come upon Boisie Rock. This rock is named after Timothy Boisie a courier between Lincoln and Littleton. One night while returning to Lincoln he ran into a freak winter storm. His horse became lame and in order to survive he killed his horse and used his hide for shelter under a protruding rock. The next morning the rescuers used axes and chisels to chip the hide from Timothy. He suffered only a little frost bite and thus the rock to this day carries his name.

Another sight as you exit the notch is Cannon Mountain where the Old Man of the Mountain resided until the early morning hours of May 3rd, 2003, when he fell 4,200 feet into Profile Lake. This mountain is also the home of Cannon Mountain Areal Tramway, the first tram to be built in the United States. Cannon Mountain is also the state ski area and happens to be the place where Bode Miller trained for the Olympics. Bode was home schooled so he was dropped off at the ski slopes for his day of lessons and they brought home by friends of the family at the end of the day.

If you were to continue up interstate 93 you could come to a small town named Franconia, nestled in the center of the Franconia Mountain Range. If you were to travel through this area you would find a small town called Sugar Hill, originally known as Ore Mountain because of the iron ore that was mined in this area. The reminisces of the old Iron furnace can be viewed

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