The Bridgeman Trail (Kidder Mountain)
New Ipswich Historical Society
Marion Davis’ Photo Album
Brenton MacKaye, Frank Robbins and Benton's students from the Bridgeman School in Shirley on the porch of the Wapack Lodge (which was located on property of Wilfried Eggers).
Marion Davis and Frank Robbins marking the Bridgeman Trail - now called the Kidder Mt. Trail.
View of Monadnock from Temple Mountain
Man in foreground is Brenton MacKaye, the father of the Appalachian Trail
On this day - February 5, 1898
William Jurian Kaula diary
5 FEB 1898
Pitzonni [sic] had received word a couple of weeks ago that his younger brother had been killed by a fall from a horse on their ranch near Monterey, California, and so he has got to return to America in a few days. The boys planned to give him a farewell dinner tonight at Lavenue's. This restaurant has the reputation of being the second best in Paris for its cuisine. It is on the left of the Gare Montparnasse and on the boulevard of that name.
Gottardo Fidele Ponziano Piazzoni
On this day - February 5, 1909
James Roger diary entry
5th (Wednesday)
Hard frost (12 below) David went to woods at 9 0’clock. I fixed Hall for dance tonight. Hamish came to Greenville as messenger but did not come home as it threatened storm snow commenced to fall at 9 pm snowed a good deal during night.
These photos are from the 1920's - the first decade of the Wapack Trail. The open ledges of the Temple Mountain photos are now forest. In the Wapack Lodge photo, Frank Robbins is the man on the left, Benton MacKaye on the right. Frank Robbins and Marion Davis opened the Wapack Trail in 1923 - 100 years ago this year.