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And then there was one, a history of the hotels of the summit and the west side of Mt. Washington, by George E. McAvoy

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And then there was one

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by George E. McAvoy

a history of the hotels of the summit and the west side of Mt. Washington

And Then There Was One is the story of the Crawford House, The Twin Mountain House, The Mount Pleasant House, The Fabyan House, all operated by the Barron family including the Summit House on Mount Washington, and after the turn of the century, the Mount Washington Hotel as Bretton Woods. This is their story, the history of the origin, the development, the "Glory Years" the trials and the tribulations, and finally, the loss of each in turn - until - "And Then There Was One," The Mount Washington Hotel

Chronology -- The Fabyan House -- The Crawford House -- The Twin Mountain House and the Mount Pleasant House -- Barron's influence expands -- Developments in the 1880s -- The gay nineties -- The Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods -- Sports in the White Hills -- North Country highways -- Crawford Notch State Park and Bean's Grant -- The war years -- Mount Pleasant House torn down -- The Barron era closes -- The Crawford House revived -- Final days of Crawford House -- And then there was one, the Mount Washington Hotel