Mount Washington

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Mount Washington is a mountain located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in Coos County, New Hampshire. It is the tallest mountain in the northeast at 6,288 feet and it is the most prominent mountain in the whole eastern United States. The fastest gust of wind on the earth's surface was recorded at the peak of Mt. Washington on April 12, 1934 at 231 miles per hour.

History

A Mount Washington Cog Railway locomotive probably in 1878

Darby Field claimed to have been the first settler to climb the mountain in the year 1642. The oldest hiking path in the United States, the Crawford path, was blazed up the mountain in 1819 as a bridal path and has been used ever since. In the mid 19th century multiple hotels were constructed on the peak of Mount Washington, turning it into a tourist attraction. One of the hotels, the Tip Top House, still stands today and was turned into a museum. More bridal paths were also built during this period; one of them in 1861 became the Mount Washington Auto Road that is used today. The Mount Washington Cog Railway, a special type of train that goes to the summit of Mt. Washington, was built in 1869 and still attracts tourists today.

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