Mt. Moosilauke (1860) - Building the Prospect House
". . . The house is a rude structure, built of stone. Darius Swain and James Clement built it in 1860. Samuel Hoit was master workman and John Whitcher, Nathan Willey, and numerous others, worked there. They had two yoke of oxen up on the mountain for a whole month, and the men all camped over by the cold spring.
The persons who worked on the mountain:
- James Clement, Darius Swain, John Hoit, Samuel Hoit, John Whitcher, with yoke of cattle; Nathan Willey, drove cattle; Vanness Wyatt, Burgess A. Clement, Jesse Eastman, James S. Merrill, J.F. Merrill, Horatio Willoughby, with cattle; Eben Swain, Chas. Carpenter, Joseph Whitcher, Hazen Libbey, Benjamin Eastman, Daniel Willis. Nathaniel Richardson and Nath. K. Richardson made the shingles high up on the mountain side. . . ."
From "Moosehillock - What Can Be Seen There, Weather Permitting" by William Little, pp. 79-92, The Moosilaukee Reader (Vol.1). ©1999.
